Departing Chairperson of the Second Chamber of Dutch Parliament Gerdi Verbeet shares true love for the Dutch Caribbean and its people. “You really get attached to the islands, especially when you visit them more often. I feel at home there and I am very glad that they are part of …

SABA–The ninth edition of Saba Idol competition, hosted by Scout’s Place hotel, bar and restaurant in Windwardside, started Friday evening with the first qualification round. The annual event runs for ten weeks on Fridays, the usual “Sabaoke Nights.” Contestants signed up for six songs, two per session. The semi-finals will …

The Dutch Labour party PvdA, the conservative VVD party and democratic D66 party agree that more active campaigning on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba is highly needed to convince people to vote in the next elections. The top three parties with the most votes in the Dutch “public entities” said …

Final calculations by the Election Council in the wake of Wednesday’s general election may result in a oneseat transfer from Labour PvdA to green-left Groen- Links. The shift, which would mean PvdA would obtain 38 seats and GroenLinks four in the new Dutch Parliament’s Second Chamber, follows a mistake in …

Saba’s electorate participated for the first time in the Second Chamber election. The turnout to voting stations was slow in the early hours of the day, picking up around noon, with most voters showing up late afternoon. No Dutch party representatives were visible in Saba’s streets, with a conspicuous lack …

More and more voices are being heard lately in the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament, suggesting giving the special overseas public bodies more freedom in spending the extra 10 million euros allocated to Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. In their “Spring Agreement” following the fall of the Rutte Cabinet, …

Windward Islands Bank Ltd. (WIB) Saba Branch Manager Maureen Kingsale (right) presented a donation of US $1,000 to Saba Amateur Boxing Association’s Treasurer Kelly Johnson to aid in the purchase of dance equipment for the reopening of Saba Dance School. Source: “The Daily Herald” 2012-09-13

Margriet Goris of Wageningen University’s Science Shop arrived in Saba on Monday to work on an agricultural project aimed at making the island less dependent on imported food. On Tuesday, Goris met with Franklin “Mopsy” Every, one of the stakeholders involved in the Sabagro-project, initiated by Foundation Social Workplace Saba. …

Residents of Saba and St. Eustatius were eligible to vote in the election of the Dutch Parliament’s Second Chamber for the first time on Wednesday. However, turnout was low on both islands of the Caribbean Netherlands. Labour party PvdA won the popular vote in St. Eustatius, while centre-democrat D66 of …

Populist Dutch politician Geert Wilders has been receiving financial support from American anti-Islam groups, a Reuters investigation revealed on Monday. While that information in itself is not new, the details provided in the Reuters report are, and they beg the question why the domestic Dutch media have seemingly ignored the …

By 01.15 hours and with 60% of the votes counted, the right-wing VVD is set to emerge as the biggest party in the Dutch general election with Labour a very close second. The VVD is on target to win 41 or 40 seats in the 150-seat parliament and Labour 39, …

Earlier this year, parliament decided to end the queen’s traditional role in helping to form a new cabinet after a general election. But there is confusion about what will happen now. What will not happen next is that the queen will lead the formation of the cabinet, writes Nos television. …

Voters on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba are going to the polls today, Wednesday. These are the first Dutch Parliamentary elections since the islands became part of The Netherlands. A number of Dutch citizens on St. Maarten could also take part in the elections. The Dutch ‘public entities’ Bonaire, St. …

Participation of voters on St. Eustatius and Saba in the Dutch Parliament’s Second Chamber election, which will be held today, Wednesday, may be low, according to a Curconsult poll. For the first time since the constitutional reform voters in the Caribbean Netherlands are eligible to vote for the Second Chamber. …

Head of the Public Health Department Dr. Gijs Koot, HIV/AIDS focal point Carl Buncamper and AIDS Support Group Saba Foundation’s programmes coordinator Teodor Stan participated in a two-day European Community/ Overseas Caribbean Territories (EC/OCT) Steering Committee Meeting on Aruba last week. The Saba delegation commended the “steadfast” leadership of St. …