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Bonaire’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 3.9 per cent in volume in 2018, while St Eustatius recorded a contraction of 11.8 per cent and Saba’s GDP de­clined by 2.5 per cent, Sta­tistics Netherlands CBS reports based on newly-re­leased figures. The GDP volume change is the development of GDP value, …

Minister of Public Health Social Development and Labour VSA Richard Panneflek reported in a pre-release on Thursday evening that another person has succumbed to CO­VID-19. He said the death had occurred late last week, but it is now con­firmed that it was attributed to COVID-19. This brings the total number …

— New COVID-19 related death confirmed — The coun­try’s number of COVID-19 cases is slowly climbing with the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour VSA report­ing 22 new active cases on Wednesday, September 23. The new total of active cases is currently 78, with the total number of …

Three additional persons have tested positive for COV­ID-19 as of Tuesday, Sep­tember 22. However, seven more per­sons have recovered, bring­ing the total number of ac­tive cases to 62. The total number of confirmed cases is now 594. Collective Prevention Services (CPS) is moni­toring 59 people in home isolation. Currently there …

The policy regarding relief efforts for St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba after Hurricane Irma will be reviewed, State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops stated in a letter to the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament on Monday, September 21. The review is aimed at providing …