According to Island Governor Gerald Berkel, the “instruction” issued by the Dutch Government to impose administrative and financial supervision on St. Eustatius was needed to bring the island in line with was is expected of government in today’s modern society where transparency, integrity, efficiency and effective management is concerned, writes …

The appeal filed by the Executive Council against the decision of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations to impose higher supervision on St. Eustatius was heard Friday, writes The Daily Herald. An advisory board of the Dutch government met with Commissioners Reginald Zaandam (United People’s Coalition, UPC) and …

Albert Pensis and Michael Feeley proudly announced their partnership with art auction house R365/ Christie’s International Real Estate. Saba Island Properties was selected, by invitation only, to be their exclusive brokers on Saba. They will be working with Christie’s in the Caribbean, Europe (the Netherlands) and the United States. A …

The participation councils (MRs) of the schools on Saba, St. Eustatius and Bonaire recently went through an advanced training. The purpose of this training was to deepen and strengthen the knowledge and skills of the MR-members where necessary. The topics dealt with included verbal versus non-verbal communication, listening skills, argumentation …

The Daily Herald reports today, that Statia is taking action against roaming animals. The Director of the Animal and Husbandry Department LVV Anthony Reid is informing all animal owners that all roaming animals must be taken off the street as of today, Thursday, October 1. The unit at LVV will be rounding up all …

State Secretary Martin van Rijn (Public Health, Welfare & Sport) has started the expansion of daytime activities of the nursing home on Saba, the Honorable Henry Carlyle Every Home for the Aged, commonly referred to as ‘The Home’. In the last period a programme of day care activities was set …

On Monday October 12th, 2015 the Evaluation Committee will present its conclusions regarding the new constitutional structure. The committee has evaluated the functioning of the legislation, the new governmental structure and consequences for the population,  The constitutional relationship between Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius with the Netherlands has changed since …

All islands of Caribbean Netherlands realised economic growth in 2013. Year-on-year economic growth figure for Bonaire was 2.0 percent, for St Eustatius 0.8 percent and for Saba 6.0 percent. This is the first time that economic growth figures for 2013 of Caribbean Netherlands were calculated by Statistics Netherlands (CBS). The …

Today, the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom relations, Dr. Ronald Plasterk, has send his conclusion on the issue of double taxation on imports through St. Maarten to the Second Chamber. The letter in Dutch is here. Below is a non-authorized translation of the letter. To the President of the Dutch House …

Dutch National Ombudsman Reinier van Zutphen has decided to cancel his working visit to Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba planned for November, for financial reasons, writes The Daily Herald. He sent a protest letter to Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk on Tuesday. The 2015 and …

Last week the work group vocational education  Saba and Statia met for the first time. The work group has been assigned to produce an implementation plan in December 2015 for the redevelopment of the vocational education in Statia and Saba. The redevelopment is necessary because with the choice for English as …

On Thursday, September 24th , 2015 the The Korps Politie Caribisch Nederland (KPCN) and the Koninklijke Marechaussee (KMar) conducted a preventive control at the airport on Saba. The audit focused on illegal weapon possession and was implemented under the authority of the Arms Act BES. All persons, including their items …

State Secretary Martin van Rijn of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport will pay a working visit to Saba and Bonaire from September 29th until October 2nd, 2015. This is the first visit of the State Secretary  to these islands of the Caribbean Netherlands. On the programme on both …

A forced marriage, a marriage of convenience, a one-parent family or a combined family with children of different fathers: These were some of the terms used to describe the difficult aspects of the relations within the Dutch Kingdom during a debate on Friday, writes The Daily Herald. The debate, which …

The Inspectorate of Public Health, Social Development and Labour IVSA in collaboration with Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) held a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) audit workshop at Holland House Beach Hotel from September 14 to 18, writes The Daily Herald. The topics addressed during the workshop were the …