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Multi-annual program In the CN-week a multi-annual program for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba was discussed for the first time with the public entities. It was agreed that a multi-annual program will be developed with the islands in the next few months that can be supported by the National Government …

  The Korps Politie Caribisch Nederland (KPCN) annouced that mrs. Suchita Peeters is the new staf member of the Victim Support Office since June 16th. Together with Michel Jansen she will take care of victims of criminal offences and traffic accidents.    

‘Anti-gay, anti-women Polish party links up with Wilders in Europe’ Right-wing Polish party KNP has agreed to link up with Geert Wilders’ PVV and France’s Front National in forming an anti-EU group within the European parliament, Trouw reports on Thursday.  The party opposes same sex marriage and wants the use and …

The Royal Dutch Navy and Royal Marines held their annual Hurricane Preparedness Exercise “Hurex” simulation in Windwardside on Monday morning, as is reported in The Daily Herald. The complex disaster scenario involved a severe car accident with two wrecked vehicles and an electricity post crashing onto one vehicle in the …

St. Eustatius Monuments Foundation (SEMF) became one of the founding members of the Dutch Caribbean Heritage Platform when its director Walter Hellebrand signed the agreement for this new cooperation last week in Curaçao, together with representatives of heritage foundations from Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire and St. Maarten. This reports The Daily …

The Daily Herald writes that the Dutch Government so far has not found it necessary to consult the governments of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba about finding practical solutions to securing the voting rights of non-Dutch residents in the Caribbean Netherlands. Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald …

The Daily Herald writes that the abolition of the trans-Atlantic slave trade and transport 200 years ago was commemorated in Middelburg, Zeeland, the Netherlands on Saturday. Some 300 persons attended the solemn commemoration, including Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk and Ministers Plenipotentiary Marvelyne Wiels of …

The Daily Herald writes that the Lions Club held its annual induction ceremony on Saturday evening at Eugenius Johnson Center in Windwardside. The opening remarks were held by Master of Ceremony Franklin Wilson with the meeting called to order by current club President Glenn Holm. Following the singing of the …

“We must have realistic expectations”. That was the message of Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk at the informal opening of the Caribbean Netherlands Week in The Hague on Monday. The Daily Herald writes this. “This will be an important Caribbean Netherlands Week since it will …

Eight health care providers from St. Maarten, Saba and Eustatius have chosen to share a complaint regulation and are working together to establish a joint Complaints Committee that is suitable to effectively handle complaints from patients of their institutions fairly and without bias. This writes The Daily Herald. These health …

Three Windward Islanders won a Dutch Caribbean Pearl Award in Rotterdam on Saturday: Nataly Linzey, Shirma Rouse and Quinsy Gario. This writes The Daily Herald. Linzey won in the category Student Pearl, Rouse in the Music & Entertainment category and Gario in the category Community. The Most Outstanding Pearl, the …

The Daily Herald writes that the multiannual programme for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba will be one of the highlights of the Caribbean Netherlands Week which starts in The Hague today, Monday. The multi-annual programme for the islands is important, said Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald …

The Daily Herald reports that new series of two-day Competency Basic Training (CBT) workshops this month have resulted in the certification of several new job trainers, said local adviser and trainer of the Caribbean Netherlands Council for Education and Labour Market ROA-CN Cerissa Steel. She congratulated Saba Reach Foundation’s La- …

The Daily Herald writes that capital investments for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba may become a possibility in the near future. Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk promised to take this up in next year’s constitutional evaluation. The minister stated this in response to a request …

The Daily Herald writes that five geologists from universities in Amsterdam and Utrecht took a boat trip earlier this week, to survey the results of a landslide that occurred on the leeward side of the island in the vicinity of Tent Bay. Also in the boat were Commissioner of Environmental …

A decree is being prepared to introduce the standard medical screening of newborn children on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba on January 1, 2015. Dutch Minister of Public Health, Wellbeing and Sports Edith Schippers sent the decree proposal to the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament on Tuesday to adopt …

The Executive Council of the Public Entity of Saba is set to leave for Caribbean Netherlands Week in The Hague, writes The Daily Herald. The event is a weeklong series of meetings where Saba, along with the other Public Entities Bonaire and St. Eustatius, will meet with ministers and top-level civil …

A group of eleven men representing a number of local institutions across the island followed a twoday Alternative Landing Point Finder Course, learning to marshal helicopters in emergency situations. This writes The Daily Herald. The course was provided jointly by the Netherlands Royal Marines and army stationed in Curaçao to …

  Yesterday, Julian Woodley, Acting Kingdom Representative, has opened the CN Expo in The Hague. His opening speech reads as follows: Ladies and Gentleman, Thank you for accepting the invitation to this opening of the CN EXPO, This is THE Place, here in the Atrium of the Ministries of Home …

The Executive Council of the Public Entity of Saba is set to leave for the Caribbean Netherlands week in The Hague. The CN week is a weeklong series of meetings where Saba along with the other Public Entities of Bonaire and St. Eustatius meet with Ministers and top level civil …

A landslide was reported near the Hot Springs dive site. The name already suggests that this area is thermally very active. There are Dutch geologists on site and so far it seems that the cause might be volcanic. Last April a visiting team of vulcanologists discovered that a vent killing …

