Olga Alava,

Ecuador

wins Miss Earth 2011

 MANILA – Ecuador’s Olga Alava was crowned Miss Earth on Saturday after beating out contestants from 84 countries at the final of this international beauty competition, held this year in the Philippine capital.Alava, 23, a native of Guayaquil and an international business graduate, was crowned queen of a pageant mostly dominated by Latin beauties who took three out of the top four places in the final.

Olga Mercedes Álava Vargas is an Ecuadorian beauty pageant titleholder and Top Model who was crowned Miss Earth Ecuador 2011 and is the reigning Miss Earth.

 Olga, who stands 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) tall, competed as the representative of Guayas in Miss Ecuador 2011, and became the eventual the 3nd Runner-up.

As the official representative of her country to the 2011 Reina Hispanoamericana pageant due to Claudia Schiess, Miss Ecuador 2011 was competing in Miss Continente Americano 2011 and won the pageant respectively, Verónica Vargas, 1st runner-up was competing in Miss World 2011, and Fernanda Cornejo, 2nd runner-up was competing in Miss International 2011, Olga Álava as the 3th runner-up took the right to represent Ecuador in Reina Hispanoamericana 2011 where she placed 2nd runner-up to our Evalina van Putten, Miss Curaçao who won the  Reina Hispanoamericana 2011.

In September, 2011, the director of Diosas Escuela de Misses (Diosas School for Beauty Queens), Jose Hidalgo, chose her as the official representative of Ecuador to the 2011 Miss Earth pageant, current Miss Earth titleholder Nicole Faria of India crowned her as Miss Earth 2011.

Brazil’s Driely Bennettone was first runner-up and won the title of Miss Earth-Air, while the Venezuelan Caroline Medina came in fourth and was named Miss Earth-Fire. Philippine Athena Imperial was third with the honorary title of Miss Earth-Water.

OFFICIAL RESULTS

Olga Alava won the 11th edition of Miss Earth 2011 held at the at the University of the Philippines Theater in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines.

Miss Earth 2011: Ecuador – Olga Alava

Miss Air: Brazil 

Miss Water: Philippines

Miss Fire: Venezuela

TOP 8
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Crimea

Mexico

Zimbabwe

Top 16:
Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)

Japan

Paraguay

Portugal

Slovenia

Sweden

Thailand

Ukraine

What environmental project will Olga Alava create to promote the protection of Mother Earth and why, she replied that “My principal Project is to preserve the mother earth, taking care of the forests which give us the air to live, and are habitats for biodiversity. Campaigns dedicated to children and teenagers teaching the importance of preserving and planting. The project for my country will be to help preserving the reserve Yasuni national park by promoting it importance abroad.”

Olga Alava’s environmental advocacy : “Preserving the forests and making campaigns and people conscious to plant and preserve what already exist as the forests are the lungs of the world.”

Miss Earth is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. Along with Miss Universe and Miss World contests, Miss Earth is one of the three largest beauty pageants in the world in terms of the number of national-level competitions to participate in the world finals. Miss Earth is also one of the most publicized beauty contests in the world. The reigning titleholders dedicate their year to promote specific projects and often address issues concerning the environment and other global issues.

In 2006, the Miss Earth pageant started to cohost the United Nations Environment Programme‘s Champions of the Earth, an annual international environment awards established in 2005 by the United Nations to recognize outstanding environmental achievers and leaders at a policy level.

This year Curaçao was represented by Miss Miluska Willems in the Miss Earth pageant, who won a distinction during the competition as Miss Earth Bikini Princess.  Very proud of her, I imagine all her hard work to get to Manila she can now be proud of. And she may be one that opens up doors for our nation in this pageant also. G!

 

Pearls of the Dutch Caribbean

the first Dutch Caribbean Young Professionals Gala

(Language: Dutch)

  In mei 2010 werd de jongerencommissie van het Overlegorgaan Caribische Nederlanders (OCaN) gevraagd om het jongerencongres “Anti-positief” te organiseren in het kader van het 25 jarig bestaan van OCaN. Tijdens dit congres stond de leefwereld van Caribisch-Nederlandse jongeren centraal.

