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BES Reporter

News from Bonaire, St. Eustatius & Saba

New boat, ‘Thalassa’, donated to STCB

New boat, ‘Thalassa’, donated to STCB Kralendijk, 16 January 2019 – Sea Turtle Conservation Bonaire (STCB) is very grateful to Blue Jay Holding Bonaire B.V. for the donation of a brand new boat to the non-profit organization. The boat, an Eduardoño 32, arrived on Bonaire in December and was christened at the Club Nautica Pier in… [Read more]

Two More Statia Companies May Become Unionized

Oranjestad- St. Eustatius may soon have 2 new companies who will be unionized, after no less than 2 referendums will take place on the island in a single day. The referendums will be taking place at 9 and 12.30 respectively. In the first of the two referendums, organized by Government Mediator for the BES-Islands Anselmo… [Read more]

Saba to Work on Connectivity Plan; Hires Expert

The Bottom, Saba- Saba’s Government seems to have enough of limited availability of seats to the island and has decided to hire an expert to draft a ‘connectivity plan’ for the island. The Executive Council on January 9 approved a proposal of Commissioner Bruce Zagers to procure the services of Icasus, a consultancy company from… [Read more]

SXM Airways Brings Van Ark to Saba; Conducts Aerial Tour

The Bottom- Saba- Sint Maarten’s youngest carrier, SXM Airways, was in charge last Monday, January 7, 2019 of transporting Dutch State Secretary Tamara van Ark to the Unspoiled Queen. An aerial tour over the island was provided before touching down on the recently renovated airstrip at the Juancho E. Yrausquin airport. The flight was executed… [Read more]

Dutch Parliamentarians With Flash Visit to St. Eustatius

Oranjestad, St. Eustatius- Tomorrow a delegation of Parliamentarians from both the First and the Second Chamber will be paying a short visit to St. Eustatius to see for themselves to what extent the island has recovered from the hurricanes. The Parliamentarians also want to gauge the results of the administrative intervention of almost a year… [Read more]

CARICOM and Argentina looking towards closer cooperation

Georgetown, Guyana-Argentina is offering the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) a platform to engage the global community when it hosts the “Second United Nations High Level Conference on South-South Cooperation, PABA 40” in March next year. It has proposed, as a side-event, a conference with the invited countries and organizations, which are expected to include some of… [Read more]

‘Schoolboy in Wartime’ at Dutch school in USA

GREAT BAY, St. Maarten-It’s back to school for 2019. Teacher Judith’s class at The Bethesda Dutch School in Maryland, USA is set to hear from St. Martin’s author Gerard van Veen. It all started when Teacher Judith “heard of my book, Schoolboy in Wartime, just when she was planning to speak to her class of… [Read more]

Turmoil in All For 1 Union Leads to Dismissal of President

Oranjestad- Unhappiness about the functioning of All for 1 Union president Sidney ‘Ra’ Arnaud, has led to the dismissal of the president of Statia’s first and -so far- only local union. The Board of All for 1 felt compelled to act against Arnaud after receiving various letters from union members expressing their concern for the… [Read more]