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LOCAL Saturday 14 January 2023

CCTV Cameras installed along Carnival The healthy school

routes in San Nicolas and Oranjestad project expands

ORANJESTAD – On Janu-
ary 10, 2023, the Minister
of Justice and Social Af-
fairs, Mr. Rocco Tjon, held
an evaluation meeting with
the new Senior Prosecutor,
Mr. Erades, and the Chief of
Police, Mr. Arnhem, to dis-
cuss the past torch parade.

Additionally, they met with
the director of ELMAR to
discuss the options to in- ORANJESTAD – On January 10, 2023, the Minister of Tour-
crease security in Aruba ism and Public Health, Mr. Dangui Oduber, the Minis-
by installing CCTV cameras ter of Education, Mr. Endy Croes, representatives of the
on light posts to protect The Police were also pres- street light posts along the Youth Health Care, Social Affairs, and the Department
carnival participants and ent on the outskirts of the route of the carnival pa- of Education received a presentation about the healthy
onlookers. They also talked parade route and were rades, both in San Nicolas school project.
about the project, Safe present with their motor and in Oranjestad. ELMAR
neighborhoods, for which unit. According to the Po- has the infrastructure to in- This project is part of the national prevention plan, and
they approved the installa- lice, the message to use stall all the cameras to pro- the government designated 2023 as the year of preven-
tion of street illumination in a designated driver when vide security to the partici- tion in public health.
multiple areas two weeks drinking reaches more and pants and onlookers during
ago. more people, and fewer the carnival. Since 2020, a national prevention plan in place created
people are driving under with the support of all stakeholders in Aruba and the
As indicated by the Police the influence. All in all, the Although the 19 arrests input of the Pan American Health Organization PAHO.
Department, there were police are satisfied with the generated Awg. 11.400,00 Aruba is one of the few countries in the Caribbean with
more arrests during this community's behavior dur- for the Government, the a national prevention plan. The plan implementation
year's torch parade com- ing the last torch parade. objective of the "Faya bo schedule was in 2020, but due to the pandemic that
pared to the last held Torch Haya" program is not to started in March 2020, it was postponed. In 2023, the na-
parade in 2020, although To increase security even generate money but to tional prevention plan will come into effect at full speed.
the seriousness of these in- more during the carnival guarantee safety for every-
cidents compared to 2020 season, the Government one and make sure every- Prevention is vital in healthcare as it improves the quality
was less. The Police arrest- and ELMAR will work to- one gets home safe and of life in the community. The Minister believes in aware-
ed 19 individuals for a va- gether in a pilot project to sound after the parades.q ness campaigns for the public to live healthier lives. Ed-
riety of incidents. The most install CCTV cameras on all ucation about nutrition, exercise, and regular medical
frequent incidents were checkups are essential for the community's well-being.
public disturbances, like
public intoxication. It is essential to start with the children in schools to teach
them about these healthy habits to reach this goal. They
will teach preschool and elementary school children
the importance of taking care of their health. With the
government's support, they hope to convince as many
schools as possible to join the healthy school project.

Soon a Ministerial decree will be signed by the Minister
of Public Health, the Minister of Education, the Minister
of Social Affairs, and all Government departments that
are part of the Healthy School program. They will dis-
close more details about this program in a joint press
conference when the decree is signed.q