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Thursday, January 17, 2013 Prime Minister Mike Eman introduces “Europe Meets the Americas” Aruba’s Prime Minster, Mike Eman, welcomed media to the Dr. Edward Cheung Cen- ter for Innovation on Tuesday evening to officially an- nouncing an groundbreaking event to take place on Aruba in May, “Europe Meets the Americas.” The Prime Minister had casually mentioned such an event and its purpose at pre- vious events, with the long- term vision of expanding and diversifying Aruba’s eco- nomic base. Increasing air and sea transport between PM introduces Marion Kappeyne van de Copello Aruba and Europe are part of between European nations to meet face-to-face and dis- the plan for modeling Aruba and the various countries of cover opportunities for com- into a gateway of commerce South and Central America. merce that will prove Banking, transport, attractive mutually beneficial. tax incentives and duties, The theme for this first Obama says US cannot put would encourage them to use conference will be “Sustain- the island as a jumping off ability,” with emphases on off gun control 'any longer' point for commerce with companies operating or man- Latin countries. ufacturing within this sphere. The Europe Meets the Participants are encouraged sponse to the Newtown Americas conference is to explore the many opportu- school massacre last month scheduled for May 5 through nities for commerce that will in which 20 small children 8 at the Renaissance Conven- provide developing nations and six adults were gunned down. tion Center in Oranjestad. with the financial partners "Congress must act. Con- The aim of the event is “to needed to fully develop their gress must act soon," Obama boost trade between the con- resources. Companies have said, pledging to use the full tinents benefiting from the lo- the option of providing infor- weight of his office to pass cation, the safety and security mation that can be placed into new gun control measures. of Gateway Aruba as well as a system that will match them "These are our children." the benefits Aruba offers as to the best potential partners "What we should be think- being part of the Dutch King- to explore and develop con- ing about is our responsibility dom.” The conference will crete business opportunities to care for them and shield offer the unique opportunity during the one-on-one ses- them from harm," Obama for those interested in open- sions. said, at an event at the White ing new markets and net- House, which included rela- working with trade partners Continued on pg 3 tives of children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary school. "This is our first task as a society, keeping our children safe. This is how we will be judged and their voices should compel us to change, he said, warning gun control reforms President Obama at the White House today, with Vice could not wait "any longer." President Biden in the background The measures were drawn WASHINGTON (AFP) - measures "any longer." up in less than a month by President Barack Obama Obama also called on Vice President Joe Biden, Wednesday signed 23 execu- Congress to pass deeper who praised the courage of tive actions to curb gun vio- measures, including universal relatives of gun crime victims lence and demanded background checks for gun from Newtown and else- Congress pass an assault buyers and bans on high-ca- where for showing up at the weapons ban, saying Amer- pacity magazine clips and event. ica cannot put off gun control armor-piercing bullets, in re- Continued on pg 6 2 Thursday, January 17, 2013 Aruba’s Police force confer with Rotterdam police officials Division and Department heads of ALE attend Aruba's Chief Deputy Police Commissioner Martine Vis presents Commissioner of Police Thirty-five division and de- ercise is part of an all-encom- from the Rotterdam police.” video surveillance at a cost of Adolfo Richardson partment heads of Aruba’s passing plan to be imple- Part of the plan for in- 4.2 million Arubian florins island will be covered.” Police Department are spend- mented within the police creased security by the end of “from the colony to Arashi, By Rosalie Klein ing two days in conference department by the end of 2013 is the instillation of every populated part of the with members of the Rotter- 2013. Official will instigate a dam police force from Hol- number of policies as is prac- land. The educational ticed in private industry re- seminars are being conducted quiring members of the force by Deputy Commissioner of set goals and learn to “be re- Police Martine Vis, heading sponsible for achieving their the delegation, and Deputy goals and meeting expecta- Commissioner of Police Cees tions.” Department head will Knape. be conducting performance Aruba’s Chief Commis- evaluations every three sioner of Police Adolfo months as of the beginning of Richardson explained the ex- 2013. “We approached the Rotter- dam police as we feel their population, which