Na de inspirerende toespraak van de burgemeester van Rotterdam, de heer Aboutaleb, heeft de burgemeester de OCaN jongerencommissie uitgedaagd om met tien praktische ideeën te komen die gebruikt kunnen worden om de problematiek onder de Caribische Nederlanders aan te pakken. Aan de uitdaging van de burgemeester van Rotterdam heeft de OCaN jongerencommissie gehoor gegeven door tien praktische ideeën te presenteren; waaronder een gala en award evenement.

De focus van dit awards gala ligt op de goede prestaties van de jonge professional uit de Caribisch-Nederlandse gemeenschap als tegengeluid op de negatieve acties en berichtgevingen in de samenleving en de media. Bij dit awards gala zullen de “Young Professionals” in het zonnetje worden gezet door uitingen van waardering van de aanwezigen en door te mogen genieten van een feestelijke avond die speciaal voor hen is georganiseerd. Daarnaast dient dit evenement positief perspectief te geven in een omgeving waarin Caribische Nederlanders continu in de media worden geassocieerd met activiteiten waar criminaliteit en overlast centraal staan.

Het awards gala is bedoeld voor alle Caribisch Nederlandse jongeren – uit Rotterdam en de rest van het land – en van verschillende vakgebieden: van succesvolle lasser of kok tot kunstenaar of specialist in opleiding.

De “Young Professionals”, worden als voorbeeldfunctie (positief rolmodel) in de samenleving naar voren gebracht. Zij worden als bron van inspiratie en motivatie voor andere jongeren gebruikt, die ook over de talenten en ambities beschikken om zich tot Young Professionals te ontwikkelen.

Tijdens deze feestelijke avond, op 3 december 2011 in Staal Rotterdam, (WTC gebouw ,beursplein 33, Rotterdam, www.staalrotterdam.nl) zal door een jury in de volgende zeven categorieën een Dutch Caribbean Young Professional Award worden uitgereikt:

- Sociaal – Cultureel - Wetenschap - Kunst - Techniek - Sport - Muziek & Entertainment - Carrière & Ondernemerschap

De jury bestaat uit: – Glenn Helberg (voorzitter OCaN  – kinder/jeugd psychiater) – juryvoorzitter; - Ariela Stoffer (advocaat); - Milouska Meulens (presentatrice/journalist  NOS); - Hunneley Felicia (zanger/young professional); – Raymi Sambo (acteur/presentator); – Gabriel Murray (omgevingsmanager Grote Infrastructurele Werken); - Roël Calister(percussionist)

De genomineerden werden op de officiële Facebook Page bekend gemaakt. Los van bovenstaande categorieën wordt er een ‘Outstanding Dutch Caribbean Young Professional award’ uitgereikt aan de genomineerde met de meeste stemmen. Deze zal door het publiek middels stemmen via de Facebook Page worden gekozen.

Voor de categorie ‘Most Outstanding Dutch Caribbean Young Professional’. Stemmen kan door de foto van jouw favoriete DCYP te ‘LIKEN’. Klik op foto’s en kies het album ‘Most Outstanding Dutch Caribbean Young Professional’. Er kan op meerdere DCYP’s gestemd worden. Uiteindelijk wint de foto met de meeste ‘LIKES’.

De winnaar/winnares voor de andere 7 categorieën wordt door de jury bepaald. Alle winnaars/winnaressen worden op 3 december bekend gemaakt tijdens het gala. Deze poll sluit op donderdag, 1 december 2011 om 23:59 (NL Tijd).

And the Nominees are……

Categorie: Techniek

Lernnerth Angela

Javier St. Jago

JNP (Juliana, Nivillac & Petronilia)

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Categorie: Kunst

Sharelly Emanuelson

Quinsy Gario

Francis Sling (JayArt)

Hemayel Martina (RIP)

Frenshelo Janzen

Rosabelle Illes

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Categorie: Sociaal Cultureel

  Nadya van Putten

Adriana Paniagua of Nicaragua gets crowned as the new Miss Teen Intenational 2011

15-year old Adriana Paniagua, from Chinandega, Nicaragua, won the Miss Teen International beauty pageant held in San Jose, Costa Rica, on November 23rd.   The 1st runner-up was Miss Teen Costa Rica (Josseling Porras) and the 2nd runner-up was Miss Teen Colombia (Sofia De las Piedras). Completing the Top 6 were the teens from Aruba (Mishelle Mota), Puerto Rico (Rebeca Valentin) and Canada (Alexandra Janays). 14 beauties competed in the pageant.

Miss Teen Nicaragua also won the Best National Costume award.

