Pension funds Caribbean Netherlands (PCN) Would like to inform the public of Saba that their representative Ingra Bennett will be on Saba on February 25-26, 2019 to answer questions, listen to concerns or handle issues pertaining to a PCN pension. To schedule an appointment please contact PCN office on Statia at 318-3218|416-6860 PCN
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Theo Heyliger arrested in corruption case this morning – Update
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Read More »Caribbean Netherlands receives a new Wetboek van Strafvordering
Caribbean Netherlands receives a new Wetboek van Strafvordering. This is what Minister Ferd Grapperhaus of Justice and Security announces in the context of the deliberations in the House of Representatives of a proposed amendment to the current code. The changes provide that it is punishable on the BES islands to …
Read More »Unexpected high number of endemics for the windward Dutch Caribbean Islands
On Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten and the Saba Bank there are a minimum of 35 animal and plant species that exist nowhere else in the world, so-called endemic species. Additionally, 188 species only occur on those islands and the surrounding islands. There are only two endemics recorded in the …
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