is com- prised of almost 142 differing nationalities, very much mir- rors Aruba’s,” explained Police Commissioner Richardson. “They were most agreeable about sharing their experience, tactics and techniques.” Though tourism security is a part of the discussion, and the Aruba Hotel and Tourism Association, AHATA, was kind enough to donate their conference facil- ities for the seminars, the is- sues discussed went well beyond that sector of police concern. “We have four dis- tricts and the Department of Detectives has two divisions, addressing short and long- term investigation. We are covering all concerns to all division and department heads during the lectures Thursday, January 17, 2013 3 “Europe Meets the Americas” Continued from pg 1 During the Tuesday’s pres- entation, Vernon Huerta of Ernst & Young financial services presented some suggestions where such partnerships will provide great advantages to nations such as Colombia, with enormous oil and natural gas potential as well as harnessing renew- able energy sources. Sunday, May 5, a gala welcome reception and officially opening ceremonies will welcome the delegates. The following day will feature guest speakers on various financial and commercial opportunities of partnerships between the two hemispheres, and the balance of the conference will be dedicated to one-on-one sessions and networking. Prime Minister Eman presented the concept to Dutch ministers and legislators last year and has received the en- dorsement of the Dutch Min- ister of Foreign Affairs, Frans Timmerman. 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The Aruba Tax Bureau has informed all business owners that as of today the In- come Tax Forms for 2013 have been distributed. Every business owner will receive their package in the upcoming days. This package includes all the forms regarding the collection of income tax and the AOV/AWW and AZV pre- miums for 2013. The Tax Bureau encour- ages all recipients to check the package carefully to make certain that all the forms, to mention: declara- tion of premium of AOV/AWW/AZV for 2013, forms for 2012 – collective salary list of 2012, and the collective list of pay- ments made to third parties in 2012. There should be 12 individual forms for decla- ration imprinted with the correct period (one form for each month). Business owners with two or more businesses (sole proprietorship), will receive but one package which would be applicable to all of your businesses. This means that a declara- tion should be made for all employees together on a single form. The same is for all payouts made during 2013. For more information, please contact the Tax Bu- reau at Tel. 522-7423, or at their offices in Camacuri or the government office in San Nicolaas. Dreamliner woes turn into Boeing nightmare WASHINGTON (AFP) - ary aircraft, fuel leaks and a ture on the all-new aircraft, Boeing's 787 Dreamliner is cracked cockpit windshield. which is heavily equipped suffering serious teething Until now, the rash of with electronics. Lightweight problems that have grounded problems had not dented in- composite materials, to boost the plane in Japan and stoked vestor confidence in the aero- fuel efficiency, comprise 50 market concerns about the space giant. Since the first percent of the Dreamliner. US aerospace giant. incident this year, on January Boeing, which touts the All Nippon Airways 7, until the market closed 787 as the most successful grounded its 787 fleet Tuesday, Boeing's share twin-aisle launch of a com- Wednesday after smoke in an account for almost half of the incident with the high-tech value had climbed 0.6 per- mercial plane in the com- electrical compartment 50 787s already in service, plane -- marketed by Boeing cent. pany's history, says it has forced an emergency landing. and Boeing had hoped their as the fuel-efficient future of But on Wednesday, Boe- more than 800 unfilled orders Japan Airlines followed suit. fleets would serve as a shop aviation -- experienced by ing shares plunged 3.4 per- with 58 customers worldwide. The combined 24 planes will window for a new model on ANA and JAL in less than cent in New York, dragging 24/7WallSt's McIntyre be grounded at least through which it has staked much of two weeks. down the Dow Jones Indus- warned that the pileup of in- Thursday for safety checks. its business strategy. The mishaps included a trial Average. cidents could threaten Boe- The two Japanese airlines It was the seventh safety fire in an unoccupied station- Boeing has staked its fu- ing's order book. 6 Thursday, January 17, 2013 Netanyahu to Obama: Obama says US cannot put off gun control 'any longer' Only Israel knows its Continued from pg 1 own best interests Many of the most robust rec- In demanding action from ment agencies with new pow- ommendations require Con- Congress, arguing the single ers to prosecute gun crimi- gress to pass new laws and most important act in curbing nals. skeptics believe the power of gun crime would be to