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The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management “monitors” the rates of air traffic control in Curacao, as can be read in the updated Implementation Agenda Aviation Memorandum of the ministry in the Netherlands. “Every year we check whether the tickets from Bonaire to Curacao are not rising too much. …
Read More »KNMI meets with Saba stakeholders
A small delegation of the Netherlands Royal Meteorological Service KNMI visited Saba on Tuesday, March 21 and Wednesday, March 23 for talks with the stakeholders and to give a presentation on the work that the KNMI does for the Caribbean Netherlands. Jeroen Dooijenburgh and Jos Diepeveen of KNMI had meetings …
Read More »Financial economic crime is tackled firmly by the specialist FINEC team of KPCN
Financial economic crime is a serious social problem. It damages trust between citizens, businesses and the government. Within the KPCN, the Financial Economic Crime team (“FINEC”) was set up in 2022 to combat this form of crime. For example, various criminal investigations are underway against money laundering, fraud and embezzlement, …
Read More »State Secretary Van Huffelen promises Burger Service Number and Postal Codes
Residents of the Caribbean Netherlands will be assigned a Burger Service Number by 2025 at the latest. The legislation and technical implementation are already in preparation, writes State Secretary Van Huffelen (Kingdom Relations) in her progress letter sent to the House of Representatives today about the administrative agreements with Bonaire, …
Read More »State secretary lists measures to alleviate poverty on islands
Dutch State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitisation Alexandra van Huffelen said in a response to the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights that the organisation was right to be concerned about poverty in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, but in her letter she mostly listed the measures that The Hague is …
Read More »Saba increases its liquidity position
The public entity Saba increased its liquidity position in 2022 to US $64.3 million by late December and booked a surplus of $1.4 million. Of this amount, $61.6 million is earmarked as special allowances from the Dutch government. This means that the public entity Saba has $2.7 million in freely …
Read More »Caribbean Netherlands: 4 percent more air passengers in 2022 than in 2019
The Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports, based on newly released figures, that in 2022, more than 475 thousand travelers passed through the airports of Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius. This is nearly 64 percent more than in 2021 and 4 percent more than in 2019. The number of aircraft movements to …
Read More »Preparations in full swing for Saba’s first 10K race on May 6th
On May 6, for the first time ever, a 10K race will take place on Saba. The start will be at Well’s Bay and end at the Mountain Road. People can take part as individuals, but can also choose to partake in a relay team of four persons. The vast …
Read More »Saba to World Skills Talents competition
Two students of the Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) will be travelling to the Netherlands this weekend to participate in the finals of the World Skills Talents competition. Next Thursday, March 23, the students, Anthonio Suares and Dillon Diaz, will compete in the area of carpentry at the competition which will …
Read More »Voting Bureau approves reports polling stations
The Voting Bureau Public Entity Saba came together on Thursday morning to check the reports (‘processen verbaal’) of the two polling stations ahead of the publication of the election results. The Voting Bureau found no discrepancies in the reports and subsequently approved them. Acting Island Governor Amelia Nicholson, as Chairperson …
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