News from Bonaire, St. Eustatius & Saba
Oranjestad- Stakeholders on St. Eustatius held the last Jeugd Casus Overleg (JCO), for the 2017-2018 school year on Thursday, June 14th, 2018. The JCO is a monthly integral discussion between representatives of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Court of ... Lees verder
Kralendijk- The new prison in Bonaire is nearly ready for use. The press yesterday received a tour through the new facilities. Today a number of volunteers will spend 24 hours in the new facility to experience first hand how it is to spend the night behind ... Lees verder
Oranjestad- According to information released by the Police Force Caribbean Netherlands (KPCN), on Thursday May 24, 2018, a robbery took place in a house located on the Concordiaweg on St. Eustatius. Two masked men entered the house of the victim and got ... Lees verder
Kralendijk- For the second time, the prison directors of the Dutch Caribbean Prisons held a joint consultation on Bonaire. Since 2016 the consultation structure was intensified and the directors of the prisons of Sint Maarten, Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire ... Lees verder
By Harald Linkels Kralendijk- On April 30, 2018 KPCN will introduce a new operational uniform on Bonaire. The basic color of the uniform is dark blue, with yellow stripes in the outerwear. The pants will be a kind of ME pants, with pockets on the thighs ... Lees verder
By Harald Linkels Kralendijk- The outdated penal code on the BES islands can, in some cases, lead to the acquittal of suspects of sexual offenses. This becomes clear from information provided by the Public Prosecutor’s office BES. A specific incident ... Lees verder
The Bottom, Saba- On Tuesday March 20th, 2018, KPCN presented the crime numbers of 2017 to the Island Council of Saba. During the presentation police-registered statistics regarding traffic, property crimes, violent crimes and drugs related crimes were ... Lees verder
Oranjestad- St. Eustatius was in a state of dismay and shock yesterday after information on a 'drive-by' shooting on the island circulated on social media. According to information of the Police Department, yesterday at about 17.30 Police received ... Lees verder
Oranjestad- The man Antony Bunitin has tragically lost his life after slipping and falling into the sea on the way to Venus bay, while looking for welks with a partner, who reported went back to town for help in locating the victim. According to official ... Lees verder
Kralendijk, February 13, 2018 – Water- en Energiebedrijf Bonaire N.V. (WEB) has reported a police file relating to theft of tubes that were left behind by the previous owner of the Barcadera site. Possibly the tubes contain asbestos whereas WEB wants to ... Lees verder
Kralendijk- Kralendijk- Did Clark Abraham hurt his estranged wife Christel Engels during a tussle or not, was there an issue of illegal trespassing or not and did Abraham stalk Engels or not? These were the tree cental questions today in the court case against ... Lees verder
Kralendijk- Suspect R.E.G.S. was sentenced this morning to a prison sentence of 17 years. S. received this sentence for the manslaughter of cruise ship employee Adriana Morales de Florencio, committed in April 2017 on Bonaire. Subsequently the suspect was also ... Lees verder
Oranjestad- Earlier today a traffic accident took place in St. Eustatius which has left 2 seriously injured. The drivers of the of scooters were apparently racing in Golden Rock when, for reasons still unknown, one of the scooters collided into the other one. ... Lees verder
Kralendijk- A raging fire in the laundry building led to quick action by the Fire Department this evening. The Fire Brigade was present at the hotel in Hato with various fire trucks, trying to contain the fire which had already caused quite some damage to the ... Lees verder
Kralendijk- The prosecutor for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba has demanded a prison sentence of 22 years against the man R.E.G.S. for the violation and murder of Adriana Morales de Florencio, 23, in the month of April 2017. The investigation was called ... Lees verder