re- Biden arrived at his rec- the US gun lobby and antipa- quire background checks for ommendations after several thy towards gun control all gun buyers, Obama also weeks of meetings with gun among conservative Republi- called on lawmakers to crime victims, pro-gun con- cans and Democrats could strengthen existing require- trol groups, firearms lobby limit action. ments. officials, mental health advo- If enacted in full, Obama's Currently, licensed gun cates and makers of video package would represent the sellers are required to run games which include violent most significant gun control background checks on cus- content. reforms in decades, but it is tomers, but private sales of White House officials, unclear whether they could firearms are exempt. while acknowledging the stiff have prevented tragedies like The president also urged political winds Obama's pro- the one at Sandy Hook. Congress to renew a ban on posals will face, argue that Specifically, Obama's ex- assault weapons and to limit the trauma of the Newtown ecutive orders would require ammunition magazines to 10 killings on December 14 es- government agencies to make rounds, in a bid to check the pecially, may have changed relevant information avail- damage a shooter could do political realities on the issue. JERUSALEM (AFP) - Only prime minister. able to background checks, once engaged in a mass A new ABC News/Wash- the people of Israel can de- "Over the last four years, and to examine new ways to shooting. ington Post poll found most cide who will represent their we have faced tremendous prevent "dangerous" people The top gun lobby, the Na- Americans support banning best interests, Prime Minister pressure and we will continue getting guns. tional Rifle Association assault weapons and high-ca- Benjamin Netanyahu said on to stand up for the vital inter- Obama ordered a new na- (NRA) has expressed open pacity ammunition maga- Wednesday in remarks di- ests of Israel and its security," tional campaign on safe and skepticism whether a re- zines. rected at US President Netanyahu told reporters on a responsible gun ownership, a newed and strengthened as- The poll found high sup- Barack Obama a week before tour of an army base near review of safety standards for sault weapons ban could get port for some shifts: 88 per- a general election. Gaza, his remarks broadcast gun safes in the home, and through Congress. cent favor background "I think everyone knows on public radio. would provide training to The NRA opposes most of checks on buyers at gun that the citizens of Israel are "We will do everything nec- schools on how to respond to the White House's likely pro- shows; 76 percent urge the only ones who can decide essary to defend the security of an invasion by armed as- posals, and has instead called checks on buyers of ammuni- who will faithfully represent the citizens of Israel in this area sailants. for armed guards at every US tion; 71 percent back the cre- the vital interests of the as well as in other areas." school. ation of a new federal state," he said. Venezuelan opposition irked by Obama's package also database to track all gun His remarks came in re- seeks to crack down on guns sales; and 65 percent back sponse to an article by promi- ailing Chavez signature trafficking, calling on law- banning high-capacity am- nent Bloomberg columnist makers to equip law enforce- munition magazines. Jeffrey Goldberg in which he CARACAS (AFP) - from a pulmonary infection. quoted Obama as saying re- Venezuela's opposition seized He has not been seen in peatedly: "Israel doesn't know what its own best interests are." on just a few words -- cancer- public since before he left Obama, he wrote, ap- stricken Hugo Chavez's sig- Caracas. peared to see Netanyahu as a nature on a decree -- Henrique Capriles, a state Wednesday to demand the "political coward" vis-a-vis governor whom Chavez beat president clarify how sick he the peace process with the in Venezuela's October presi- is and what he can and cannot Palestinians who was com- dential election, said Wednes- do. pletely "captive to the settler day it was puzzling that the The official government lobby," and whose ongoing decree on the new foreign gazette published a decree in settlement activity was mov- minister carried the presi- which Elias Jaua was named ing Israel "down a path to- dent's signature. as Venezuela's new foreign ward near total isolation." minister. "If the president of the re- Senior figures from Ne- The decree -- number public can sign decrees, I call tanyahu's ruling rightwing 9,351 -- is dated Caracas and on him to appear, speak to Likud party reacted furiously, carries the signature of Venezuela and tell us what is accusing the US leader of Chavez, who underwent a happening in this govern- "gross interference" in the fourth cancer operation on ment, because what upcoming election, which is widely expected to see Is- December 11 in Havana and Venezuela has is 'dis-govern- raelis reelect their hawkish