News from Bonaire, St. Eustatius & Saba
THE BOTTOM- Pupils and staff of Saba’s Sacred Heart School on Monday morning, May 16 took part in the opening ceremony of the 2022 Anti-Bullying Week 2022 and the 2022 Book Week, both of which take place this entire week. After the Saba Song, the Sacred Heart School Song and a prayer, principal Hortence Promes welcomed everyone and called the Anti-Bullying Week and the Book Week a good combination because they both addressed very important ... Lees verder
THE HAGUE/KRALENDIJK- The Secondary Education Act (WVO) and the Secondary Education Act BES (WVO BES) are being replaced by 1 new law: the WVO 2020. The law will come into effect on 1 August 2022. Substantively nothing changes. The law has been made more ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK- Last Friday the celebration took place of Fundashon FORMA’s 30th anniversary of providing ‘second-chance’ education on Bonaire. During the festive meeting, the Commissioner of Education, Nina den Heyer, chairman of the board Ludwig Balentin, ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - In the last two weeks there have been four fatalities on and around the water in a short period of time. Concerned by this development, the management of Buddy Dive Resort has sought advice from the 'Hart voor Bonaire' Foundation. ”It is known ... Lees verder
THE HAGUE– Young people on Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba have entered into a conversation with the National Coordinator against Racism and Discrimination about racism and discrimination. On April 11, the youngsters discussed their experiences and ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK/DEN HAAG - The Rijksmuseum is organizing the 'Document Nederland Junior' photo competition especially for secondary school and college students. Young people from all over the Kingdom can take part in the competition and win two master classes and ... Lees verder
The Caribbean Pension Association (CaPas) will once again offer various courses for employees of pension funds and insurance institutions on the six islands of the former Netherlands Antilles. A training course for (future) Board members started last week. ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - Education personnel of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba will receive a 4.2 percent increase in salary, with retroactive effect as of September 1, 2021. That is the result of the new labor conditions agreement recently signed by representatives of ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - In April the Education Executive Service [Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs] (DUO) is going to visit Bonaire, St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba to open temporary service centres on these islands in order to communicate with prospective and former ... Lees verder
THE BOTTOM- Eighteen students of the Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) graduated on Saturday, March 5 during a well-attended ceremony held at the Saba University School of Medicine (SUSOM) . Seven graduates were not present to receive their diploma due to ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - The advice from the Public Health Department (PG) to have pupils and students of secondary and high schools take self-tests twice a week remains in effect, even though the Island Governor has loosened all coronation measures as of March 4. This is ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science signed on February 22 an agreement with agency TuranGoeloe for the reception and guidance of students from the Dutch Caribbean who will continue their education in the Netherlands. The agreement takes ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - Last night, the junior and senior high students of Liseo Boneriano presented their profile paper, consisting of a research project with a self-chosen theme. Commissioner Hennyson Thielman also attended the event and said he was very ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - At the MBO Bonaire and the ROC Mondriaan in the Netherlands, special high tech classrooms have now been set up, allowing ICT students to follow lessons in real time at both locations. This is a unique development in the Dutch Caribbean, ... Lees verder
KRALENDIJK - The Public Health Department (PG) is encouraging pupils and students to take corona self-tests twice a week. Doing so would help detect new infections at an early stage. PG provides these tests for free. Students are advised to take the test at ... Lees verder
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