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local Thursday 13 OcTOber 2022

Department of Older Persons Affairs organized its first informative talk

ORANJESTAD – Monday at least one Older Person,
morning, the 10th of Oc- and the expenses for at
tober, in a completely full least one Older Person.
room at OPPA took place
the first informative talk re- According to a press re-
garding the financial situ- lease from the govern-
ation of our Older Persons, ment, it was a morning filled
organized by the Depart- with information for those
ment of Older Persons Af- present as well as those at-
fairs in connection with the tending online through the
Month for Older Persons. social media channels of
the Department of Older
Present as panelists were Persons Affairs.
Jonathan Upegui from
Central Bureau of Statistics, The Department of Older
CBS; Maritza Krozendijk, Re- Persons Affairs thanked
lationship Manager and Fi- the panelists and modera-
nancial Solutions from RBC tor Edward Erasmus for a
Royal Bank; and Wilbert great presentation. He also
Marchena, policy officer thanked OPPA – the Orga-
for the Department of So- nization of Public Pension-
cial Affairs. ers of Aruba – for the use of
The moderator for this their facilities.
event was Edward Erasmus.
The Department of Older
Different topics were dis- Persons Affairs together
cussed relating to our Older with CBS will continue or-
Persons, For example, com- ganizing informational talks
position of the household in order to stimulate more
of Older Persons, average participation during the
income for households with month for Older Persons.q

Minister of Finance attended IMF meeting with Caribbean Countries

On the challenge of insecurity caused by high prices of energy and food

Together with other Minis-
ters of Finance in the Ca-
ribbean, Aruban minister
of Finance, Xiomara Mad-
uro attended a meeting on
the challenge of insecurity
caused by high prices of
energy and food in the Ca-
ribbean.

The International Mon-
etary Fund (IMF) empha-
sized that high cost of en-
ergy and food is causing
inflation around the world.
They warn that particularly
countries in the Caribbean
need to pay attention to

the challenges that they bean, however, Aruba is flationary effect and also
are all confronting. not eligible for these funds. to ensure that food remains
available and affordable in
Increase in the price of en- This is because Aruba is our country.
ergy and food is a problem part of the Kingdom of the
affecting all countries in the Netherlands. Regardless of For Aruba, it is important to
Caribbean, including Aru- this, it is important to listen explore what options are
ba. For this reason, IMF has to what other countries in available to bring security
put funds available to help the Caribbean are doing and relief to our people dur-
the countries in the Carib- in order to mitigate the in- ing these difficult times.q