Flamingo Express Dutch Caribbean N.V. (FXDC Post) has the concession for all postal services in the Caribbean Netherlands since January 1, 2014. This concession has been recently extended by the Ministry of Economic Affairs for another 3 years. After a thorough evaluation, FXDC-Post decided to make some changes to take …
Read More »Cybercrime department of the KPCN warns against ‘Sextortion’
Recently, the cybercrime department of the Caribbean Netherlands Police Force has received several reports about ‘Sextortion’. What is Sextortion? Sextortion is extortion with a sexually explicit photo or video of the victim. This may be a nude photo or video of the victim, but it may also be that webcam …
Read More »Indexation of wages on January 1st 2024
Letter to the Editor: Music more important than English on Saba
Dear Editor, The Hispanic and Latino people on Saba most were not born here. We come here. We not illegal. We are residents. We have papers. We pay taxes. We work hard and we love Saba. I know English to write this letter but our children in the schools do …
Read More »Aerial photography of BES islands started
last Thursday, the first flights were flown over St. Eustatius to take high-quality aerial photos of the island. Several flights will be operated in December and January to take aerial photos and altitude measurements of St. Eustatius, Saba and Bonaire. The Public Entities and the Ministry of the Interior and …
Read More »Santa Parade December 17th
Paternotte succeeds Jorien Wuite in the Committee for Kingdom Relations.
D66 member Jan Paternotte is returning to the House of Representatives Committee for Kingdom Relations. He succeeds Jorien Wuite, who said goodbye to politics in The Hague yesterday. The new House of Representatives was sworn in today. Paternotte took over the committee chairmanship from Alexander Pechtold in March 2017 as …
Read More »MP Jorien Wuite leaves Dutch Second Chamber
— Receives applause for her efforts for Caribbean — On Tires-day, December 5, 79 Members of Parliament (MPs) left the Dutch Second Chamber of Parliament following the recent elections. Jorien Wuite, former St. Maarten Minister Plenipotentiary and first-ever Dutch MP of St. Maarten descent, was one of them. In her …
Read More »New Saba fire station has official opening
Although Saba firefighters have been working in the new fire station at Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport since July, the official inauguration ceremony was held on Tuesday afternoon in front of a large crowd. Saba Fire Chief Julio Every said the new building had been made possible by the input of …
Read More »Island Council wants to discuss amendments to WolBes and FinBes laws
The Island Councils of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba will have more opportunity to put forward their objections to the amendments proposed by State Secretary Van Huffelen to the Public Entities Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba Act (WoIBES) and the Public Entities Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba Finance Act (FinBES). …
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