Plasterk to visit islands

The Daily Herald writes that the Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk will visit the three Windward Islands from Sunday, January 18, to Wednesday January 21. The minister travels to St. Maarten this Sunday, Plasterk’s spokesman confirmed on Wednesday. He will visit St. Eustatius and Saba on Tuesday, before returning to the Netherlands on Wednesday, via Curaçao.

On Saba and St. Eustatius, he will meet with the Executive Council and visit some projects. On St. Maarten, the minister will have a meeting with members of the recently appointed Gumbs cabinet.