On Tuesday, July 2, the new Dutch cabinet, led by Prime Minister Dick Schoof, was formally sworn in. Zsolt Szabó was sworn in as the new state secretary for kingdom relations and digitalisation at the Ministry of Interior Affairs and Kingdom Relations. “One of the areas I want to focus …

Zsolt Szabó, the upcoming state secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digi­talisation, aims to work towards improving the relations between the Netherlands and the islands in the Caribbean part of the kingdom. Last week, the state secretary emphasised this during the introductory public hearing for the upcoming cabinet in the Dutch …

House­holds in the Caribbean Netherlands will get slightly lower electricity bills from July 1, due to the price re­duction of fossil fuels. The Authority Consumer and Market (ACM) has set slightly lower maximum rates for energy suppliers on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (BES). As a re­sult, an average household …

During a special ceremony at the newly renamed Scenery Hotel, various stakeholders gathered to celebrate the achievement of reaching the highest point of construction for the new establishment. The event took place in the newly constructed area that will house the restaurant/lounge area, with representatives from PMCN, PCN, QBR, Saba …

Vernisha Robinson received her Marechaussee beret. The class of students of the Royal Dutch Marechaussee (military/bor­der police) received their blue berets on Tuesday from Chief Guard Alexander Pas-veer, sector basic training instructor of the Education, Training and Knowledge Center in Apeldoorn. They had gone to the Netherlands on April 8 to follow …

A large portion of medical treatments that cannot be performed on Bonaire are conducted on the near­by islands of Curacao and Aruba. This information comes from the recently published report, “The Caribbean Nether­lands Health System Review.” Medical referrals from St. Eustatius and Saba in 2023 went to St. Maarten 90% …

The co­ordination of Dutch min­istries in The Hague for policies for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba has im­proved over the years, stat­ed Caretaker State Secre­tary of Kingdom Relations Alexandra Van Huffelen at the Permanent Committee Kingdom Relations of the Dutch Second Chamber of Parliament debate on the annual report for …

Seafaring on Saba can be traced back to a long tradition dating back to before the 17th century. 1665 is a reference point in the Saban maritime history from which Saban sailing and fishing developed. From that moment on, mutineers also settled on the island and until the beginning of …

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management IenW is preparing an amendment to the BES Aviation Act. This amendment provides a legal basis for establishing a public service obligation (PSO) on certain aviation routes. Anyone can comment on the bill until July 26. With the proposed leg­islative change, the IenW Minister …

The far-right Party for Freedom PVV will staff the new state secretary of kingdom relations and digitalization position in the upcom­ing cabinet expected to be led by Prime Minister Dick Schoof. This was an­nounced by Formateur Richard van Zwol on Wednesday, June 12. It is still unclear who will take …