The Executive Council has announced that positions are available within the government for students that are returning home for the summer. This program is the same program that has been in place for some years now where students are able to gain insight into how government functions while at the …

The formal response of the Dutch Government to the Caribbean Netherlands constitutional evaluation report was met with criticism by the St. Eustatius Democratic Party (DP). The DP described the Cabinet’s reaction as an “ad-hoc policy” and “without vision or well-defined goal.” “The reaction includes, similar to the Multi-Annual Programmes, few …

More than twenty participants representing Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten and Suriname will gather in Curaçao from Tuesday to Saturday for a workshop on developing plans to safeguard their intangible cultural heritage, writes The Daily Herald. Reflecting diverse communities and practitioners, as well as governmental and non-governmental …

Crown Weather Services from Florida predicts that, for the US, the 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season is likely to be much more active than the 2015 hurricane season, . In fact, this season could be the most active hurricane season since 2012. In addition, it appears that we will see longer …

A social minimum tied to the legal minimum wage, potentially more exemptions from the general spending tax ABB, concrete incentives to stimulate investments and employment in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, and a more direct role of the National Government Representative. The Dutch Government came on Thursday with a formal …

Possibly the expectations were too high when Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba became part of the Netherlands in October 2010, but that is not the focus of Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk. What count are the things that already have been done to improve things …

A social minimum will be introduced, derived from the statutory minimum wage on Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius. The social relief (in Dutch “onderstand”) can increase to that in steps. Measures will also be taken in order to stimulate investments and employment. With this the cabinet responds to the Spies …

Dear all, Please see the attached invitation to a CCM on Thursday May, 29th, 2016. All are welcome to attend or listen on www.q93.9fm.com The Central Committee of the Public Entity Saba will meet on Thursday May 19th, 2016 at 2:00 pm at the Government Administration Building. The agenda for …

The unions have reached an agreement with the Director of RCN, Jan Helmond, regarding the labour conditions 2016 -2017. This result follows intensive negotiations and its duration is from January 1st, 2016 until December 31st, 2017. The Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) is applicable to all workers employed by the RCN …

The Police Substation in Windwardside was officially inaugurated Monday following the opening act by Island Governor Jonathan Johnson and the blessing by Father Ranolfo. Also present at the official opening were Chief of Basic Police Care Saba Ibrahim Ekiz and Deputy Chief of Police of the Caribbean Netherlands Police Force …

Police officers from St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius will be better equipped to carry out their duties, thanks to “rigorous” three-day training on Situational Oriented Policing that they are currently undergoing, reports The Daily Herald. The classes began on May 9 and will continue until May 14. Officers from …

Saba Roads and Construction B.V. (SRC) will commence with resurfacing of the Fort Bay Road on Monday, May 16, 2016. This project consists of the full resurfacing of the road approximately 1250 meters uphill. The scope of this project also includes the construction of 2 cisterns and installation of 3 …

On Monday morning around 8.00 AM the Dutch Caribbean Police Force (KPCN) on Saba was notified that 4 persons (one female and three males) were feared missing. A preliminary investigation showed that the four hikers of American and Canadian origin were missing since Sunday. The Dutch Caribbean Police Force in …

On Monday, May 9th a call was received that four persons (one female and three males) hadn’t returned from a hike on the North Coast Trail. The hikers had left on Sunday afternoon and up to Monday morning their families hadn’t heard from them and contacted the relevant authorities. Immediately …

Formal registration of the Zika virus will become mandatory for Bonaire, St. Eustatius, Saba and the Netherlands as of September 1, but not for all Zika patients. Dutch Minister of Public Health, Wellbeing and Sports Edith Schippers stated this in a letter that she sent to the Second Chamber of …