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local Thursday 9 February 2023

Minister Endy Croes and Prime Minister Everlyn Wever-Croes

receive visit from Dutch university

(Oranjestad)—On Janu- differences between The
ary 23rd, The Prime Minister Netherlands and the Dutch
Wever-Croes and Minister Caribbean within the Dutch
Croes recived a visit from Kingdom. The Minor course
a group of 34 university emphasizes the relationship
students who made a aca- between the islands in the
demic trip to Aruba. Dutch Kingdom, The Neth-
erlands and The European
This visit involves students Union.
from the law, public admin-
istration and integral safety The students posed differ-
science programs at the ent questions to the Prime
Haagse Hogeschool Uni- Minister and Minister Croes
versity in The Netherlands. about education on Aruba
The students are also doing and how this can be im-
a Minor course related to proved. All questions were
Kingdom relations. answered and the students
This visit to Aruba is a part seemed satisfied with their
of that Minor. The purpose visit. Minister Croes wishes
of this is for the students to the students all the best
explore the similarities and with their studies.q

The second season of Caribbean

Coast Guard documentary premieres

February 12 Th

amounts of drug cargo know which agents were also stars in the show. It was
at sea, but this also invites involved. Even though we mentioned to Aruba To-
risks for the guards, as they deal with criminals, we day that filming started in
might put themselves and treat them humanely. We 2020 during the pandemic,
their families in dangerous leave the rest to the judge which stretched out the
positions when confronted or the Public Ministery to filming schedule of the first
with people in organized make their own verdict season up to last year: “It
crime. Clement ensures based on evidence and re- was a filming process that
(Oranjestad)—The islands season premiered back that consent has been cords of the investigation,” lasted about 2 years to get
of Aruba, Curacao and in 2020, and that they asked from the guards Clement finalized. to where we are right now
St. Maarten have all been have been working with who participated in the with production,” Dam-
chosen by National Geo- producer Remco Garcia show prior to shooting. The Additionally, one of the mers said.
graphic to create the se- from Goya Productions for islands are very small too, show’s cast members is Dammer also expressed
ries ‘Kustwacht Caribisch 3 years now. Garcia was and many people know someone Aruba is already that this was a once in a
Gebied’ (Caribbean Coast the one who petitioned for the majority of the cast. familiar with, due to the lifetime experience for her,
Guard), where the day to the docu-series about the “Whenever we intercept fact that this person is a seeing as she is an athlete
day life of the coast guard coast guard for National high risk situations where renowned athlete in the and “it’s not every day that
team is showcased. Geographic, which the firearms are involved, we sport of bowling on the is- people make a documen-
network expressed their in- always make sure to cov- land. Abigail Dammers, tary about your job, which
On Monday night, the first terest in as well. er the guards’ faces, so who is the quartermaster at will be shown around the
few episodes of the new Before shooting, they had that the criminals can’t the Coast Guard of Aruba, world. When they ap-
season were broadcasted to go over the pros and proached me, I initially
to the press and invitees cons, because they think didn’t want to do it, but
at the Caribbean Cinemas it’s important that the pub- I became curious about
Theater in Aruba. This sea- lic get an insight in what how it would go, and it was
son once again explores their duty entails, what the a great experience after
the missions of the Caribbe- challenges look like and all,” she finalized.
an coast guard around the how they handle captives The second season of ‘Kust-
Aruban, Curacao, Bonaire and suspects. wacht Caribisch Gebied is
and Sint Maarten waters, “I think the docu-series pro- made up of 8 episodes,
which often involve angst vides great insight about and will be premiering on
and danger in the preven- that, and it’s become suc- February 12th in The Neth-
tion of drug and human cessful too. That’s why we erlands. Those interested
trafficking, or in other emer- film a new season, which in watching the series
gency cases. we decided to premiere can also find a link on the
Shalick Clement, spokes- in Aruba so the locals can show’s social media plat-
person for the Caribbean see what the job entails,” form. This season will focus
Coast Guard show, sig- Clement stated. on Aruba, as the first sea-
naled in an interview with It is no secret that the coast son featured the Curacao
Aruba Today that the first guard confiscates huge coast guard.q