The First Chamber of the Dutch Parliament will approve the new Electricity and Drinking water Law for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba as a formality next Tuesday. The Senate has concluded the preparation of the law proposal which will regulate the production and distribution of electricity and drinking water on …

A fundraiser and auction for the Saba Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SFPCA) was held Saturday afternoon at Eugenius Johnson Centre in Windwardsidewirtes The Daily Herald. The event was well-attended and the guests enjoyed an entertaining auction as well as food and drinks. The auctioneer was very …

Peruvians can freely travel to the Netherlands, Aruba, St. Maarten and the Caribbean Netherlands without a visa as of today, Tuesday. Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders signed the agreement with Peru on Monday. Minister Koenders signed the visa exemption agree ment with Peru as Chairman of the Council …

On Thursday, March 10th traffic controls were carried out by the police on Saba on the E.A. Johnson Road. On this road a motorist was ticketed because he was driving a car without a license plate. A scooter rider was also ticketed on this road for driving a scooter without …

During the past few weeks policy consultancy firm Ecorys performed an evaluation of the Education Agenda for the Dutch Caribbean on Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius on the instructions of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science [Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap (OCW)]. The Education Agenda dates from March 2011 and is …

The Minister for Economic Affairs has changed two ministerial regulations, on a proposal from Agency Telecom, the executor and supervisor for telecom. As a result, a substantial reduction will take place on fees that mobile operators have to pay to the Agency. This reduction is retroactive per January 1, 2015. …

Centre for Youth and Family (CYF) welcomed the Centre’s Coordinator for Saba and St. Eustatius Paul Veira. Veira has worked, “with great pleasure,” as he said, for 25 years in child welfare in the Netherlands. In those years he has gained experience in different functions starting as a group worker …

The Island Government hosted town hall meetings in The Bottom and Windwardside to discuss proposed changes to the General Local Ordinance with the purpose of “regulating and safeguarding the public order, repose, safety, and health.” The current ordinance has been in place since 1985 and Government felt it was time …

As of March 1, taxpayers in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba may file their income-tax returns online. A pilot program to make this possible started this month. For the first time taxpayers in the Caribbean Netherlands have the option to either file their tax return on paper or online for …

The Issue 1 – 2016 of the GIS Information Bullitin is out. It features the “Windwardside revival project”. Click on the image to download the bulletin.

On April 6th, 2016 the population of Caribbean Netherlands can participate in an advisory referendum on the law approving the association agreement between the European Union and Ukraine. If you vote you determine along with other voters, the outcome of the advisory referendum. This week RCN starts with an information …

The legal rights of Caribbean Netherlands air passengers will be better protected in the near future when the international Montreal Convention becomes effective on travels out of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, and on flights between these three islands. The Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament on Thursday approved a …

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The Permanent Committee for Kingdom Relations of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament responded positively to Thursday’s presentation of Bluerise, a company that wants to set up an Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) system in Saba to generate electricity and possibly produce drinking water for the island. The Committee …

Dutch News reports that Health minister Edith Schippers is recommending people record conversations with their doctors to make sure they don’t forget what they have been told. The conversation should be recorded on a smart phone or similar device and used for personal information only, Schippers said. ‘Good care requires …