The pageant, which is usually held in Costa Rica, has signed a contract with China for the next five years, explained Enrique Gonzalez, organizer; and it will be held in the asian country starting in 2012.

Miss Teen International is an annual beauty pageant for teen aged girls from the Americas and other regions of the world.

Former Titleholders

1993 Sofia Andersson of Sweden

1994 Ana Carina Góis Homa of Brazil

1995 Kristen Elizabeth Hungerford of Sweden

1996 Karina Renata Cavazzana of Brazil

1997 Katherine González Rivera of Puerto Rico

1998 Vanessa Martins Fernandes of Brazil

1999 Carolina Raven Perez of Aruba

2000 Ayanette Mary Ann Statia of Curaçao

2001 Yara Lasanta of Puerto Rico

2002 Fabriella Quesada Sequeira of Costa Rica

2003 María Teresa Rodríguez of Costa Rica

2004 – 2005 Lauryn Eagle of Australia

2006 Mayra Matos of Puerto Rico

2007 Jenny Quiroga Bravo of Mexico

2008 Isabele Sanchez of Brazil

2009 Nazareth Cascante of Costa Rica

2010 Lynette Do Nascimento of Aruba

And crowning  this 2011 to follow the international teenage legacy Adriana Paniagua of Nicaragua

Following the pageant with an eagle eye, what is much appreciated is the high-level of teenage beauty ambassadors could’ve been appreciated in this year’s Miss Teen International. 

For Curaçao we are working to keep up with the legacy of former Miss Teen International – Ayanette Meyer Statie (former Miss Universe and World Curaçao). Stay tuned for more information on the development of this future project. 

Two years after the birth of her daughter, Curaçaoan jazz and world music singer Izaline Calister is resuming her recording career, as she explains in this her interview with Maarten Schakel of Dolfijn FM magazine.

Time flies and motherhood almost caused Curaçaoan singer Izaline Calister to forget what it is like to record an album.

It was surreal. Far away from her home in Groningen (in the north of the Netherlands), Izaline was alone in a hotel room in Eindhoven (in the south) in mid-November 2009. The following day she would be receiving an Edison Award [the Dutch equivalent of the US Grammy] in the category of jazz and world music for her CD Speransa. She was eight months pregnant. Then unexpectedly her water breaks, she is transported to a hospital by taxi, and she gives birth to a perfectly healthy daughter. The delivery goes so fast that her partner Victor is unable to arrive in time from Groningen. Their daughter Victoria is born at six o’clock in the morning. At five o’clock that afternoon, a cosmetician prepares Izaline to receive a camera team that will hand her the Edison while she lies in her hospital bed. In that 24-hour time span, Izaline’s life is completely transformed.

Now, two years after the Edison for Speransa, her new CD “Di Fiesta” has been released. It is an album with Christmas songs: a collection of covers, adaptations, and originals.

Izaline: “I think that every musician should do a Christmas CD once. I was a little fed up with songs about snow and white Christmas. ‘Roasting chestnuts on an open fire’ – nah, not for me. I wanted to sing about things like being homesick during Christmas season, as many Curaçaoan children reside in the Netherlands. Last year I was invited for a Christmas show in the Netherlands. There I sang American jazz classics. It was a nice concert, but also a little bit frustrating, because I wanted to do something with characteristic Curaçaoan songs. That’s when it started to itch.”

But why now, why not at some later time? “It may sound strange, but I had forgotten how to do it, i.e., making a CD. Since having Victoria, I had not written a single song. Performing went extremely well, and one gets used to grandmothers and babysitting, but writing songs is something that I used to do in my free time, which I now prefer to spend with my daughter. A few times I sat in front of the piano thinking, ‘How does this go again?’ I had lost it a bit. This [the Christmas album] was a nice little project to get everything back on track. I have the hang of it again, and I will immediately continue to work on a new, regular CD.

On November 8, last, Izaline started a new theatre tour in the Netherlands called ‘Nomads’, with Julya Lo’Ko (of Moluccan-Indonesian heritage) and Lilian Vieira (Brazilian). They are singing in English, Spanish, Papiamentu, Moluccan, Portuguese, and Dutch. Next month, Izaline will be giving a few performances in India. What will be next?

