The Saba Executive Council recently approved a pilot to support local animal husbandry and fisheries. The six-month pilot involves a number of reimbursements for the high costs that livestock owners and commercial fishermen have and aims to contribute to local food production. As part of this project, which is financed …

Care and Youth Caribbean Netherlands (ZJCN) announces that as of the 20th of January 2023, the Raz BES has been amended on two points. Lifts will be included in the insured package and the entitlement to paramedical recovery care for Covid-19 patients will be extended until the 1st of August …

The Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament on Thursday once more urged the Dutch govern­ment to implement the social minimum for Bo­naire, St. Eustatius and Saba, and to introduce a package to reduce the cost of living. Members of the Per­manent Committee for Kingdom Relations of the Second Chamber did …

The basic amounts and allowances of the foster care allowance for foster parents will increase by 14.3 percent in 2023. The new amounts are set out in an adjustment regulation issued by the State Secretary of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) that relates to the Jeugdwet (Youth Act) and de …

Special Enforcement Officers (BAVPOL) report on their activities.  In total, Saba now has 6 active special enforcement officers: Bobby Zagers, Justin Yu and Thompson Thomas are employees of the Public Entity Saba while Marijn van der Laan works at the Saba Conservation Foundation (SCF) and  Alexandria Hassell and Randall Johnson. …

The Netherlands Institute for Human Rights believes that the government should do more to “significantly” reduce the cost of living in the Caribbean Netherlands. The Board has written to State Secretary Van Huffelen and her fellow ministers involved. The widespread, structural poverty on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba cannot be …

Minister Hugo de Jonge has sent the policy agenda Public Housing and Spatial Planning Caribbean Netherlands to the House of Representatives. The plans focus on stimulating housing construction, lowering rental costs, better financing of owner-occupied houses and a better-protected living environment. In this way, the central government, together with the …

The Europe­an Union (EU) is strength­ening its commitment to the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) with a series of financing agreements to be signed in presence of the EU Head of Delegation René van Nes, during his visit to St. Maarten, Saba, St. Eusta­tius and St. Barths from January 17 …

Dutch Min­ister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Hanke Bruins Slot has decided to implement the equal treat­ment legislation, includ­ing the General Law Equal Treatment, in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. The decision is in line with the reconnaissance that Minister Bruins Slot and State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and …

In 2023, the Dutch on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba will be able to influence the composition of the First Chamber, just like Dutch people living in the European part of the Netherlands. For this purpose, a so-called electoral college for the First Chamber has been established for each island. …