News from Bonaire, St. Eustatius & Saba
In the month of July, the coverage ratio of the Caribbean Netherlands Pension Fund (PCN) has shown further strengthening. By the end of July, the coverage ratio stood at over 126%. For the past few months, the pension fund has been benefiting from the globally increasing interest rates. Additionally, the fund also achieved a modest profit on its investments last month. Indexation Meanwhile, the PCN board has decided to index the pensions ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - As of August 14, 2023, Marlon Richardson is the new Director of Supervision & Enforcement (S&E) of the public entity Bonaire. With this appointment, the public entity Bonaire is strengthened with an experienced director in the areas of ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - According to WEB N.V., the extreme temperatures currently experienced on the island are leading to high demand for both water and electricity. This presents operational challenges for the utility company. WEB has stated that batteries and parts ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - Water and Energy Company Bonaire (WEB) has signed a contract this week with IDE Water Technologies Ltd (IDE) from Israel for the expansion of the water plant in Hato. The contract aims to add two units of Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) to the ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - On April 12th, Deputy Secretary-General of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate, Gerdine Keijzer-Baldé, visited Bonaire to discuss developments in energy supply. During her visit, she met with Governor Edison Rijna and commissioners ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - As is well known, the island of Bonaire was affected by a system-wide power outage (event) due to technical failure around 3:00 PM on Thursday, November 24th. After completely restoring the electricity service to the island, the technical teams ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK- After having been closed for some time, mainly due to water damage, the Terramar museum will soon open their doors again with a children’s art exhibition. Currently, the youngsters are in their second week of creating their artworks. Under ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK- WEB is still investigating the exact causes of the island wide blackout which hit Bonaire on Thursday afternoon and -evening. In order to investigate this incident, a technical team has been engaged in order to conduct a thorough ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - On Wednesday evening, the fifth anniversary of Delfins Beach Resort was celebrated. At the same time, the old management team said goodbye and the new one was welcomed. The resort was managed by David and Cisca Rietveld for five years. The new ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK- Entrepreneurs located on the Kaya Souer Bartola are surprised about a letter they received late last week from the Bonaire Wegenbouw Maatschappij (BWM). BWM says it will carry out the renovation of Kaya Souer Bartola on behalf of the Spatial ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK- After a relatively long period of sometimes tough negotations, wast management company Selibon and the AFBW union have on Friday signed a long-awaited new Collective Labour Agreement. The new agreement will have a duration of three year ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - Garbage collection and waste processing company Selibon N.V. said on Monday it will be forced to increase rates as of September 1, 2022. Interestingly enough, the company does not comment on the size of the planned increases. "For Selibon N.V. ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK- Waste processing company Selibon has purchased a new garbage truck, which should put an end to the many disruptions to the normal collection schedule. The new car has to replace two older ones, which always have technical defects in Kampen. ... Lees verder
MADRID- Juan Valdez announced this Tuesday an ambitious expansion plan in Spain through a recent partnership with La Hermosita, a Spanish group founded in 2017, which is dedicated to the business of pastry shops and cafeterias. La Hermosita currently has 11 ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK- Between January 31st and February 14th, 2022, Water en Energiebedrijf Bonaire (WEB) will conduct research into the quality of water and electricity services on Bonaire. WEB Bonaire invites the community of Bonaire to participate and make themselves ... Lees verder