Are you a screenwriter, director, or producer residing in Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, or Sint Maarten? Have you created previous works and do you have a new, original film idea for a short (youth) film? Starting from April 15th, filmmakers from the ABC, BES islands and Sint Maarten …

Dear Editor, I just watched with great pleasure the video on YouTube of Cheryl Hernandez with Commissioner Bruce Zagers about the new harbor project on Saba to realize a real marina. How wonderful it is that Saba can finally be visited with your own motor or sailing yacht that can …

On March 1 starts the internet consultation for the subsidy regulation social initiatives Transatlantic slavery past for the Caribbean part of the Kingdom. Residents of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten can give their opinion on the proposed regulation for social initiatives. The internet consultation offers everyone …

Wind­ward Islands Airways In­ternational WINAIR and Princess Juliana Interna­tional Airport (PJIA) are reaping remarkable success with their collaborative Day Trip Specials. Since its launch just a month ago, the programme has already secured over 500 bookings, signalling a strong demand for island-hopping adven­tures. The Day Trip Specials of­fer special fares …

Caretaker State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen of Kingdom Relations and Digitalisation will attend the high-level meeting of the Forum for Overseas Countries and Territories (Landen en Gebieden oversee, LGO) in Brussels on Thursday the 29th of February. The OCT Forum is held annually and this year will be from the …

Caretaker State Secretary of Kingdom Relations Alexandra van Huffelen is positive about the recommendations recently made by the Public Adminis­tration Council ROB, which found that the revision of the administrative and financial relations with the Caribbean Netherlands requires more than just a few technical ad­justments. The state secretary sees the …

The youth group of Sa­ba’s St. Paul’s Conversion Ro­man Catholic Church went on an exchange visit to St. Maarten and Anguilla last week. According to the group’s leaders, the trip’s purpose was to give young Sabans a different experience of giving back to others. In St. Maarten, the group volunteered …

Saba and Statia participants of the Hospitality Instructor Course CHI have recently been certified. The course is part of the OCW program/project for in-service training of employees in the hospitality industry. Completion of the course enables the instructors to embark on the next phase of the Hospitality Skills Certification START …

The Public Entity and UNICEF Netherlands invite you this Friday to a film premiere starring three of Saba’s local families. This is part of our campaign ‘Raising our Future’ that is developed together with the Public Entity of Saba, St. Eustatius, and Bonaire. The campaign is set to inspire positive …

The Caribbean islands of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba are not happy with the bureaucracy when they need money from the government for maintenance of seaports and airports, for example. The most important advisory body of the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations agrees with them. “At the moment, …