On the the blog Caribisch Netwerk, Hazel Durand writes about some issues related to the property tax on Saba. “We are a small island where so many taxes are levied that we are not accustomed to,” said penshonado Diana Medero. “I can not pay the property tax from my pension, …

Cultural heritage on Saba Intro Not only unspoiled nature, richer and with more variation than on any other Dutch Caribbean island, and a wonderful climate are important elements of the charm of Saba, a small island of only 13km2 but in practice much larger by all steep slopes. Cultural heritage …

The Daily Herald writes that Quinsy Gario, Mischulaikah Richardson, Jean Marie Molina, Raphael Sorton, Uri Johan Nicolas Eugenio, Shirma Rouse and Nataly Linzey are among the nominees for the Dutch Caribbean Pearls that will be awarded in Rotterdam this Saturday. During the annual awards show, a celebration of the social …

The Daily Herald writes that Cartographer Michal Kasprowski has published the first-ever road map of St. Eustatius, as well as road maps of Antigua and Barbuda, and of Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos. “Map Man” Kasprowski hails from Poland, but is calling French St. Martin his home since 2002. …

Labour senators in the upper house of parliament are against plans by the Labour social affairs minister Lodewijk Asscher to strip some single parents of an additional child benefit. The row is about an extra benefit paid to single parents on basic welfare payments (bijstand). As part of the government’s …

The Daily Herald writes that the Caribbean Netherlands Tax Office BCN bade farewell to Managing Director Angel Bermudez during a festive gathering on Friday. He will leave BCN on July 1, and will return home to Aruba, Government Service Caribbean Netherlands RCN said in a statement Monday. From January 1, …

The Daily Herald writes that grade-6 pupils from Sacred Heart Primary School departed Saba on Saturday for an innovative school excursion on Carnival Cruise Lines, which left from Puerto Rico on Sunday and will return June 15. “The trip is a fabulous learning opportunity. They will experience the food and …

A wine tasting and art auction fundraiser benefitting Harry L. Johnson Memorial Museum took place Friday evening at Breadline Plaza in Windwardside, reports The Daily Herald. The proceeds from the food sale, wine tasting and art auction went to the foundation which oversees museum management. The board of the foundation …

The Daily Herald writes that use of geothermal energy on the Windward Islands has come a step closer. The four Parliaments of the Kingdom agreed on Friday to involve the Dutch Government in geothermal research on St. Eustatius and Saba, which will benefit St. Maarten as well. St. Maarten, St. …

An important Saba Archaeological Center Sabarc documentation is being conducted of three human occupation periods at the exact same location near Fort Bay, which date back thousands of years. This writes The Daily Herald. This Sabarc archaeology project is being conducted through the support of Commissioner Chris Johnson and the …

The Daily Herald writes that 11 young Saba communicants were confirmed during a special confirmation mass Wednesday evening at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in The Bottom. Many proud parishioners, friends and family attended the Mass. Greatly appreciated by many in the community for her dedication in working with local …

The Daily Herald writes that Commissioner of Economic Affairs Chris Johnson met with Saba Chamber of Commerce members Kelly Johnson and Wolfgang Tooten. The purpose of Tuesday’s meeting was to discuss lobbying points of the Saba business community to be discussed with the ministries in The Hague, when the Executive …

Delegations from the Civil Registries offices of the six islands of the Dutch Caribbean as well as from the Dutch Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations and the Bureau for Personal Data in the Netherlands are convening on St. Eustatius for three days of workshops. This writes The Daily …

The Daily Herald writes that Saba Disaster Committee met last week ahead of the start of the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which began June 1. The meeting was chaired by Island Governor Jonathan Johnson and attended by various other members who carry out emergency support functions. Every year, the Disaster …

Tourism Caribbean Netherlands 2012 Published Tuesday, June 3, 2014, Source: CBS In 2012, a total of 112 thousand tourists arrived by plane to the Caribbean Netherlands , including 40 per cent from the Netherlands and 20 percent in the United States . Of these, 82 thousand tourists flew to Bonaire …

The Daily Herald writes that the Executive Councils of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba will be meeting with the Permanent Committee for Kingdom Relations of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament on June 17. The representatives of the islands will be in the Netherlands that week for the so-called …

The Daily Herald writes that cooperation between St. Eustatius and Saba and the hospitals in Dutch St. Maarten and French St. Martin should be expanded so patients from the two smaller islands can be treated as close to home as possible. That is the opinion of the Work Group Care …

The first elected Representative Advisory Council (Medezeggenschapsraad) of Sacred Heart (SHS) primary school met Friday morning for a working brunch at Scout’s Place to get acquainted with each other and discuss the statutes of the entity and its responsibilities. This writes The Daily Herald. The council is a replica of …

The Daily Herald writes that Saba Fit organized the measuring of all primary school children’s Body-Mass Index (BMI) Wednesday morning at Sacred Heart School (SHS) in St. John’s. The activity was implemented by Saba University School of Medicine (SUSOM) students, supervised by faculty Dr. Ramona Dumitrescu, community physician Dr. Gina …