~ Aruba, Caribbean Netherlands to follow ~ Colombians travelling to Curaçao and St. Maarten no longer will need visas as of July 1, 2015, writes The Daily Herald. Aruba, Curaçao, St. Maarten and the Netherlands reached an agreement on this in Curaçao on Tuesday. The four countries decided to grant …

On Wednesday morning Offshore Supply Ship Mutty’s Pride arrived in Saba’s Fort Bay Harbour with a container fallen to one side. There was severe damage to a Volkswagen Golf also stored on the ship. According to the captain of Mutty’s Pride no one was injured during the accident which occurred …

On Wednesday, in a combined effort to bring more awareness on healthy living and disease prevention, the second Saba Health Fair exhibition was held at the Eugenius Johnson Centre in Windwardside reports The Daily Herald. The event, themed “Balance your health,” was an initiative of RCN Communication and was carried …

St. Maarten’s Government is terminating the service level agreement with St. Maarten Student Support Services S4 in the Netherlands effective July 1, 2015. Two student counsellors will be guiding the new students instead. St. Maarten’s Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Affairs Rita Bourne-Gumbs informed study-financing recipients in the …

Almost one in every four children born in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba in 2012 ended up in a single-parent family, mostly a single mother, writes The Daily Herald. This was recently concluded by Dutch Central Bureau for Statistics CBS. Thirty-eight per cent of the babies in 2012 in the …

On average, women in the Caribbean Netherlands get their first child at the age of 25.2 years. This is much earlier than women in the European Netherlands, where the average age for the first child is 29.4 years. Women of Antillean background in the European Netherlands are the first time …

May 4th, government officials on Saba gathered at the monument in The Bottom dedicated to World War II to honor those whose lives were lost during that war. This year marks 70 years since the war ended and the liberation of The Netherlands. Members of the Island and Executive Councils …

Blog Bonaire.nu announced that, during the visit of King Willem-Alexander to Bonaire on April 30, Flamingo Express Dutch Caribbean (FXDC), the Post Office of the Caribbean Netherlands has, presented something unique. The first King-stamps Caribbean Netherlands that were offered to the king are not only unique because of the “double …

Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba will each get their own Electoral College with its own candidate members, who will be elected by island residents with the Dutch nationality. That is stated in the Explanatory Note accompanying the draft law (“novelle”) which proposes to stipulate in the Dutch Constitution that the …

On Tuesday, April 28th, around 8.15 PM a suspect was arrested in a matter of public drunkenness, breach of the peace and rebellion in his arrest. The incident took place in a bar in Windward Side. The 27 year old suspect C.J.N.I., from English Quarter, has been held in custody …

According the US National Weather Service San Juan, there will be Saharan dust in the region until tomorrow. Saharan Dust: How Does it Impact Atlantic Storms? The Saharan Air Layer, or known more commonly as Saharan Dust, is a layer of tiny aerosols like sand, dirt, and dust that occasionally …

Clients of Honourable Henry Every Old Age Home in The Bottom were the centre of attention when two youths visited on Tuesday, for a colouring and reading event organised by Sounding Board Committee (SBC), writes The Daily Herald. The event marked the official start of a project to organise more …

The adapted law proposal to introduce Electoral Colleges (Kiescolleges) for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba has been prepared. It was sent to the three islands for consultation on Tuesday. Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk on Tuesday, informed the First and Second Chambers of the Dutch …

King’s Day 2015 was celebrated on Saba with an ecumenical service in honour of King Willem-Alexander at Sacred Heart Church in The Bottom. During the service, long-time organists and youth leaders Patricia Johnson and Carmen Simmons received royal decorations. After the opening prayer by Pastor Mervin Alexander, several readings were …

The U.S. Air Force Reserve “Hurricane Hunter” aircraft touched down on F.D. Roosevelt Airport in St. Eustatius on Friday afternoon as part of a preparedness mission in the Caribbean. School children from Statia’s five primary schools and Gwendoline van Putten secondary school visited the reconnaissance aircraft and met with crewmembers. …