Aruba General Elections
Topic: PoliticsToday finally the wait is over. For many local politicians the people will decide what their faith is going to be. General Elections are being held today and at stake are 21 seats of parliament. The last time general elections where held was on September 23rd, 2005.
In Aruba we don’t elect the executive cabinet, but [...]
Feels like 80s all over again
Topic: EnergyOn 9/11 (Seriously?!) Valero HQ in San Antonio, Texas decided to shut down Valero Aruba Refinery. Most sub-contractors and its workers have abandoned the refinery-premises.
The scenes we saw last week remembered us vividly about the big devastation was when Lago Aruba Refinery shut down its doors back in the 80s after having been in Aruba [...]
Gasoline up again, this year 37%
Topic: EnergyI think that by now we are used to this news. Gasoline rose again this month. After having a continues rise in gas prices, it finally dropped in August, just to go back up this month. Gasoline price rose with almost 5% in comparison to last month. For more detail visit arubalife.net/gasoline.
Read more » gasolineValero San Antonio: Valero Aruba Gone
Topic: EnergyValero Energy CEO has declared that until the margins in the oil products don’t improve, Valero Refinery Aruba won’t open. Translation: Valero Aruba is history.
As written a few week ago, don’t expect Valero to remain on the island for much longer. As soon as the contracts for delivery of products locally expire they will be [...]
CNN: Oil won’t return to triple digits
Topic: EnergyI came across an interesting article today on CNNMoney.com. The author was explaining why she doesn’t believe the oil prices aren’t going to rise to triple digits for the time being.
It’s an interesting article indeed, with economic and stock analysis. My question is: when was the last time the oil industry behaved within the [...]
Historic: Gasoline Drops a Little
Topic: EnergyAfter a steady increase of the gasoline prices since January of this year with over 30%, finally the gas prices dropped with 4%. It was rather unexpected.
Prices aren’t expected to go down much further in these times. For more detailed information read about it at arubalife.net/gasoline.
