Wanted criminal arrested in Venezuela CORO - A Curaçao hitman, who received a blue alert from the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), was arrested this Tuesday in Coro, Miranda municipality of Falcón state in Venezuela. Julio Alberto Guerrero, 33, nicknamed Kuchi , was arrested on Calle González, near the José Leonardo Chirinos bypass, Parcelaciones Sur Independencia, where officials of the Bolivarian National Police assigned to the Department Against Theft and Theft of Vehicles, carried out an operation to search people and cars. Kuchi tried to evade the arrest and even tried to persuade the officials that he was deaf and dumb, however, once taken to the police headquarters and questioned, he revealed his true identity.
Island(er)s at the Helm project awarded funding from NWO THE HAGUE - Minister Ingrid van Engelshoven of Education, Culture and Science of The Netherlands announced Island(er)s at the Helm as one of two projects awarded funding from the NWO Caribbean Research program on January 7. The Island(er)s at the Helm project is chaired by Dr. Francio Guadeloupe from the University of Amsterdam/KITLV, with co-applicants Dr. Corinne Hofman from Leiden University/KITLV, Dr. Antonio Carmona Báez from the University of St. Martin (USM), and Dr. Filomeno Marchena from the University of Curaçao. Island(er)s at the Helm brings together researchers and societal partners to combine technical, traditional, and contemporary knowledge practices to co-create sustainable and inclusive strategies for social adaptation to these climatic challenges.
MP’s call upon Dutch gov t to recognize Armenian genocide THE HAGUE - The Tweede Kamer wants the departing cabinet to officially recognize the Armenian genocide that happened between 1915 and 1917. So far, the cabinet was always careful to speak of the issue of the Armenian genocide . A majority in parliament agreed with a ChristenUnie motion that this is absurd, NOS reports. Between 1915 and 1917, some 1.5 million Armenian people were murdered when Christian Armenians were driven from their homes by the authorities of the Islamic Ottoman Empire, now Turkey. The Turkish authorities deny that the genocide ever happened. ChristenUnie, the smallest party in the Rutte III coalition, has been trying to get the Dutch government to recognize the genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire since 2004. Three years ago, the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament, recognized the Armenian Genocide at the party s initiative.