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Government of Aruba will approach U.S. regarding possibility to

purchase Venezuelan HFO

ORANJESTAD – Recently, price for our community”,
Aruba’s minister of En- Croes said.
ergy, Integration and La-
bor, Glenbert Croes held a Minister Croes also an-
meeting with commercial nounced that he will be
guilds. During declarations in touch with the United
after the meeting, shared States regarding the pos-
on his Facebook page, the sibility to purchase Heavy
minister commented about Fuel Oil from Venezuela. “I
developments in the cost of also gave them the news
water and electricity on the that soon I will be ap-
island. proaching the U.S. govern-
ment, to ask them, OFAC,
Minister Croes began by the US Department of En-
thanking the Chamber of ergy, for approval to pur-
Commerce, ATIA, AHATA chase HFO for WEB from
and the United Merchands our neighbors, specifically,
Aruba (CUA) for their initia- Venezuela. Because at this
tive to dialogue. He also moment we are paying for
thanked (water company) more expensive HFO, while
WEB, (electricity company) other islands in the Carib-
Elmar, and Utilities, ‘for be- bean are purchasing HFO
ing, businesses of the gov- for example from Venezu-
ernment, the people and ela, a lot cheaper.”
the state, open to provide
all information’. in this market, the increase ing the increase [in oil pric- people and economy of He said that the discount
is temporary. “We predict es] during seven months.” Aruba are the ones paying. will be translated to the
Croes indicated that the that the price for water Croes said he understands people, to the community,
fact that the price for wa- and electricity will go back that these states compa- “During the six months of and this is an effort that the
ter and electricity had to down, obviously giving nies have reached the limit evaluation on the future government is doing. “It
be increased is ‘difficult’; space to WEB and Elmar to of what they can absorb, structure of payments, to- is in the general interest”,
however, he indicated recover a bit from the hit that a balance needs to gether with a better price Croes explained.q
that seeing developments that they took by absorb- be reached, because the for oil, we could reduce the

Wit Gele Kruis:

“More young persons are suffering of chronic illness because of

unhealthy lifestyle”

ORANJESTAD – The director high blood pressure or high because if we continue
of Wit Gele Kruis, Gino Goe- sugar levels. “This goes with gaining weight, you will
loe commented that the your lifestyle”, according see more people becom-
age at which young per- to Goeloe. When he ana- ing diabetic. A lot of peo-
sons nowadays begin suf- lyzes the lifestyle of many ple don’t think that weight
fering from chronic illness of these young persons, goes together with blood
is becoming younger and you see that they eat too sugar”, says Goeloe. When
younger. This is because much fast food and do not a person is diabetic, their
of their unhealthy lifestyles, cook at home. They con- arteries close, the person
according to Mr. Goeloe, sume a lot of street foods, confronts different kinds
who emphasizes that it’s which consist of a lot of of illness, their eyesight is where possible, more white afternoon, when the sun is
time for Aruba to come with fat and sugar, a lot of salt damaged, their kidneys meat like chicken and fish. not too strong. “Your body
a prevention plan. as well, and all this is the are damaged, all that is Also exercise and physical is made to move, half an
unhealthiest combination a consequence of being activity is very important. hour to 45 minutes a day,
The situation is so alarming that exists. “Our people are overweight and obese. The aspect of sleep is es- we need to move.”
that we are seeing young overweight, obese, and we sential, seven to eight hours
adults, for example 20 years are at a point that people ‘Prevention is solution’ per night is what’s enough, Wit Gele Kruis is sounding
old, and already they suffer need to start losing weight Wit Gele Kruis believes because the body needs the alarm because if we
that the focus needs to rest. To sleep four or five carry on the way we’re go-
be on prevention, to cre- hours is not enough”, Goe- ing, our health insurance
ate awareness for healthier loe commented. AZV will become unaf-
eating and to for example, fordable, and this can be
put more vegetables in As we are currently in the solved through prevention.
food, eat more fruit, drink hottest months, it is essen-
7 glasses of water per day, tial to drink a lot of water Wit Gele Kruis is an associa-
and other similar changes. and to avoid going in the tion working in the field of
“It’s also important to have sun, do physical activity in health care for the com-
more balanced food, the early morning or late munity of Aruba.q