News from Bonaire, St. Eustatius & Saba
ORANJESTAD- Many new developments have transpired at the St. Eustatius Waste Facility. Economy, Nature, and Infrastructure (ENI) highlights some of the latest improvements. The Public Entity St. Eustatius invested in a Waste oil Catchment at … [Read more] about New Developments in Statia Waste management
ORANJESTAD/HAARLEM- As part of the twinning program, four directors of the childcare centers on Statia are currently in the Netherlands to visit the Kinderopvang Op Stoom in Haarlem. The twinning program forms part of the BES(t)4 kids' program which focus is … [Read more] about Statia’s Childcare Directors visit the Netherlands
KRALENDIJK - Many residents on Bonaire have visited the consultation hours of the National Ombudsman and the Ombudsman for Children. Spread out over four consultation hours, more than 80 questions and complaints were handled by the team. The complaints and … [Read more] about Much interest in consultation hours Ombudsmen
ORANJESTAD - Yesterday, Tuesday, October 5, 2021 a chief police officer was convicted by the Joint Court of Justice on St. Eustatius for human smuggling and forgery. The officer in question had arranged for a woman from the Dominican Republic to be brought to … [Read more] about Police officer Statia sentenced for human trafficking
ORANJESTAD- Representatives of the Royal Dutch Meteorological Institute (KNMI in Dutch) visited Statia last week. The purpose of the visit was to work on the maintenance of the stations of KNMI and to visit potential sites for a new monitoring station, to be … [Read more] about KNMI with Presentation to Statia Government
ORANJESTAD- Councilman Clyde van Putten (PLP) has sent a formal request to have an Island Council 'Central Committee' meeting about developments at GTI and Golden Rock resort, although for different reasons. Regarding GTI, Van Putten said that in recent … [Read more] about Clyde requests IC meeting on GTI and Golden Rock Resort
ORANJESTAD- Councilman Koos Sneek is not at all pleased by the recent cancellation of an Island Council meeting to continue discussions about the restoration of full democracy on St. Eustatius. This is expressed by the councilman in a press release sent out to … [Read more] about Councilman Sneek peeved about Cancellation of IC meeting
ORANJESTAD- Member of the Island Council for the Progressive Labor Party (PLP) Clyde van Putten, starting Friday October 1, will have a weekly radio show called Statia Hard Talk. The show will air every Friday from 10.30 - 11.30 in the morning. Asked for … [Read more] about Clyde van Putten starts Weekly Radio Program
KRALENDIJK- While so far Spotify service was difficult to use in Caribbean markets, especially when it comes to the ability to buy subscrpitions, recently various islands in the Caribbean were added to Spotify's official list of coutries where the streaming … [Read more] about Spotify now officially available in Bonaire, Statia & Saba
Oranjestad, St. Eusatius- Clyde van Putten on Tuesday sent out a request to the Government Commissioners for an urgent meeting of the Island Council to debate the path forward to restoration of Democracy on the island. "The main reason for requesting the … [Read more] about Van Putten Calls for Urgent meeting on Return to Democracy