remains there recovering ment'," Capriles said. Thursday, January 17, 2013 7 International News Two killed as helicopter hits crane in London LONDON (AFP) - Two peo- Firefighters said they res- ple were killed on Wednesday cued a man from a burning car. when a helicopter hit a crane at An AFP reporter later saw a a building site in central Lon- charred vehicle lying along- don during morning rush hour side a pile of twisted metal and plunged to the ground in a from the helicopter, just metres ball of flames. from a major train line. Police said at least 13 peo- They confirmed that the ple were injured after the air- pilot, believed to be the only craft smashed into a crane on one in the helicopter, had been the top of an unfinished luxury killed along with a person on apartment block at Vauxhall, the ground. near the headquarters of the The commercial helicopter MI6 foreign spy agency on the set off from Redhill in Surrey, south bank of the River Thames. just south of London, bound The top of the 51-storey for Elstree to the north of the building, The Tower at One St city. But bad weather caused George Wharf, was shrouded the pilot to request a diversion in mist at the time. Police have to London Heliport, five kilo- ruled out a terror attack. metres (three miles) from the Witnesses said part of the crash site, officials said. crane fell on a street below The Air Accidents Investi- sending construction workers gation Branch is now looking fleeing for their lives, while into what happened, including the helicopter, spewing a thick suggestions that the crane did plume of black smoke, cast not have its aircraft warning burning wreckage over the light on. ground. Monaco royals denounce Grace Kelly movie as 'pure Somali Shebab say have 'decided to execute' fiction' French hostage MONACO (AFP) - Prince Al- Dahan, will feature Australian NAIROBI (AFP) - Somali Is- Allex." Paris has said the offi- presumed to be a pseudonym, bert of Monaco and his sisters actress Kidman and British lamists said Wednesday they cer was most likely killed by is still alive. have denounced a new biogra- actor Tim Roth as Prince have decided to execute the his captors during the failed The operation to free Allex, phical film starring Nicole Rainier. Kidman as their mother Grace It focuses on a six-month French intelligence officer rescue attempt. held since July 2009, was a Kelly as "glamorised" and period in 1962 when Monaco they have held for more than A senior Shebab official failure, with two other French three years and who was the confirmed to AFP on Wednes- "pure fiction." was in a heated tax dispute soldiers killed. The French re- object Saturday of a botched day that Allex "has been sen- In a statement, Prince Al- with France and Alfred Hitch- trieved one of the two bodies. rescue bid. tenced and this judgement will bert II and Princesses Caroline cock offered Kelly a chance to Pictures of the second dead The Al-Qaeda linked She- not be changed. As far as we and Stephanie said the film's return to acting. soldier, presented by the She- bab in a statement said they are concerned this man should script did not accurately por- Filming of the new movie bab as the commander of the have "reached a unanimous die." tray events involving their took place between September raid, have been posted on the decision to execute the French The Shebab have not pro- mother, the Hollywood actress and December in Monaco, intelligence officer, Denis vided any proof that Allex, Islamists' Twitter account. who married Monaco's Prince southern France and Italy. Rainier III in 1956. Women, girls murdered in Guatemala The film's producer, Pierre- "It tells a story, rewritten Ange Le Pogam, told AFP the and unnecessarily glamor- violence production was meant to be a ised... containing significant work of fiction and confirmed historical inaccuracies and a the royal family had been con- GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) firefighters said. gangs are blamed for an epi- series of purely fictional sulted. - A wave of violence claimed Their bodies were found in demic of violence that has scenes," the royals said in a "The palace was aware of the lives of six women and the middle of the street in a claimed more than 5,000 lives statement. the script and made requests girls, including two young southern district of the capital, in 2012, one of the highest The statement said the royal whose bodies were found near where the body of a 35- homicide rates in Latin Amer- for changes. We took most of family had been granted access early Wednesday dumped in year-old woman was found ica, according to official fig- to the script and requested sev- their remarks into account, but the street, authorities said. "with a gunshot wound to the ures. eral changes, but the requests not all," he said. The girls, aged six and 12, face and gagged with adhesive The police said about 700 were not taken into account. "The film is not intended to displayed "apparent signs of