In the Island Council meeting of 2014-04-30 the following decisions have been made (click on the image)

  The judge of the Court of First Instance Bonaire, St. Eustatius, Saba ruled in favor of the Executive Council of St. Eustatius and the Statia Safe & Sound Foundation (SSS) in the injunction case filed by oil storage company NuStar against parts of the new permit for their terminal, …

The Daily Herald writes that Dutch State Secretary Jetta Klijnsma does not intend to increase old age AOV pension for Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius (BES islands) as long as she does not have concrete, quantitative data at her disposal. She hopes to receive such this year from the Central …

THE BOTTOM – Children on Saba had the opportunity for the first time to experience the King’s Games last Friday. “The King’s Day games were a great success because of the assistance from volunteers and parents who guided and supervised the children during the games,” said Stacey Simmons, Project Leader …

The Caribbean Netherlands Science Institute (CNSI) at St. Eustatius was officially opened at the former Talk of the Town building Wednesday with a symposium for partners and stakeholders. This reports The Daily Herald. CNSI is a research facility that supports basic, strategic, applied, social and policy-relevant research and education. The …

The Daily Herald writes that on May 22, the people of the Caribbean Netherlands will vote in the election of members of the European Parliament. Every citizen of the Caribbean Netherlands, 18 years and older, who has the Dutch nationality has European citizenship as well, and therefore also voting rights …

The Daily Herald writes that Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), which urgently needs space in the Caribbean to store its oil, has emerged as the renter of tanks owned by NuStar Energy on St. Eustatius, where the Venezuelan state-run company will blend crudes, sources close to the transaction told Reuters. NuStar, …

Of all three Dutch Caribbean countries, St. Maarten is facing the greatest imminent threat to nature in terms of habitat destruction, which is proceeding at an alarming pace, writes The Daily Herald. Reducing or stopping it depends on the implementation of a new zoning law. This is one of the …

The Daily Herald announces that Princess Beatrix will open the Kingdom Youth Parliament on St. Maarten on Tuesday, May 20. During her four-day stay on the island, Her Royal Highness will also visit the Belvedere Community Centre, the Nature Foundation and the Simpson Bay Lagoon. Princess Beatrix will give a …

The Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament has agreed in principle to transfer issues relating to the Caribbean Netherlands islands Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba to Parliament’s Permanent Committee for Kingdom Relations. Members of the Permanent Committee for Home Affairs already had decided a few weeks ago that they would …

The Daily Herald writes that parliamentarian Flora Goudappel hopes to use her vast knowledge of Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) and European law when she gets elected into the European Parliament. She is number six on the slate of the Dutch Labour Party PvdA in the May 22 European elections. …

An earthquake 5.0 with it’s centre near Anguilla (53 km East of Stoney Ground) was felt also on Saba at 3:31 pm. today the 19th of April 2014.

Having successfully participated in the Rotterdam Summer Carnival for the past two years, the Small Island Unity (SIU) troupe of the Windward Islands has once again registered for this year’s festival to be held on Saturday, July 19, writes The Daily Herald. SIU was created to provide students and persons …

Collision In the curve just after Lolipop’s a collision occurred between and dump truck and a passenger car on Wednesday, April 16th. The dump truck was driving down towards The Bottom and the car was driving up from The Bottom. In the curve, the dump truck held the passenger car …

Outgoing Dutch Government Representative Wilbert Stolte, who will be resigning as per May 1, said goodbye to Saba during a farewell reception Monday evening at the office of Government Service Caribbean Netherlands RCN in The Bottom. He described his job as a “big experiment” and as “pioneer work.” A similar …