The core message of the campaign is: Together Against Human Trafficking: Our Islands, Our Responsibility. See it. Report it. In 2025, Bo­naire, St. Eustatius and Saba (BES islands) are in­tensifying efforts to com­bat human-trafficking and -smuggling. A campaign began earlier this year with networking events on Saba and St. Eustatius …

Last week, Ingrid Holaman, a representative of Beyond Kultura Events Founda­tion (BKEF), distributed two new book titles to schools in St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius. The first book was the English version of “Van Slavernij naar Vrijheid”, or “From Slavery to Free­dom” in English, which was published by BKEF …

Zorg en Jeugd Caribbean Nether­lands (ZJCN) has signed a two-year agreement with aviation company Medic-air to carry out emergency medical flights from the Caribbean Netherlands. The contract ensures the continuity of fast and reli­able medical evacuations for insured residents of Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba (BES islands). Medicair, a seasoned …

The conservative Reformed Political Party SGP faction in the Dutch Senate is calling on the Schoof gov­ernment to prioritise the security of the Caribbean islands in future defence strategies. The party stresses that the King­dom must not only meet its NATO commitments but also ensure the safety of Curacao, Aruba, …

The Caribbean Netherlands Police Force KPCN ar­rested a man in Saba last Wednesday after receiving reports that he was carrying guns, but the weapons turned out to be fake. KPCN said the arrest team had entered a home on Amerel­lys Road around 9:40pm and found two guns during a search. …

Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba sent delegations to the Nether­lands last week for meetings about changes to two draft laws that have been unilater­ally imposed by Dutch State Secretary of Kingdom Rela­tions and Digitalisation Zsolt Szabo. Szabo sent letters to the Dutch Second Chamber of Parliament last month that outlined …

Following a three-month delay, the Dutch Senate has officially approved the Kingdom Relations and BES Fund budget, BES referring to Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. The only opposition came from the two-member Forum for Democracy faction, which did not provide a rea­son for its dissenting vote. The delay stemmed from …

The GroenLinks­PvdA party is advocating for equal protections in organ dona­tion for residents of the Caribbe­an Netherlands, urging the Dutch government to extend a planned reporting system to Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba (BES). The Dutch Parliament is set to vote on the proposal tomorrow, Thurs­day. The Organ Donation Act …

The Dutch Senate has postponed its vote on the Kingdom Relations and BES (Bonaire, St. Eu­statius and Saba) Fund budget by another week, opting against fast-tracking the proposal. The vote is now ex­pected to take place next week. State Secretary for Kingdom Relations Zsolt Szabo of the far-right Party for …

The St. Maarten Library hosted representatives from Saba’s Queen Wilhelmina Library and St. Eustatius’ Gertrude Judson Bicentennial Pub­lic Library for a working visit from March 10 to 14. Sponsored by the National Library of the Netherlands, this initiative aimed to foster collaboration, resource-shar­ing, and digital integration among the island libraries. …