The Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport VWS in The Hague is looking at making the medical transport of patients from Saba and St. Eustatius to St. Maarten more effective, but for now, transport will still take place with a smaller aircraft. This can be concluded from the reply …
Read More »Dutch citizens abroad get voting rights for Senate
With the approval of the First Chamber (the Senate) of the Dutch Parliament to change the Dutch Constitution, which enables establishing an Electoral Council for Dutch citizens abroad so this sizable group can indirectly vote for the Senate, Foundation Dutch Citizens Outside the Netherlands SNBN booked a major victory. What …
Read More »Saba represented at Arnhem’s Emancipation Day celebration
Saba was represented at the Emancipation Day event at Arnhem’s Ronde Weide park on Thursday, June 30. Arnhem is the first city in the Dutch province Gelderland to bring such awareness of Emancipation Day and organise remembrance and celebratory events. Saba government advisor Gerald Simmons attended the event on behalf …
Read More »Wilson highlights meaning of freedom on Emancipation Day
Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Rolando Wilson shared his message on the occasion of Emancipation Day, July 1, which will be observed for a second time in Saba. “This is a significant day, since it shows that we in Saba are in solidarity with our brothers and sisters of the other …
Read More »Minister promises solution to Saba, Statia notary issue
Dutch Minister for Legal Protection Franc Weerwind has promised to find a sustainable solution for the absence of notary services for St. Eustatius and Saba per July 1 this year. In his response to written questions to the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament, Weerwind last Friday stated he was …
Read More »ACM sets maximum rates for the distribution of electricity in the Caribbean Netherlands
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets [Autoriteit Consument en Markt] (ACM) has set maximum rates for the distribution of electricity in the Caribbean Netherlands. The rates are increasing significantly as of the 1st of July 2022 because fossil fuels are used to produce electricity and the prices of those …
Read More »Founding of Dutch Caribbean Hospital Alliance
Today the hospitals of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and Dutch Caribbean have established a cooperative under the name Dutch Caribbean Hospital Alliance (DHCA u.a.). The experience with Covid-19 was the direct reason for the establishment of the partnership. DCHA aims to strengthen the quality of hospital care on these islands. …
Read More »SSO-CN not in compliance with Personal Data Protection Law
The Data Protection Authority CBP-BES, which is charged with monitoring and enforcement in relation to the processing of personal data by the public and private sectors in the Caribbean Netherlands, has found during an audit that the Shared Service Organisation of the Caribbean Netherlands SSO-CN is not properly processing documents with …
Read More »St. Eustatius and Saba sign an ambition document to collaborate on waste management
The Public Entity St. Eustatius and Saba signed an Ambition document on Monday, June 20th, and Tuesday, June 21st, 2022, with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management to collaborate on waste management. As part of the agreement, both entities agreed to cooperate in six key areas: · Formalization of …
Read More »Positive tests on islands going up
The number of coronavirus infections registered on the six Dutch Caribbean islands grew last month. This was announced on June 3 by National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM in the Netherlands. In total, almost 5,000 positive test results were reported during May, about 1,000 more than in …
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