Government officials of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba are very content with the 33.6 million euros that the Dutch government had made available to accomplish an accelerated pace towards renewable energy on the three islands. Minister of Economic Affairs Rob Jetten and State Secretary of Kingdom Relations and Digitisation Alexandra …

Healthcare and youth care in the special municipalities of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba must be comparable to the European Netherlands. This is the underlying principle in the vision that state secretary Van Ooijen (VWS) has set out for developing healthcare in the Caribbean Netherlands in the future. In recent …

Members of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament of the Christian Democratic Party CDA Joba van den Berg and Inge van Dijk are seeking answers from Dutch government about the deficient banking ser­vice for Saba consumers. The Members of Par­liament (MPs) this week submitted 13 written ques­tions to State …

Vehicle on fire after collision A collision between two vehicles took place on Thai Hill Road on Saba at about 7:20 pm on Monday, the 26th of September. As a result of the collision, one of the vehicles caught fire. Firefighters were able to extinguish the fire. No one was …

Dutch State Secretary of Culture and Media Gunay Uslu and the public entities Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba on Tuesday signed a culture covenant. In this agreement, the four parties committed to taking joint responsibility for the cultural infrastructure in the Caribbean Netherlands. Parties want to bring a change towards …

During a recent visit to the Netherlands, Senior Social Worker Lucrecia Paulina of the Public Entity Saba had several meetings to discuss investments and assistance for social projects on Saba in areas such as poverty, domestic violence, budgeting, as well as culture. Together with Island Secretary Tim Muller, Paulina had …

Drs T.J (Tim) Muller MBA will become the new director and quartermaster of Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland. This was announced by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK). The appointment will take effect per 1 December 2022. The Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland (RCN) is a collaboration between the various ministries …

Residents of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba can look for­ward to a large increase of the so-called untaxed sum (“belastingvrije som”), the amount over which people don’t have to pay wage or income taxes, per January 1, 2023. Dutch State Secretary of Finance in charge of taxes Mamix van Rij …

Together with the Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport VWS and Soa Aids Netherlands, the Public Health Department in Saba has been working on es­tablishing a sexual health web-site that applies to the Carib­bean context, keeping the con­text of Saba at the forefront. The Public Health Depart­ment aims to …

The Netherlands branch of the United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF is launching mini documentaries portraying families in Saba and St. Eustatius sharing their favourite ways of spending time together. The documentaries are to be released in the upcoming weeks, highlighting the importance for parents, care­takers and family members to play with …