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local Friday 12 July 2024
Coleccion Aruba gains international attention

Recently, Aruba's plat- of documents, photos, vid-
form Coleccion Aruba has eos, and recordings from
been featured in interna- Aruba.
tional news. The authorities
have informed that Ms. Ali Effects of Climate Change
Rogin, a reporter and cor- For the Tuvalu segment,
respondent for PBS News, the reporter interviewed
produced a news segment a Minister of Foreign Af-
about how climate change fairs, Mr. Simon Kofe, and
is affecting small, vulner- a United Nations repre-
able nations. sentative from Tuvalu, Mr.
Tapugao Falefou, who ex-
For this occasion, she fo- plained the challenges this
cused on Tuvalu, an island small country faces due to
nation consisting of seven climate change. Ms. Ro-
islands in the Pacific that is gin explained that climate
slowly disappearing. At the change not only damages
same time, Ms. Rogin high- infrastructure but also pos-
lighted the digital portal es a danger to archives,
Coleccion Aruba, empha- documents, and other arti- who wrote an article about interviewed Mr. Peter Scho- temperatures due to cli-
sizing the importance of facts, as these can be de- the collaboration between ling, a researcher at the mate change. Dr. Martis
preserving archives, docu- stroyed, leading to the loss Coleccion Aruba and Inter- National Library of Aruba provided information on
ments, and recordings that of an important part of a net Archive, the digital plat- and the initiator of Colec- how useful Coleccion Aru-
are cultural heritages vul- country’s general and cul- form that hosts Coleccion cion Aruba, as well as his- ba is for his research, for in-
nerable to the effects of tural history. Aruba. Ms. Knibbs elabo- torian and author Dr. Adi stance, when he was inves-
climate change. rated on the importance of Martis. tigating slavery in Aruba.q
Importance of Document digitizing documents.
Coleccion.aw is the larg- Digitization Mr. Scholing explained why You can watch the news
est digital archive in Papia- During the over six-minute Coleccion Aruba it is important to preserve segment here: https://
mento and provides free recording, the reporter in- For the Coleccion Aruba cultural heritage digitally, w w w . y o u t u b e . c o m /
access to digital archives terviewed Ms. Kate Knibbs, part, the PBS News reporter especially now with rising watch?v=3cSL2xFNOLU.

Installing new bins with double capacity around our city center

As part of the revitalization maintenance and clean- in Aruba. With the instal-
efforts in Oranjestad, a se- ing work were carried out lation of the new bins, the
ries of maintenance and on G.F. Betico Croes Street, goal is not only to increase
improvement works are where, among other things, capacity but also to intro-
being carried out in our city long-overdue tree trimming duce the concept of waste
center. Now it’s time to ex- took place. One of the is- separation, offering a sep-
pand the waste collection sues was that the trash bins arate bin for plastic waste.
capacity to help keep our were filling up quickly and This is an investment of over
city center clean, thereby sometimes overflowing, 70,000 florins by the Ministry
improving hygiene and which is an unsightly view of Economic Affairs, Com-
aesthetics. All these efforts for all visitors and frequent- munication, and Sustain-
ultimately aim to sustain ers of the area. able Development.
the commercial viability of
the area. The new trash bins are 'In the future, there will be
made entirely from re- more separation options, Aruba to me
It’s important to note that cycled plastic, in collabo- but this is a good start,' ac-
cleanliness is a factor that ration with Plastic Beach cording to Minister Geof-
requires constant attention. Party, a non-profit organi- frey Wever. 'We are com- ORANJESTAD — You are back or still enjoying your va-
Recently, in June, general zation that recycles plastic mitted to making Oranjes- cation?... we would like to portrait you! By inviting you
tad a cleaner, more acces- to send us your favorite vacation picture while enjoy-
sible and vibrant place for ing our Happy Island.
both residents and visitors.
The installation of the new Complete the sentence: Aruba to me is ……. Send
bins is part of a broader ini- your picture with that text (including your name and
tiative to improve the over- where you are from) to: news@arubatoday.com and
all experience in our city. we will publish your vacation memory. Isn’t that a spe-
Maintaining cleanliness is cial way to keep your best moments alive? Please do
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