Statia News reports that Democratic Party (DP) Island Council Members Adelka Spanner and Koos Sneek, during their visit to the Netherlands, stated: “Members of the St. Eustatius Government should not complain about unfair treatment by the Dutch Government, but instead should first do their homework and get the island’s financial management …

The President of the Windward Islands Civil Servants Union/PSU Ms. Julia Solognier and the Vice President Ms. Deborah Rombley paid a working visit to the island of Saba from Tuesday afternoon until Friday. The visit to the island was to bring them up to speed on the developments regarding their …

Recently the Vector Control Department placed a first batch of 10 In2care traps in areas with many mosquitoes. The In2care traps attract female mosquitoes with attractive odours to the water. It then infects the mosquito with a fungus that weakens the mosquito, prevents virus development, and kills the mosquito before …

The Second Chamber has received today the 5th report of the Kingdom Representative Isabella. The report is in Dutch. At this moment there is no translation into English available.

The Public Entity of Saba signed a services agreement with the Benevolent Foundation Saba (BFS) for the setting-up and warranting of an extramural activity program for the seniors of Saba. Commissioner Bruce Zagers and the Board of Directors for BFS Dr. Joka Blaauboer signed the agreement today in front of …

It has been a year since Saba Healthcare Foundation (SHCF) and Benevolent Foundation Saba (BFS) initiated the Working Group Infection Prevention committee to further improve hygiene measures and infection prevention in the medical centre and the home, writes The Daily Herald. One of the first activities was a baseline assessment …

A quadrupling of the family allowance (“kinderbijslag”) to help combat poverty in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. That was the proposal of Members of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament Roelof van Laar and Ronald van Raak of the Socialist Party (SP) during a debate on Monday. Many children …

Negotiations will start soon to discuss the transfer of tasks from the Dutch Government to the Public Entity Saba. Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk made that pledge during a debate in the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament on Monday. The commitment came after Members …

The situation for children in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba has improved in some areas in the past few years, but United Nations Children’s Fund in the Netherlands UNICEF Nederland and the Defence for Children organisation are still very much concerned about the conditions in which children on the islands …

The members of the Island Council of Saba left Friday, for their annual working visit to the Netherlands. During the weeklong trip the Island Council will visit both Amsterdam and The Hague. The Island Registrar has prepared a full agenda of meetings and appointments. One of the key meetings of …

The Representation of the Netherlands in St. Maarten bade farewell to Dutch Representative in Philipsburg Gert Versluis and policy advisor Bianca van der Lee during a reception Friday afternoon at Holland House Beach Hotel. Both have been working at the Dutch Representation for the past three years and six months. …

Saba student, Esther B. Henry, makes the Honor Roll (Dean’s List) of the Missouri Southern University in Joplin, Missouri. Esther  has made the Deans’ List at Missouri Southern State University for the spring 2016 semester.She is a junior Marketing (BSBA) major at MSSU. The list recognizes full-time students from Missouri Southern …

For the first time, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) has mapped out developments in purchasing power on the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands. The local spending power of the population on Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba improved in 2012 as well as in 2013, although the latter increase was approximately half that …

The Dutch public entities in  the Caribbean have been trying hard to make their highly educated fellow islanders return, but so far, without much success. The RCN thinks that a new project could succeed. Every year ,dozens of youngsters leave the islands to study in the Netherlands, but they hardly have …

The Grade 6 class from Sacred Heart School recently returned from their class trip: a Carnival cruise out of Puerto Rico, with stops in St. Thomas, Barbados, St. Lucia and St. Kitts. Excursions during the trip included a visit to Harrison’s Cave in Barbados, where students went underground to gaze …