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E Derechonan di Pashent

Because your health deserves protection — and your rights deserve to be known.

Don't wait until it's too late. When it comes to your health, knowledge is protection. E Derechonan di Pashent is more than a book — it's your guide, your shield, and your voice in the healthcare system.

Written in clear, compassionate language (Papiamento), this essential guide helps every patient and family understand their rights — from access to care and informed consent to privacy, respect, and fair treatment.

Because if you don't know your rights, it's as if you have none. Empower yourself, protect your loved ones, and be the kind of patient who stands tall, informed, and respected.

Your health. Your life. Your right.

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Bon Nochi Aruba

E prome storia den e series “Un dushi soño”.

Un storia pa drumi dushi, na Papiamento, unda amor, sonrisa y naturaleza ta uni bou di luna di Aruba.

Un momento chikito prome cu drumi por bira e momento mas dushi di e dia. Bon Nochi Aruba ta invita mayornan y muchanan pa baha e velocidad, sinta serca di otro, y comparti un storia yen di calor y ternura.

Cu simbolonan di nos isla — lama trankil, tortuga sabi, lagadishi curioso, cadushi fuerte y cas tradicional — e buki aki ta crea un ritual di drumi yen di amor.

Un storia pa lesa, pa comparti, y pa keda den nos curason. Pasobra amor no ta djis pa bis'e — e ta pa bib'e: lesa hunto, anochi tras di anochi. 🌙

Perfecto pa muchanan te cu 5 aña.

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$20.00Read more & order→In stock. Published by Fundacion SIKI, Oranjestad, Aruba. Prome Edicion — 2025.
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Ken ta mi Tata

Ken ta mi Tata: E abraso perdi ta un relato íntimo tocante famia, pérdida, identidad y e preguntanan cu ta keda ora un tata no t'ey mas.

Den e buki aki, Jayburtt J. Dijkhoff ta busca no solamente e homber cu tabata su tata, pero tambe e historia, e recuerdonan y e silencio cu a forma nan relacion. Entre dolor, ternura y descubrimento, e lector ta wordo invita pa pensa riba su propio raiznan, riba loke nos hereda, y riba e cosnan cu nos ta sigui cargando ainda despues cu un ser stima a bay.

Ken ta mi Tata ta finalmente un historia tocante e deseo universal pa conoce di unda nos ta bin — y pa compronde, kisas demasiado laat, e hende cu a yuda forma ken nos a bira.

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PapiamentoAutonomy and Governance

Awe ta nan porta. Mañan por ta esun di bo

Bo cas mester ta e unico luga unda bo ta sinti bo mes sigur. Pero na Tanki Leendert, famianan inocente a lanta cu porta kibra, arma apunta riba nan, y miedo den nan curason.

19 Aug 2026 · 2 min readRead →
PapiamentoHealthcare & Patients' rights

Poco riesgo no ta cero riesgo: Kico Aruba mester di DVG pa Hantavirus aworaki

E problema mas grandi no ta e brote — ta e credibilidad di DVG. 'No tin motibo di preocupa' no ta calma ningun hende. Pueblo por google. Pero ta na DVG pa boga pa nos.

8 May 2026 · 5 min readRead →
PapiamentoAruba & Society

Calor fuerte ta yega — con pa prepara pa calor y secura 2026

Un temporada di secura y calor halto ta nos dilanti. Ban tuma pasonan di prevencion pa nos keda fuerte, cuida nos curpa, y cuida esnan vulnerabel y nos naturalesa.

6 May 2026 · 5 min readRead →
EnglishHealthcare & Patients' rights

The Elephant Was Never Pink. It Was Always White

The truth behind the hospital fusion debate in Aruba. A patient is told their diagnostics must be repeated — not because the first test was wrong, but because the system does not fully recognize itself.

4 May 2026 · 8 min readRead →
PapiamentoHealthcare & Patients' rights

E olifanti no ta ros, e ta blanco: fusion hospitalnan Aruba?

No tin ningun definicion oficial di loke ta un 'hospital' na Aruba. Bo no por absorba un institucion a base di limitacionnan cu bo mes a yuda crea. E problema no ta subtil. E ta un logica absurdo.

4 May 2026 · 5 min readRead →
PapiamentoAutonomy and Governance

Ora gobierno ta “transparente”… pero nos ta keda mal bruha

Un sistema crea pa “transparencia” por crea mas confusion, dependencia y desigualdad. Si hasta un experto mester para y cuestiona e proceso… kico ta pasa cu e ciudadano vulnerabel?

22 Apr 2026 · 3 min readRead →