Oranjestad- CDA’s strategy to include a local candidate on their list of candidates seem to have paid off, now that it becomes clear that Koos Sneek has turned out to be the single biggest vote-getter on the BES-islands, finishing ahead of PM Mark Rutte and even CDA-leader Sybrand Buma. Only D66-leader Alexander Pechthold managed to… [Read more]
Two found dead in Rincon
A man and woman were found dead this morning in a house in Rincon. The identity of the victims has not yet been announced. The police started an investigation and no further announcements are made.
TCB gave the employees of Insel Air a gesture
Kralendijk (March 15th, 2017) – Tourism Corporation Bonaire (TCB) spoiled and created a nice morning for the employees working at Air Handling Services Bonaire for the company of Insel Air. Mr. Maurice Adriaens took word and mentioned that despite all the hard moments that Insel Air is going through, all the frustrations of the passengers… [Read more]
D66 first, CDA second on BES Islands
Kralendijk- Liberal-democratic party D66 is the big winner on the BES-islands. Contrary to the situation in The Netherlands, where VVD turned out to be the big winner, on the BES-islands D66 got the most votes, followed by the Christian-democrat CDA party. CDA was the only party with a local candidate. Especially in St. Eustatius, Koos… [Read more]
250 Insel employees sent home
Willemstad- Embattled carrier Insel Air has started today with the laying-off of in total 250 employees. The lay-off is directly related to the “back-to-basics” contingency plan the airline has had to implement over the last few weeks. Under the implemented plan, the company flies just between the ABC islands and Sint Maarten with 3 Fokker50… [Read more]
Commissioner Den Heyer: “Parenting is more than conditioning of behavior”
Kralendijk- Commissioner Nina den Heyer, in her speech during the educational conference on March 8 in the Courtyard Hotel, said that educating is more than just the conditioning of behavior. Educators themselves have different standards and values even when living under the same roof. According to the commissioner, there is also a difference in norms… [Read more]
Recourt (PvdA) with questions regarding BES-issues in Dutch Parliament
Kralendijk- Member of Parliament for the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA) has sent a number of questions to Dutch Parliament after his campaign visit to Bonaire last week. Recourt says there are a number of pending issues, some of which need immediate attention. One of the first issues for which Recourts has asked attention is the… [Read more]
Over 1500 volunteers participate in Bon Doet
Kralendijk- A large number of volunteers came out today to contribute to the Bon Doet activities on the island. According to information received from the Public Entity Bonaire, no less than 1500 volunteers were involved in this year’s Bon Doet. Volunteer activities also took place today on Statia (Statia Doet) and Curaçao (Cur Doet). Ever… [Read more]
UPB joins coalition: now a majority of 6 seats
Kralendijk- Bonaire’s governing coalition did good business this week: the coalition picked up support from no less than 2 additional seats. Earlier this week independent council lady Jeanoushka (Nunu) Raphaela had already declared that she would officially join the coalition again, after having left the MPB-Bernabela coaltion a few months earlier. Yesterday night the coalition… [Read more]
Archive-management and preservation course held in Statia
Oranjestad- A total of 7 participants received a certificate after completion of the basics course Archive Management and preservation in Sint Eustatius. The course was organized on all three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands and is meant to expand the basic knowledge and skills of the participants in the area of collection management and preservation…. [Read more]
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