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What was the number of inhabitants onBonaire, St Eustatius and Saba in 2017? How many children attended primary school ,and how many students were in secondary education? What were the main trends inthe local labour market, and how many tourists visited the islands? The answers tothese and more questions can be found …

Last week Caribbean nations agreed to add two more species to the Annexes of the Specially Protected Areasand Wildlife (SPAW) Protocol, the only trans-national legal instrument for the environment of the Caribbean. At the insistence of the Kingdom of theNetherlands, regional SPAW member governments unanimously decided to recommend largetooth sawfish …

The gross salaries of RCN employees will increase by 3.4% as of the 1st of January 2019, in addition to the agreed increase of 1.75%. This brings the total wage increase in 2019 to 5.15%.The employer RCN discussed this with the unions on Thursday November 29th.With this, the civil servants …

The Dutch government will engage in talks with Dutch Caribbean countries and the Dutch public entities about strengthening operational coordination in disaster and crisis management on a higher level. Dutch Minister of Justice and Security Ferd Grapperhaus announced this in a letter he sent to the Second Chamber of the …