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CONDOLENCE RECORD

                                                was given to Mitch
                                                 Henriquez’s family

The                                                                      which was made for Mitch           Mitch Henriquez’s family.
                                                                         Henriquez over to his sister Lila  Some people even brought flowers and lighted
Hague                                                                  Henriquez.                           candles on the site especially created in memory of
– Minister                                                            Along with the condolence record      Mitch Henriquez.
Plenipotentiary                                                    the Minister also gave Lila Henriquez    Amongst those that signed the condolence record
Alfonso Boekhoudt handed the condolence record                   a few condolence cards sent to Mitch       were Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten
                                                              Henriquez’s family through the Aruban         Josiane Fleming-Artsen, Minister Plenipotentiary of
                                                          Cabinet.                                          Curacao Marvelyne Wiels, Minister Plenipotentiary
                                                     The condolence record was opened after the             of Aruba Alfonso Boekhoudt, Minister of Internal
                                                Mitch Henriquez’s tragic death on June 28.                  and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk, The Hague’s
                                                Tons of people visited the Aruban Cabinet to sign           Mayor Jozias van Aartsen and The Hague Top Police
                                                the condolence record thus showing their support to         Commissioner Paul van Musscher.

The Green Corridor Project                                      “W H E N                                         through them they were put in
                                                                entering an                                      contact with PWC. Other public
                                                                                                                 departments in our country like
brings Aruba to whole new                                       international                                    Finance Management Department
                                                                leveled                                          and Legislation Management
                                                                trajectory you                                   Department were also involved in the
                                                                                                                 process.
thinking and working level                                      need a good
                                                                team.” Marlon                                    Cabinet Mike Eman II will give an
                                                                                                                 ample presentation about all the
                                                                Croes                                       the  aspects necessary to implement the
                                                                                                                 Green Corridor project this week. The
According to Marlon Croes                                       Director of the                                  Green Corridor project will start the
                                                                Public Service                                   upcoming days.
                                                                                                                 Prime Minister Mike Eman shared
                                                                Department                                       the fact that the Deutsche Bank
                                                                                                                 counselors who are also PPP
                                                                (DOW)                                            members commended the team for
                                                                                                                 the efficiency, creativity, dedication
                                                                mentioned.                                       and persistence that they displayed in
                                                                                                                 their work.
                                                                The Green
                                                                                                                 “We’ve gained a lot of experience
                                                                Corridor team                                    the last 5 years. The method we
                                                                                                                 planned to use has proven successful
                                                has recently been commended by the                               and has endured all legal tests. The
                                                                                                                 entire process went well; it was a
                                                Deutsche Bank executives for how the                             transparent, honest and objective
                                                                                                                 process. The knowledge gained in
                                                implementation preparation process                               these last 5 years was applied in a
                                                                                                                 public bidding held for the Watty Vos
                                                was handled.                                                     Boulevard. The contractors that will
                                                                                                                 execute this project will be announced
                                                DOW feels like this experience has                               soon.” Marlon Croes commented.

                                                trained them to enforce similar

                                                projects like the Watty Vos Boulevard

                                                and to increase the departments’

                                                performance when it comes to other

                                                regular tasks.

                                                Mr. Croes explained that DOW
                                                was appointed as the commissions’
                                                president a few years ago. They put
                                                a team of technical experts together,
                                                but were still missing a financial and
                                                legal expert.
                                                That’s why they asked the
                                                Rijkswaterstaat for assistance and

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