By Emsley Tromp
With much publicity, Curaçao/Holland announced their signature program – onderlinge regeling Curaçao Nederland (ORCN) – as a response to the current economic malaise plaguing Curaçao. This program is based on an underlying strategy of growth. What Holland again failed to see is that it is trying to fix Curaçao’s short-term economic ills with long-term solutions.
This program is a further elaboration of the CFT [Committee for Financial Supervision – Ed.] demands within the context of a promise made by Holland that it would give Curaçao access to financing opportunities if sufficient progress was made on the fiscal front. This promise is tantamount to a 21st century version of “forty acres of land and a mule.”
VROMI and GEBE leaving people without electricity since after hurricane Irma is not right. There’s a lot of people on the island GEBE has been refusing to give back electricity.
Even if they had an electricity meter before Hurricane Irma and are still living at their same location before and after Irma, it has no current – no electricity.
All GEBE and VROMI are saying is get a plan, but the public is saying to them if those people had a meter already give them back their meter without hesitation.
The use of electricity is not only useful for rebuilding, the people need it for the fans, light, Internet, charging phones, light to protect their materials, TV, also radio and many more uses.
An electrical light meter can be installed on a pole, on wall, wood near the poor men’s properties. GEBE and VROMI, treat the poor people better than that.
(VROMI and GEBE you all are too wicked – give the poor men back their meters.)
Cuthbert Bannis
Monseñor,
In joint representation of the Curaçao LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender – Ed.] Community in general and a large group of Roman Catholic members of that community in particular, we express our profound hurt, grief and incomprehension at your participation at the rally against the Marriage Equality Bill last Friday, July 12, at the Alameda in Punda (downtown Willemstad).
Dear Editor,
This article is for people to understand what education cannot do.
Education defines as the act or process of imparting or acquiring general knowledge, developing the powers of reasoning and judgment, and generally of preparing oneself or others intellectually for mature life. Another definition is the act or process of imparting or acquiring particular knowledge or skills, as for a profession or a degree, level, or kind of schooling.
Education is good, listen carefully, I do not want you to agree or disagree, I need you to understand me. Education can give you a comfortable life and also lots of money.
But education cannot save your soul. The danger about education is that some people let it become idolatry.
The Bible describes idolatry as the worship of an image or a created object. Idolatry is anything that comes between us and God.
In many universities throughout the world, education is used against the teaching of God and also to mock Christianity.
Many people use education as a tool to save the world. That in itself is deception.
Many people use education to promote immorality and to indoctrinate people against Christ. Notice I said Christ, not God.
Because many universities acknowledge there is a God but not a Christ.
Worse yet politics have entered our educational system which is creating more confusion. Education cannot give you a good heart.
Education cannot make you a moral person. Education cannot make you accept Christ.
Education is good but never idolize it because if you do it can be very destructive.
Remember, education cannot change the heart of man to be good. Only God can do that.
Education is good but it is not the savior, only Jesus Christ is. Romans 1:22: Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.
The conclusion is education has its limitation. But Christ covers a realm that is everlasting with the knowledge that education is far too limited to accomplish.
The Supremacy is only Jesus Christ. The only idol is Jesus Christ. Be careful who or what you worship and do not educate yourself to be a fool.
Remember, choices have consequences. Choose wisely.
I reaffirm only Christ is Supremacy.
The Patriot Miguel Arrindell
Dear Editor:
A conscientious people work to define, design and determine their own future.