tape," firefighters said. women a year are victims of "Grace of Monaco", di- tell the true story of the princi- strangulation," a report by Drug traffickers and armed deadly violence in Guatemala. rected by France's Olivier pality," he said. 8 Thursday, January 17, 2013 Dengue showing global Health & Living 'epidemic potential': WHO Australian study turns HIV against itself you would maintain a healthy immune system." An HIV-infected person is said to have AIDS when their count of CD4 immune system cells drops below 200 per mi- crolitre of blood or they develop any one of 22 GENEVA (AFP) - The them resulting in death. opportunistic infections like World Health Organisation But the WHO's Raman Ve- cancer or tuberculosis as a re- said on Wednesday that it had layudhan said the disease was sult. charted progress in the fight likely underreported and esti- Most people infected with against tropical diseases but mated there were as many as HIV, if left untreated, would warned that dengue fever was 50 million cases a year with develop AIDS about 10 to 15 spreading at an alarming rate. more than 20,000 deaths. years later, according to the UN. Antiretroviral treatments "In 2012, dengue ranked as Dengue is spread by one of SYDNEY (AFP) - An Aus- based drug was "quite far from can prolong this window pe- the fastest spreading vector- four viruses transmitted by tralian scientist said he had dis- application". riod. borne viral disease, with an the Aedes aegypti mosquito. covered a way to turn the HIV Creating a drug would be The new Nullbasic therapy, epidemic potential in the It causes high fever, virus against itself in human challenging, he said, as it if proven, could see the spread world, registering a 30-fold headaches, itching and joint cells in the laboratory, in an would require introducing "de- of HIV halted indefinitely, increase in disease incidence pains. At an advanced stage it important advance in the quest signed" information into the bringing an end to the deadly over the past 50 years," the can lead to haemorrhaging for an AIDS cure. genes of people to be treated. condition, said Harrich. Geneva-based UN agency and death. David Harrich from the "The immune cells of the Using a treatment based on said in a report released But the agency also re- Queensland Institute of Med- blood are the primary cells a single protein could spell an Wednesday. ported "unprecedented ical Research said he modified which are infected by HIV and end to onerous multiple drug The increased transmission progress against 17 neglected a protein in HIV that normally if you want to have a cure with helps the virus spread, into a this new protein, you need to... regimes for HIV patients, rate of the deadly mosquito- tropical diseases", saying for meaning a better quality of life "potent" inhibitor. get every immune cell to make borne disease was due to cli- example that rabies had been and lower costs. The protein was introduced this protein," he explained. mate change and a greater eliminated in several coun- Animal trials are due to start to immune cells targeted by the This would require gene movement of people, the tries. this year. human immunodeficiency therapy -- a complicated, rare, agency said. It added that guinea worm .UN figures show the num- virus (HIV), where it slowed potentially dangerous and very An annual two million -- a water-borne infection that ber of people infected with the reproduction of the virus expensive option. cases of dengue fever were causes agonising pain and HIV worldwide rose to 34 mil- after infection. "They (the Australian re- reported over the last two leaves sufferers unable to lion in 2011 from 33.5 million The experiments were con- searchers) have partly ad- years by 100 countries, with function for months -- was on in 2010. ducted in a lab dish, and thor- dressed that question. They between 5,000 to 6,000 of its way to total eradication. The vast majority (23.5 mil- ough testing on lab animals is have partly tested that (gene lion) live in sub-Saharan needed before any human tri- therapy), but not really in pa- Africa, with another 4.2 mil- als can begin. tients or in infected people, lion in South and Southeast Harrich's team, whose study only in the lab." Asia. is published in the journal Harrich said Nullbasic held There were 1.7 million Human Gene Therapy, said the promise for curbing the spread AIDS-related deaths world- modified protein dubbed Null- of the virus as well as for treat- wide in 2011 -- 24 percent basic inhibited virus replica- ing people who already have fewer than in 2005 and nearly tion about eight- to ten-fold in AIDS, and described it as six percent below the 2010 some cells. "fighting fire with fire". level. "If this research continues "The virus might infect a New HIV infections have at down its strong path, and bear cell but it wouldn't spread," he least halved in 25 low and in mind there are many hurdles said. "You would still be in- middle income countries over to