25th ANNIVERSARY INTEREXPO CARIBBEAN
Back to the future: prep talk instead of pep talk! Sustainability requires a long-term vision for doing business in the Dutch Caribbean
Address by Karel Frielink – Attorney / Managing Partner of BZSE Attorneys at Law, Curaçao
The Hague, 29 November 2017 / 14.30 – 15.00h
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is an honor to address you all on the celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of InterExpo organizing business conferences and trade missions. Peter Oerlemans, the unstoppable force behind this organization, did an excellent job, and his dedication will leave a lasting legacy.
I would like to take a moment …
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CHURANDY MARTINA
Churandy Martina is a world famous sprinter from Curaçao. His personal best time over 100 metres is 9.91 seconds, a Dutch record, achieved in a 2012 London Olympic Games semi-final. In addition, he holds the 200 metres national record with a time of 19.81 seconds, achieved at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland (click here). I was lucky to have met him last Saturday.
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Karel Frielink
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CURACAO CONGRATULATES WLADIMIR “COCO” BALENTIEN WITH HIS 56TH AND 57TH HOME RUN
New home run king from Curaçao crowned in Japan
Tokyo Yakult Swallows player Wladimir “Coco” Balentien from the island of Curaçao, a former major leaguer hit his 56th and 57th home runs on Sunday September 15, 2013, breaking the Japanese single-season record set by Sadaharu Oh 49 years ago.
“Former big-league outfielder Wladimir Balentien, Japan’s new single-season home run king with 57 blasts (and counting), has a couple of friends in the Twins’ bullpen. One of them is right-hander Shairon Martis, who comes from the same hometown (Willemstad) on the tiny …
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CHURANDY MARTINA WINS SILVER ON 200M IN BEIJING, BUT…
was wrongly disqualified
On 20 August 2008, Churandy Martina won the silver medal in the 200 metres at the Olympics behind Usain Bolt in 19.82 seconds, the first time he had run sub-20s. He was the first medal winner for the Netherlands Antilles after Jan Boersma won silver in sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
But Churandy Martina later was disqualified after the U.S. team protest that he had run out of his lane. However, the Netherlands Antilles has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne to restore …
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