Dutch St. Maarten recorded its twelfth coronavirus CO­VID-19 death with the re­cent passing of a man who was tested post-mortem as having had the highly infectious illness. An ad­ditional positive case has also been recorded, push­ing the total number of positive cases to 73. Prime Minister and Emergency Operations Center …

Persons displaying flu-like symptoms who are refusing to be tested as Collective Prevention Services (CPS) continues its community outreach campaign are forewarned of legal discipline. “CPS continues our fight against COVID-19 and I would like to encourage persons, once you have been approached, to get tested as soon as possible,” …

Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs announced on Wednesday that there are 12 COVID-19 related deaths now on St. Maarten, Jacobs said one person who died in recent days also tested positive. Prime Minister Jacobs said that one person that was on a ventilator at SMMC also lost the battle to COVID-19. …

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Consumers on Saba paid on average 0.4 percent more for goods and services in Q1 2020 year-on-year. This was still 0.8 percent in Q4 2019. In Q1 2020, prices of toiletries were 9.0 percent lower while prices of books and audio and video equipment were higher than one year previously. …

The annual Saba Carnival celebration has been can­celled this year, Island Governor Jonathan Johnson said Tuesday in his daily coronavirus update. Due to “much uncertainty” surrounding the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic “and what the coming months hold” it was decided to cancel the Saba Summer Festival for this year, he said. …

The number of coronavirus COVID-19 cases in St. Eustatius has dropped to one positive case. There are currently fifteen persons in self-quarantine and two persons in isolation. The number of persons tested in Statia is 19. The number of posi­tive cases has dropped from two to one. The two persons …

Bonaire’s second confirmed coronavirus case was reported by Island Governor Edison Rijna. The person in question has already recovered and is no longer contagious. He or she – after returning from Aruba – had infected the first resident who tested positive. A total of 180 tests have so far been …

A new CO­VID-19 case was reported by regional health authority ARS on Tuesday. This was apparently a woman living on the French side who is isolated at home, according to the ARS bulletin. Active cases have there­fore risen by one to 13 —10 in isolation at home and three in …

Dutch St. Maarten recorded its eleventh coronavirus COVID-19 death when a person lost their battle to the highly infectious illness at St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) Monday night. This latest death brings the total number of COVID-19 fatalities in the country to 11. The deceased had been waging a long …

Please note: Today, the numbers aren’t adding up because some people were tested twice. This holds, that the number of tested people stays the same, but the number of tests went up.   Address of Island Governor Jonathan Johnson on the status of the Covid-19 crisis. Please be patient if …

With Saba in a mandatory lock-down since April 12, Island Governor Jonathan Johnson in his most recent message urged people to continue to show understanding and patience in these trying times where everyone experienced occasional frustrations. Johnson informed the people of some developments that would take place on Tuesday, April …

Tadzio Bervoets, interim director of the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance writes in a letter to the editorial staff of Koninktijk.nu that it is no coincidence that his native Sint Maarten has one of the highest COVID-19 cases and deaths per capita in the Caribbean. The welfare of citizens has, according …

The Netherlands will start reopening primary schools and daycare centres from May 11 but organised events remain banned until September 1, prime minister Mark Rutte told a news conference on Tuesday evening. ‘This is the maximum we can do at the moment,’ Rutte told reporters. In particular, relaxing the social …

In 2019, the number of visitor arrivals by air on Saba increased by 10 percent relative to the previous year. Tourism across the entire Caribbean region grew by 4.9 percent last year. Just as in previous years, most visitors were from the Netherlands, the United States, and from Aruba, Curaçao …