clear, we're looking at a cure fected with HIV, it's not a cure the past decade. for AIDS," the researcher said. for the virus, but the virus The UN said in November Commenting on the study, would stay latent, it wouldn't that achieving zero new infec- Frank Wegmann, an Oxford wake up, so it wouldn't de- tions in children appeared in- University HIV vaccine re- velop into AIDS. creasingly possible. searcher, told AFP a Nullbasic- "With a treatment like this, Thursday, January 17, 2013 9 Schools should ditch books: Sci-Tech New York mayor hopeful Orange says it has forced Google to pay for traffic NEW YORK (AFP) - New and at home," she said. York students would ditch "So a teacher in the Bronx textbooks and be issued tablets can pull together the most rel- PARIS (AFP) - The head of generates huge amounts of Google has also been faced under a proposal by a leading evant information for his class, French telecoms operator Or- traffic but does not compensate with demands for compensa- candidate for mayor. and update it throughout the ange said it had been able to them for using their networks. tion from content providers Christine Quinn, the current year to stay current. He can in- impose a deal on Google to Richard put Google traffic such as newspapers, who city council speaker and a fa- corporate videos and interac- compensate it for the vast over Orange's Internet net- charge the search giant makes vorite to replace her ally tive multimedia assignments amounts of traffic sent across works at around 50 percent. lots of advertising revenue from Mayor Michael Bloomberg in that better engage kids living its networks. The Orange chief executive referencing their material. November, said the technolog- in a digital world." ical upgrade would open "lim- Orange CEO Stephane said that Internet companies France and Germany are con- According to Quinn the itless" possibilities. Richard said on France's BFM and network operators were in- sidering imposing compensation project would pay for itself. "Thanks to the Internet, Business TV that with 230 mil- terdependent and criticised a schemes on Google as the com- "We currently spend more teachers in any given subject lion clients and areas where recent controversial move by a pany has refused to reach any than a $100 million a year on can share lessons and materials Google could not get around its French competitor, Free. deal with media outlets. textbooks. That's enough with colleagues around the network, it had been able to Free blocked Internet ads, French President Francois money to buy tablets for every world. They can organize reach a "balance of forces" drawing strident protest from Hollande warned Google on those lessons into online text- student in New York City pub- with the Internet search giant. websites reliant on advertising Wednesday that his govern- books, which their students lic schools, and cover staff Network operators have that the move would kill their ment would legislate a so- can read on tablets in school costs," she said. been fuming for years that business model, until the called Google tax if the Google, with its search engine French government ordered it company doesn't reach a deal and You Tube video service, stop the practice. with French media companies. Soot is number two human cause of global warming: study WASHINGTON (AFP) - Soot took into account the accumu- house gas in the atmosphere, is the second-biggest human lation of soot in the atmos- where it can remain for contributor to global warming phere and the amount of solar decades. behind carbon dioxide, and its heat that the particles absorb. The uncertainties about the impact on climate change has Soot only remains in the at- impact of soot are rooted in the until now been sharply under- mosphere for seven to 10 days, fact that researchers do not estimated, a new study has re- meaning that efforts to reduce fully understand how black vealed. the quantity of black carbon carbon interacts with clouds. Soot, or black carbon, is gen- emissions could have a quick Soot is a main target of the erated by the incomplete com- and dramatic impact on global Climate and Clean Air Coali- bustion of oil, coal, wood or warming. tion to Reduce Short-Lived HARBIN (AFP) : A robot serves guests in a robot-themed other fuels. Sources range from In contrast, limiting global Climate Pollutants -- a multina- restaurant in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang diesel engines to wood-burning warming by reducing emis- tional initiative backed by the province on January 16, 2013. Twenty robots perform a stoves. sions of carbon dioxide is more United States, Canada and variety of chores, from ushering in guests to waiting ta- For the new study, scientists of a long-term goal, given the Mexico, among others. bles and cooking dishes. accumulation of the green- 10 Thursday, January 17, 2013 JAN 12 - JAN 19 O’stad : ‘ Botica Oduber. ’ - S.N. ‘ Botica Sn. 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