The Daily herald reports that the election for the executive board of the Windward Islands Civil Servants Union/Private Sector Union (WICSU/PSU) could not take place on Wednesday as sufficient members did not show up to vote. WICSU/PSU is one of the larger unions in St. Maarten with 661 members in …

Click here for Updates on this tragic event. The Daily Herald reports that a 23-year-old medical student was found dead in her apartment in The Bottom on Wednesday around 10:00am. The police secured the body and brought it to the police station in The Bottom for further analysis. The police …

“The interest free loans that The Island Government of Saba have received and have applied for thus far fall within the scope of the budget and there are no plans to pursue additional loans at this time or for the foreseeable future. The repayment of these loans have been included …

The Daily Herald writes that the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament deferred on Tuesday the voting on a change to the Caribbean Netherlands Commodities Law (“Warenwet BES”) which transfers the supervision on the quality of consumer products to the Executive Councils of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. The law proposal …

The Daily Herald writes that the 24th edition of the information bulletin of the Dutch national government for the Caribbean Netherlands is out; however, the bulletin will no longer be distributed door-to-door in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, Government Service Caribbean Netherlands RCN said in a statement. The new edition …

Update: Click here for the link to the film “When We Was We”, the oral history project. Saturday, April 11, marked a varied evening dedicated to keeping Saba’s past and roots alive. This writes The Daily Herald. The Saba Archaeological Centre (SABARC), together with Will Johnson, organised a presentation by …

Colorado State University climatologists are predicting a lower than average Atlantic hurricane season, with three hurricanes and seven named storms in 2015. They predict one of those three will be a major hurricane – a category 3 or higher. In a forecast released Thursday (April 9) Climatologists Philip Klotzbach and …

For unknown reasons, there is still a delay in the execution of the report on the division of the properties and debts of the former Netherlands Antilles, which was pre-sented by the committee headed by Faroe Metry at the end of last year.It is even said in Willemstad that St. …

The Government of Saba doesn’t have more leeway to acquire new interest-free loans after securing a US $2.5 million loan for an infrastructural project because of its deteriorated cash-flow situation. This writes The Daily Herald. The Committee for Financial Supervision CFT stated this in a recent letter to Dutch Minister …

We herewith present the first edition of the Informative Bulletin of 2015. In this edition you will find information about the Evaluation Committee Caribbean Netherlands, among others. Kingdom Representative Gilbert Isabella talked to young people in the Netherlands who study there. Furthermore, this Informative Bulletin contains articles about English as …

Statistics Netherlands announced today that Saba is the only island within the Caribbean Netherlands to show an increase in the value of imported goods in 2014 compared to 2013. The value of imported goods declined marginally on Bonaire. Imports of mineral fuels, manufactured goods and machinery were below the level …

The St. Maarten Government is still uncooperative in certain areas of the relations with St. Eustatius and Saba. Areas include (double) taxation of goods for the two smaller islands, the medical evacuation of patients and the airport taxes. Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk stated this …

Instituting an independent Kingdom mechanism to check the compliance with minimum standards and other agreements in the Kingdom, a Kingdom mediator that also could solve disputes between the countries, is one of the suggestions in a recent discussion paper of the Kingdom Relations Committee chaired by Professor Pieter van Vollenhoven, …

The countries in the Dutch Kingdom have to “hold hands” and continue to cooperate in the best interest of their citizens and in the interest of security.This was – writes The Daily Herald – the main message from Dutch Minister of Defence Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, who wrapped up her visit to …

The organizing committee, for Saba Carnival 2015, officially met on Wednesday, April 8, to discuss the plans for Saba’s 40th Carnival Anniversary Celebration. The official opening of Carnival is scheduled for July 27th and will end on August 2nd. The organizing committee, who is in the process of setting up …