Care and Youth Caribbean Netherlands ZJCN has announced that, as of January 1, 2025, the health insurance entitlements package for residents of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (the BES is­lands) will be amended. The BES Health Insurance Entitlements Regulation RazBES outlines which healthcare services are covered for ZJCN policyholders. Starting …

Residents and visi­tors to Saba participated in the 49th Saba Day ceremony last Friday. The theme was, “One island, rich in culture, shaped by diversity and rooted in heritage”. This year’s Saba Day awards were awarded to notable service teams. Gina Hassell, Appolina Gumbs, and Joy-Ann Robinson were honored as …

Last week, the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) received an additional financial contribution from the National Postcode Lottery. This funding is in addition to their annual €500,000 multi-year contribution. The extra funds are crucial for DCNA’s work and will be used to protect and restore natural areas in the Caribbean part of …

On the afternoon of Wednesday, December 4, 2024, Saba experienced an island-wide power outage. This was caused by one of SEC’s generators unexpectedly going offline, compounded by other systemic issues. Our team worked swiftly and diligently to address the problem, and power was successfully restored later that afternoon. In response …

The site DossierKoninkrijksRelaties reports that the mapping of positive and negative effects of the recommendations of the Committee for the Social Minimum of the Caribbean Netherlands is hampered by a lack of data. For this reason, Statistics Netherlands has carried out a baseline measurement. Inducement In October 2023, the Committee …

Arrest driving under the influence On Tuesday, the 3rd of December, around 9 PM, the central control room received a report of a collision on Samuel A. Charles Street on Saba. Upon police arrival, it could be observed that a car had collided with a parked scooter near a restaurant. Following the “botsen …

The Court of First In­stance on Wednesday acquitted a Saba woman accused of brib­ing three people to vote for her uncle in the 2023 Island Council election. Alicia Wilson (38) was also found not guilty of pressuring an­other 10 to sign away their ballots via the proxy system, which al­lows …

The site DossierKoninkrijksRelaties reports that as of 1 January, low-income residents in the Caribbean Netherlands will no longer pay taxes on their wages or benefits, thanks to a unanimously adopted “reparation motion” by the Second Chamber this afternoon. The motion was introduced to mitigate the unintended consequences of a previous …

The Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment will adjust the amounts for minimum wage, child benefit, and social security benefits in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba as of January 1, 2025, based on 2024 inflation figures. The statutory minimum wage will be indexed across all three islands. For Bonaire, …