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Employees and board members of Henry Every Old Age Home in The Bottom are organizing a fundraising food sale on Friday. Board member Patricia Linzey said the road in front of the nursing home will be closed until 12:00pm to accommodate the street sale of foods prepared by volunteering nurses. …
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“Amazing Race” for youths
The Daily Herald announces that the Women’s Medical Student Association of Saba University School of Medicine announced an outdoors youth-oriented health event titled “The Amazing Race.” The race, scheduled for Thursday, April 3, is to be performed in pairs, with teams starting from the campus gazebo. During the race, each …
Read More »Children’s Rights Task Force for Kingdom
The Daily Herald writes that the Dutch Government wants a task force established to draft a plan to improve children’s rights in the Dutch Caribbean. Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk stated at a debate with the Second Chamber on Tuesday. Children’s rights will be a …
Read More »Discussion on voting rights offered to Parliament
In keeping with the request of the Senate, Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk has approached the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament to discuss the voting rights in the Caribbean Netherlands and the setting up of an Electoral College for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. …
Read More »Plasterk: “Movement of persons has to be arranged”
The Daily Herald writes that movement of persons between the different parts of the Kingdom will have to be arranged, with or without the Bosman initiative law proposal, but the best way to go about this controversial issue would be through a joint solution in the form of a Kingdom …
Read More »Sub-district Governor Lions visited Saba
The Daily Herald writes that Lions Club Subdistrict 60B Governor Izett McCalla visited Saba last week to meet with Saba Lions and Island Governor Jonathan Johnson. Sub-district 60B covers all Lions Clubs in the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean islands. McCalla attended a formal working dinner Wednesday at Scout’s Place in …
Read More »National Ombudsman visit
The Daily Herald writes that the Representatives of the National Ombudsman’s Office will be visiting Saba and St. Eustatius, March 31 to April 3. In 2013, ombudsman experts heard complaints about good governance, local authorities and government practices. The 17 issues that were raised on Saba were almost equally divided …
Read More »Plasterk: “Island’s IP-addresses will be considered to be Dutch”
The Daily Herald writes that in his latest letter letter about the evaluation, the minister mentioned two other issues: the support that the PUM Netherlands senior experts organisation may be giving Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, and the blocking of Internet Protocol (IP) address in the Caribbean Netherlands by certain …
Read More »Evaluation documents will be translated
Documents relating to the overall evaluation of the constitutional status of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba as public entity will be translated into the local languages Papiamentu and English. Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk made this commitment in a letter that he sent to the …
Read More »More attention for differences between islands
The Daily Herald writes again about the fact that the Dutch Government supports the recommendation of the Small Evaluation Committee Caribbean Netherlands of a policy that caters more to the specific needs of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, with more attention for the differences between the islands. “The individuality and …
Read More »ROA/CN board sets agenda 2014
The Daily Herald writes that Board members from Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba of Dutch Caribbean Education and Labour Market Council ROA/CN met in Saba recently to evaluate the progress of the institution in 2013 and set the agenda for this year. Legally established as a foundation financed by Ministry …
Read More »PVV collapse continues
PVV collapse continues: MPs, EU party leader and councillors quit Dutchnews, Saturday 22 March 2014 The anti-immigration PVV party continued to fall apart on Friday evening, as the party’s leader in the European parliament stepped out of politics. Two MPs, one MEP, and reportedly four provincial councillors and all but …
Read More »Lace Ladies visit antique lace exhibit
The Daily Herald writes that an extensive collection of antique lacework is on display this month at the Windwardside cottage of René Caderius van Veen, above Juliana’s Hotel. The exhibit is open daily, except Mondays, from 3:00 to 6:00pm, and by request. It features more than 150 pieces of handmade …
Read More »Overview of taxes published
The Daily Herald reports that PricewaterhouseCoopers PwC presented the first copy of its new publication Fiscale Wetgeving 2014 to Governor Eugene Holiday on Thursday. PwC Partner Tax of PwC Dutch Caribbean Steve Vanenburg and PwC Director St. Maarten Paul van Vliet presented the copy to Holiday. Every year, PwC publishes …
Read More »Start of procedure for appointing new Rijksvertegenwoordiger
The Daily Herald writes that the process to appoint a new National Government Representative (Rijksvertegenwoordiger) for Dutch public entities Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba before this summer has started.Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk stated this in a letter to the Second Chamber of the Dutch …
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