Perhaps Brazil, where the popular MTV host and stand-up comedian Marcelo Adnet, since having visited Aruba and Curaçao, is crazy about Papiamentu, especially the music of Izaline and of Aruba’s Biggy Boy, because of the resemblance with Brazilian Portuguese. Izaline: “Recently he sent me compliments via Twitter. And now all of a sudden a lot of other Brazilians are ‘sharing’ my videos and ‘adding’ me. People are already saying that I should start to sing in Portuguese. Oh well, we’ll see what happens.”

Just when you thought that Izaline’s life seemed to be on track again, expect a new challenge to be awaiting her.

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Izaline Calister’s new single “Bendiciona” with Grupo Di Betico

Starting the beginning of November in a record store near you (Curaçao and Aruba) and on www.izalinecalister.com in the Netherlands. Soon the Christmas album of Izaline Calister “Di Fiesta”

The first single from the new Christmas Album “Di Fiesta” by Curaçao (jazz ) singer Izaline Calister is out!

She sings in Papiamentu, the language spoken on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao.

The song was written by singer-songwriter Hildward Croes from Aruba, who toured for five years the world around with the Latin singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra y 4.40.

The single introduces the Christmas vibe.

The most wonderful season of the year, where It’s already a hit! Check it out!

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First ‘American Idol’ Season 11 Promo Airs During World Series (Video)

American Idol is a reality television singing competition created by Simon Fuller and produced by FremantleMedia North America and 19 Entertainment, which began airing on Fox on June 11, 2002. As of June 2011, it is the most watched TV series in the Nielsen ratings and is the only program to have been number one for seven consecutive seasons, surpassing All in the Family and The Cosby Show, which were both number one for five consecutive seasons.

The program aims to discover the best singer in the country where the winner is determined by the viewers. Through telephone, Internet, and SMS text voting, viewers have chosen as winners Kelly Clarkson, Ruben Studdard, Fantasia Barrino, Carrie Underwood, Taylor Hicks, Jordin Sparks, David Cook, Kris Allen, Lee DeWyze and Scotty McCreery.

The American Idol Season 11 premiere is still three months away, but viewers saw the first promo for the upcoming season during Game 4 of the World Series on Sunday night.

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MARVIA LAURENCE

IS OUR NEW

MISS CARAIBES HIBISCUS

A VIRTUAL SUCCESS FOR CURACAO

Willemstad, Curaçao – Curaçao has selected her new ambassador for the biggest pageant of the Caribbean the “Miss Caraïbes Hibiscus”.

Marvia Laurence won the election with 194 points and became the new “Miss Caraïbes Hibiscus Curaçao”. She was followed by Gwendeline Zimmerman with 190.5 points, and finalizing the top with 170.5 points Genecis Hooi.

A successful innovative season was the virtual election to crown someone who will follow Miss Ruënna Mercelina’s footsteps as Miss Caraïbes Hibiscus Curaçao; it catapulted eleven local beautiful girls on an international virtual platform. After the 11, a top six got through, and afterwards the top three and finalized with the new virtual crowning of Marvia Laurence on 11.11pm on November 11, 2011.

Every delegate got the chance to promote their interests, and afterwards got an interview with the judges. The highlight of that night was the presence of one of the Best Students of the Netherlands “Fotis Sahertian” as judge. And afterwards three virtual international judges helped with their points to elect the winner, in the presence of Edwin Toledo (Director of the beauty website Times of Beauty), Theodore Elyett (Director of the Miss Teen Bahamas) and Anco van Hal (Director of Artists and Model Agency in Amsterdam).

The name Marvia, stands for “a wonderful thing” or “extraordinary” in Latin. She’s currently finalizing her law studies, and carries lot’s of personality and experience. She’s known as first runner up Carnival Queen on the island, and also represented Curaçao in “PJD Caribbean Queen”. And now she has the challenge to bring home the international crown on December 3, 2011 at Maho Beach, St. Martin.

Everyone can follow the developments, information and more innovative ideas through the page: www.facebook.com/misscaraibescuracao.

For more information or interest in making Curaçao’s participation a successful one, you can contact us via misscaraibescuracao@gmail.com or call +5999 – 562-0226

With the clear notion that youth is the future of humanity, “MISS TEENAGER PAGEANT” Each year a lovely group of adolescents get together with clear goals and dreams ahead, eager to make this a better world, full of peace, education and social equality, promoting healthy competition and promoting moral values in each of our activities.

