WILLEMSTAD - The Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten (CBCS) distances itself from the statements of Minister of Finance of Sint Maarten, Perry Geerlings. The minister suggested in the media that the Girobank was about to go bankrupt.

This is remarkable because this bank is under the strict supervision of the Central Bank, says the board of directors of the CBCS. And Geerlings is one of the two asset managers. The Central Bank makes it clear in an advertisement in the newspapers that work is continuing on the recovery of the Giro Bank.