The Kingdom Youth Parliament (KYP) closing ceremony in St. Maarten, which was also Princess Beatrix’ last public event, was streamed on live television. It concluded with the first copy of the results handed to Princess Beatrix. A second round of copies was handed to various delegation leaders by the youngest …

The real Dutch results from Thursday’s European election show a slightly different picture than three different exit polls. The final results, with turnout of 43%, are as follows CDA 5 ( was 5) (15%) D66 4 (was 3) (15.4%) PVV 4 (was 5) (13.2%) VVD 3 (unchanged) (11.9%) PvdA 3 …

Focussing on connecting sustainable business initiatives, the 18th trade mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean region visited Saba Saturday, writes The Daily Herald. InterExpo Caribbean brought together over 20 speakers to promote business matchmaking initiatives between business leaders on both sides of the Kingdom’s Atlantic shores. …

The Daily Herald writes that the Aloei Historical Dancers and Statia Young Musicians will be travelling to Saba to host a dance and music show at Princess Juliana sports field on Saturday, June 7, at 8:00pm. The cultural extravaganza features young musicians under the age of 18, compromising trumpet, saxophone, …

Oranje Straat, the road leading to the Old Age Home has been resurfaced and the work was finished last week. This work has been executed by The Department of Public Works and is financed through the budget of the Island Government. Commissioner of Public Works, Bruce Zagers, stated that plans …

The Daily Herald writes that all policemen of the Caribbean Netherlands Police Force walked out of the police stations on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba at 3:15pm on Friday in protest of the changes to the harmonisation of salaries and benefits. At the same time as they  walked on Saba and Statia, their colleagues on Bonaire …

Members of the first ever, three-day-long Kingdom Youth Parliament (KYP) presented the conclusions of debates, as well as their plan of action to Her Royal Highness (HRH) Princess Beatrix in the presence of her entourage and various Kingdom Government officials at the University of St. Maarten on Thursday. “You can …

The Daily Herald writes that expenditures of the Dutch ministries for the Caribbean Netherlands increased in 2013. In total the ministries spent some 227.4 million euros on the islands, in the form of extraordinary remittances (“bijzondere uitkeringen”), an increase compared to the 187.5 million euros that was spent in 2012. …

The Daily Herald writes that the number of employees of the National Government Service for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (“Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland” (RCN)) has gradually grown from 488 in 2010 to 665 in 2013. This is stated in the 2013 Annual Report Business Operations of the Dutch Government that …

The island had only one European Parliament election station set-up in Windwardside, open from 7:30am until 9:30pm, writes The Daily Herald. Voting bureau coordinator Nellie Peterson said the island government accommodated the first European Parliament election on Saba by issuing informational materials on the local television station, a video clip …

The Dutch Caribbean Police Force (KPCN) has in recent weeks held a recruitment campaign for aspiring police officers. The Force was looking for candidates for the two-year training for police officer which starts in October. With the theme: “Do you have the guts? We have the job!” candidates were called …

The site Bonaire.nu reported that Stinapa Junior Rangers have paid a visit to Saba and have left a great impression on the Saban youth and adults with their knowledge and expertise in the field of nature. During the Easter holidays 5 young people traveled to Saba, supervised by three adults …

On Wednesday, May 21st  at approximately 9:45 AM a man with initials E.L.M. was held in regard to a theft or attempted theft in the Mathew Dorms. Press release KPCN, May 22, 2014

In the presence of Princess Beatrix the history text book “Unity and diversity – 200 years Kingdom. Netherlands and the six Caribbean islands presented in dates” was handed over on Wednesday in Sint Maarten. Twenty students of the Sint Maarten Academy received a first copy from the chairperson of the …

A group of Aruban Senators visited the island on Monday on a fact finding mission. The purpose of the visit was to get information on the Saba Marine Park and other pending legislation. The Parliament of Aruba has a bill pending which would amend the Ordinance for Nature Conservation to …