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Winair is pleased to announces direct service to Curacao, Santo Domingo, and Haiti, commencing February 26, 2018. “We will offer daily service to Curacao, five flights per week to Santo Domingo – Dominican Republic, two flights a week to Port au Prince – Haiti,” the airline announced on Wednesday. “These …

Today, state secretary Knops (Kingdom Relations) has appointed Marcolino (Mike) Franco as central government commissioner of St Eustatius. Knops appointed Mervyn Stegers as deputy commissioner. Last Tuesday, the House of Representatives and the Senate adopted a bill providing for an administrative intervention in St Eustatius (‘Statia’). The government commissioner will …

The Saba Lions Club on February 5 donat­ed six tablets to the Love and Independence For El­ders (LIFE) programme and the Henry Carlyle Ev­ery Home for the Aged. The donation is the result of the combined efforts of corporate citizens, the Saba Lions Clubs and the Client Council of the …

Island Councilman Clyde van Putten has filed a request for assistance to the Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean (COPPAL) in the matter between the island and the Kingdom Government. The Dutch Parliament passed an emergency legislation on Tuesday that will dissolve St. Eustatius’ Island …

A law providing for administrative intervention in St Eustatius was adopted today by the House of Representatives and the Senate. On Wednesday morning the State Secretary for the Interior and Kingdom Relations, Raymond Knops, will fly to the island to explain the decision to government officials, the island council and …

The report of the Committee of wise persons concerning the situation on Statia is now available in English. The report is split into two parts. The second part contains the Annexes to the report. (840 KB) 15 MB Deliverables to the Second Chamber

To the Chair of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands In view of the concerns surrounding the state of governance of the public body St Eustatius, on 24 May 2017 the then Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations requested a Committee of Wise Persons (‘the Committee’) to conduct an investigation into the …

The situ­ation of lawlessness, the mismanagement, both ad­ministratively and finan­cially, and the level of in­timidation that the current St. Eustatius Government has displayed is totally un­acceptable and required intervention by the Dutch Government, according to State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Rela­tions Raymond Knops. The Dutch Government submitted a …

A vast majority of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament expressed support for the law proposal for a direct intervention in the St. Eustatius Government, sending home the Island and Executive Councils as a result of what has been termed as “gross negligence.”. The Second Chamber’s Permanent Committee for …

Last week Island governor, Jonathan Johnson, visited the European part of The Netherlands. During his visit, he had an introductory meeting with the new Minister of Justice and Safety, Mr. Grapperhaus, to discuss issues such as enforcement, drugs, and domestic violence. The governor also met with State Secretary, Mr. Knops, …