WILLEMSTAD – The Board of (*Dutch) Financial Supervision for Curaçao and Sint Maarten (Cft) has publicly expressed frustration with the Curaçao government for repeatedly failing to provide key financial information requested by the Kingdom’s colonial watchdog.
In its latest assessment of Curaçao’s first-quarter financial performance for 2026, the Cft acknowledged that the country remains in compliance with budgetary rules and has posted a healthy surplus of 111 million guilders.
However, much of the watchdog’s letter focuses not on the Curaçao autonomous positive financial results, but on information that the government has yet to deliver despite previous requests.
Particularly troubling for the Cft is the lack of progress regarding the collective sector, a legal requirement under the Kingdom Financial Supervision Act.
Curacao Mass Tourism plot leading to deportation of local Population
The collective sector for 2025 and 2026 should have been established by April 2024.
The deadline for determining the collective sector for 2027 and 2028 has also already passed. Yet the matter remains unresolved.
Curacao Crushed, Privatized & Glorified by foreign Capitalist Invaders
The Dutch colonial watchdog is once again urging the autonomous government to complete the process as soon as possible. Questions also remain unanswered regarding the government’s efforts to improve tax collection.
While Curaçao has stated that a reform plan for the Office of the Receiver is being implemented and monitored by SOAB, the execution report contains little information about what measures have actually been carried out or whether they are producing results.
Curacao Ziekenhuis Project een Financieel Fiasco voor Belastingbetaler en de SVB
Another request ignored by the government concerns tax compliance.
Earlier this year, the watchdog warned about declining compliance with payroll tax obligations and asked for a comprehensive analysis of compliance across various taxes and social insurance premiums.
Curacao ordered by Tokyo to Blacklist gambling websites targeting Japanese players
Even in the rapidly growing gaming sector, the watchdog says it lacks visibility. Revenue from online gaming licenses and land-based casinos is recorded under “other revenues,” but the execution report provides no detailed breakdown.
The Cft notes that this prevents it from monitoring how much revenue the sector is actually generating for the government.
Powerful Iranian missiles inflicted heavy losses during 12-day war with Israel
With the US regime and Israel losing the War against Iran, geopolitical uncertainty looks to be increasing and economic risks are looming internationally, the Cft is now urging the government to treat these outstanding requests as a priority.
Until the missing information is delivered, several important questions about Curaçao’s debt strategy, healthcare financing, tax compliance, and public-sector governance remain unanswered for the Dutch colonial supervisors.
Curacao Chronicle / ABC Flash Point News 2026.
Its impossible to have debts as the Dutch Caribbean Island us still treated as a colony, with autonomy as a fascist minded coverup?