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local Saturday 4 February 2023
Sunrise Walk-a-thon for World Cancer Day on February 4 th

(Oranjestad)—February ties are organizes around to treatment around the
4th is World Cancer Day. the world, where communi- world.
This initiative of celebrating ties, organizations and peo-
World Cancer is led by the ple are brought together This year, the focus will be
International Cancer Con- to show their support and on union and taking ac-
trol Union (ICCU). The goal help raise awareness. tion; the goal to unite peo-
is to bring awareness to this ple with the same mental-
disease on a world wide This year’s theme for World ity, same goals and to cel-
scale, improve educa- Cancer Day is ‘Close the ebrate progress around the
tion on the topic, provide Care Gap’, and this cam- world in a different way.
access to care and treat- paign focuses on not just
ment, and work together to the celebration of one day, For the last year of this cam-
prevent millions of deaths but it is a 3-year-long cam- paign in 2024, the focus will
caused by cancer. paign that will focus on pro- be to bring attention on a
viding more opportunities higher level, with the goal
World Cancer Day was es- to bring global awareness to reach world leaders in against Prostate Cancer), be the Sunrise Walk-a-thon.
tablished in the year 2000. and the biggest impact order to push for long term and Stichting BOB Aruba This walk-a-thon will start at
During the past couple around the world. change. have joined forces to raise 6:30 AM, starting from the
years, this has created a awareness, inform and mo- Bushiribana Gold Mill Ruins.
positive movement around During the first year of this In conjunction with this tivate the Aruban commu- This walk-a-thon is com-
the world in order to fight campaign back in 2022, special day, Aruban foun- nity about the importance pletely free and all partici-
against one of the biggest the focus was on the under- dations such as KWF, the of early detection and pre- pants are asked to wear
obstacle in medical history. standing and recognition Mary Joan Foundation, vention. lilac-colored clothing, as
of inequality when it came Fundacion contra Can- this color represents World
Every year, different activi- to health care and access cer di Prostaat (Fundation On February 4th, there will Cancer Day. q

Security camera installations for carnaval parades

(Oranjestad)—During a with the second phase
press conference yester- where lights and cameras
day morning, Minister of will be placed in order for
Justice, Rocco Tjon, along this to contribute to the se-
with Minister of Energy, curity of Aruba,” he said.
Glenbert Croes, and Mr. Minister Glenbert expressed
Albertico “Tico” Koolman, that during the carnaval
manager of Elmar N.V., period, they want the com-
announced an important munity to enjoy the pa-
project to ensure better se- rades safely, without things
curity during carnaval pa- going off the rails. If this
rades this year. may still occur though, the
cameras will provide the
Minister Tjon expressed that police force to work more
this was the first time that efficiently and faster: “Ob-
the Ministry of Justice is im- viously, I’m here to high-
plementing a project of this light that as a community,
nature, and that is also the we appreciate the Minister
first time they will do this in of Justice’s vision, and we
collaboration with Aruba’s thank Elmar and other util-
national energy compa- ity companies for their co-
ny, Elmar N.V., so that the operation. The government
installations of cameras is willing to go the extra mile
would be successful. to provide support to our
He also ensured that this community.”
project would not be pos- Minister Tjon also men-
sible with help from one tioned that this project is a
ministry, so he thanked Min- temporary one, which will
ister Croes for his collabora- only be used for the carna-
tion and contribution to the val routes to elevate securi-
project. for phase 2 and 3 were ap- San Nicolas that connect started implementing LED ty during the festivities: “the
Minister Tjon explained that proved last Tuesday. Phase with the main road. Addi- lights a few years back, law gives us space to use
this is a pilot project exe- 2 will include the installation tionally, 28 cameras will be and that they are now busy this during certain period
cuted in different phases. of security cameras around installed in the hot zones. with implementing sensors and at certain locations.
The first phase has already the hotel area hot zones. After evaluations, this proj- for the cameras without For now, the cameras will
been completed and work Security camera installa- ect will move on to its fourth changing the already ex- stay and so will those in San
for the second phase is al- tions in San Nicolas have phase, which includes the isting infrastructure. This will Nicolas. In the next phase
ready on its way. already been approved as public roads in Aruba. provide better security for we hope to work with Setar
The first phase was execut- well. Mr. Koolman of Elmar N.V. both the Aruban communi- to gather necessary infor-
ed together with the tele- In the signed orders, it states ensured that they are hap- ty and tourists, during traffic mation to provide cameras
communication company that there will be 24 camer- py to be a part of this proj- or public events. for the entire down town
Setar N.V., where orders as installed in the streets of ect as he shares how they “We are sure, we are done area,” he ensured.q