Sip Swierstra

Sip Swierstra

Sacred Heart School socially unsafe for Students and Teachers

The Social Safety at Sacred Heart School needs improvements The social, mental, and physical safety of students and staff at Sacred Heart Primary School is currently insufficient. Ongoing Concerns The issue is not limited to isolated incidents but reflects a persistent pattern of neglect that has sustained an unsafe environment …

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Drop in Purchasing Power on January 1st is a fact

The purchasing power of everyone on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba will definitively decline as of January 1. For minimum income even up to 10%, according to Nibud’s calculations. Tonight, a large (right-wing) majority in the House of Representatives voted against the proposal of MP Don Ceder (ChristenUnie) to prevent …

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Vagueness Dominates Debate on Social Minimum

A debate in the Second Chamber Committee yesterday on Kingdom Relations with State Secretaries Zsolt Szabo (BZK) and Jurgen Nobel (SZW) has failed to provide clarity on how the government plans to address the purchasing power decline for minimum-income households in the Caribbean Netherlands. The discussion centered on the report “A …

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Support and leadership program for political office holders BES

On Tuesday, December 10, State Secretary Zsolt Szabó of Kingdom Relations and Digitalization signed a memorandum of understanding to support the leadership and governance program for Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba. Szabó formalized the agreements with the island governors of Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba, alongside representatives from professional associations …

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