In its fourth edition, 2011, The Mark “MISS TEENAGER PAGEANT” has managed to consolidate in the industry of the fascinating world of beauty pageants as the largest and most important event of teenagers worldwide, counting this time with more than 40 delegates from the 5 continents.

The first three editions 2008 – 2009 – 2010 where held in:

2008-GUATEMALA

2009-EL SALVADOR

2010-COSTA RICA

In 2011 it will be held in GUATEMALA “HEART OF THE MAYAN WORLD” being the final on October 9th.

With support from strategic partners from different companies, we are preparing a great show that will wow locals and international visitors.

In 2008 Curaçao was represented by Tiffany Josefa who opened the doors for the island to get in the top finalists of the teenagers’ biggest pageant.

In 2009 we didn’t have a representative.

In 2010, Miss Teenager Curacao 2010, Eline de Pool had a remarkable performance during the pageant that was held in Costa Rica in which Eline she was awarded the First Runner-Up position.

Afterwards internationally got the recognition of an international beauty pageantry website “Critical Beauty” by obtaining the first Critical Beauty Young Achievement Award.

This year CURACAO is back, with a teenager ready to give it all to bring the newest country in the world “CURACAO” its teenage international crown.

Ruënna Mercelina known as “Sugar” was approached by the executive level of the international pageant to be the next representative of CURACAO. After her regional successful experience in Miss Caraibes Hibiscus that catapulted her international career as beauty ambassador, she is ready to take the next step.

Up until this date she’s the person in national pageantry history of her country to achieve more titles as a teenage girl, and has accumulated several distinctions in the international scene.

She starred in many fashion shows and did lots of promotional works for big companies such as Albert Heijn, Fun Miles, MCB, Post Spaarbank and so on.

Ruënna “Sugar” was raised in a Roman-Catholic home with both parents and an older brother, which was former Youth Parliament President of Curaçao.

Currently, she is a student at the College of the Dutch Caribbean in her last college year pursuing her studies in Marketing & Public Relations.

Her break-through as actress was in a political satire “Fe Lusafe” as main-actress with the aspects of the revolution of the 30th of May 1969 in Curaçao, written, directed and acted by the legendary comedian Eligio Melfor.

She just finished a tour in Aruba with the humoristic play “Gainan Fini” with the main role of a female writer transforming into a homosexual man to write a book of the “gay” life nowadays. And she’s now starring as one of the main roles for the international production company Endemol’s new soap-series for Caribbean titled “Ki bo Ke Men?” (What do you mean?).

As a teen beauty ambassador she wants to serve as a role model to inspire other youngsters around the globe to pursue their dreams with passion, focus and respect. She wants to work on the mission to develop the role of youth as new leaders and nation builders through participation in their community through projects, and as an ambassador of the WE LEAD foundation she’s currently working on that in her native country Curaçao together with a dynamic team of youngsters.

Photo by international photographer Marije Weterings www.marijeweterings.nl

Her role models are her grandmothers, her mom who she thanks for her talent, perseverance and beauty, Tyra Banks, and Annemarie Braafheid (the former Miss Curaçao 1968/ Miss Universe 1969 First Runner-Up and the first dark skinned woman to attain a high position in the Miss Universe contest).

Vote for her on the www.missteenageruniverse.com - CURACAO

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Today marks a historical date for the biggest Dutch Caribbean Newspaper “EXTRA”, the largest published papiamentu newspaper in the world.

One o f the former founders “Eddy Oleana” of the EXTRA newspaper is being commemorated after dying in a car crash 25 years ago in Curacao.  

Read below some interesting stories written in Papiamentu and Dutch of the EXTRA history and co-founder Eddy Oleana. 

Historia di Extra

EXTRA a keda funda 1 di mart 1976, kuminsando ku 10 piku página i awe nos a yega 56 página den 30 aña. Un desaroyo sumamente positivo i ta intenshon pa den añanan ku ta sigui e korant bira kompletamente na kolo.EXTRA ta konsistí di 10 periodista, 3 fotógrafo, e departamentu di atministrashon, opmaak  ku ta esun ku ta hinka e páginanan den otro i nos direktor general ku ta Ronald Irausquin. E ta un di e doñonan tambe di e korant huntu ku tres otro doño ku ta Mike Oehlers i e sindikatonan CFW i ABVO.EXTRA tin periodista spesial pa deporte i tambe otronan spesial pa notisianan internashonal. Notisianan internashonal ta keda tradusí for di Associated Press i tambe e potrètnan di Associated press. Associated press ta un sentro di periodistanan mundial, ku ta sòru pa paisnan afiliá por haña notisianan ounke nan no ta na e pais konserní. Por ehèmpel nan tin periodista na Irak pa kubri tur e guera ku tin i manda esaki nan base Associated Press i e ta sòru pa nos aki na Kòrsou por haña e informashonnan ei,

Nos fotografnan tin di saka potrèt di rueda di prensa, aktividatnan sosial i tambe kasonan di polis.E periodista ku yega paden ku su informashon, tin di pone esakinan den kòmpiuter, pa e pasa over pa e korektris ku tin di korigié i saka e foutnan den dje, despues e ta bai pa opmaak ku ta hinka e korant den otro. Nan ta haña aviso i artíkulonan ku nan ta hinka den un página i esaki ta bai pa imprenta. Nos ora di finalisá e korant ta 3 or di mardugá.

EXTRA tin su dilanti pa trese informashonnan alkaso, sin sensashon negativo, purba semper di pone nos mes den sapatu di e víktima i p’esei mes e potrètnan hororoso na kolo ku hopi sanger den dje no ta sosodé mas. Pa EXTRA edukashon di nos pueblo ta hopi haltu den e prioridatnan. Ta den e kuadro aki  mes mayoria di nos a bai kursonan pa siña skibi papiamentu segun ortografia, ya asina e pueblo ku tin di siña su lenga bon i skibié optimal por usa nos korant pa sa kon ta hasi esaki mihó posibel.

Tambe nos tin diferente páginanan manera página di mucha, kaminda nos ta purba trese informashonnan ku hóbennan por usa asta den charlann na skol.

EXTRA a keda funda pa Eddy Oleana i Mike Oehlers. Eddy Oleana a fayesé den un aksidente.

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Geschiedenis Extra Productions N.V.

Extra Productions N.V. werd opgericht door Mike Oehlers en de journalist Eddy Oleana. Ze werkten toen  beiden voor een krantenbedrijf. Dat was en is nog steeds een middagkrant. Deze twee personen zagen de belangstelling en de vraag die er toen was voor een ochtend-krant en besloten op 1 maart 1976 om met  een eigen krantenbedrijf te beginnen, nl. Extra Productions N.V samen met dhr Ronald Irausquin en de twee vakbonden ABVO en CFW.
De krantenbedrijf was eerst gevestigd in een klein tuinhuisje die later vervangen werd door een wat grotere. Wegens groei van het bedrijf en onvoldoende ruimte zijn ze verhuisd naar een bedrijfspand waar ze zich voor +- 30 jaar hebben gevestigd.

De krant “ Extra” bestond toen uit maar 12 pagina’s. Extra Productions N.V. had toen geen vaste personeel in dienst  en de 2 journalisten (Oehlers en Oleana) konden niet genieten van een vaste salaris. Het bedrijf groeide snel. In plaats van computers gebruikten ze toen typ-machines en de gepubliceerde foto’s werden toen door een grote machine gedrukt. Eenmaal gedrukt werden de foto’s en andere advertenties geknipt en met lijm geplakt zodat de krant in elkaar gezet kon worden.

Later werden de typmachines vervangen door een composer. Dat was een soort typmachine waarbij eerst getypt wordt en vervolgens alles laat printen. Ook internationale foto’s werden via satelit op hetzelfde manier gedrukt. Dit alles heeft ervoor gezorgd dat men altijd over veel papier en foto-papier moest beschikken en veel werkmateriaal.

Tegenwoordig halen ze internationale foto’s en nieuws van het internet af en lokale foto’s worden met een digitale camara genomen. Op deze manier kunnen ze snel en makkelijk ge-selecteerd worden om vervolgens gepubliceerd te worden.

Ondanks de technologische vooruitgang besteed de medewerkers over minder tijd om de krant Extra af te hebben voor de volgende dag. Vroeger konden ze doorwerken tot in de vroege ochtend uren
( rond 3 uur s’nachts) Tegenwoordig moet de krant helemaal af zijn rond 1.30 s’avonds.

Vanaf 2 april van dit 2006 heeft Extra Productions N.V. een nieuw gebouw, die ligt aan het W.I. Companiestraat 41.