Daycares at Sint Maarten struggle after lockdown and lack of funding

Daycares at Sint Maarten struggle after lockdown and lack of funding

PHILIPSBURG – After two months of lockdown, early childcare facilities are still unable to operate at Sint Maarten. These...

11 August 2020
Student Chanté from Curaçao almost becomes homeless in Amsterdam

Student Chanté from Curaçao almost becomes homeless in Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM – Imagine this: becoming homeless during the corona crisis in the middle of Amsterdam without any family to...

18 July 2020
Deaf individuals on Bonaire miss out on important information during crisis

Deaf individuals on Bonaire miss out on important information during crisis

KRALENDIJK – For the deaf and those who are hard of hearing it’s hard to stay informed on Bonaire....

6 July 2020
Saba completes DOET events in Dutch Kingdom

Saba completes DOET events in Dutch Kingdom

THE BOTTOM – The success in establishing Saba DOET was done by “making the link last year with a...

18 March 2019
Former sugar plantation to become social housing neighborhood on Statia

Former sugar plantation to become social housing neighborhood on Statia

ORANJESTAD – Thanks to a Dutch couple, Statia will get 70 plots of land on the former Cherry Parc...

10 March 2019
Van Ark ‘moved’ by poverty on Bonaire but makes no promises

Van Ark ‘moved’ by poverty on Bonaire but makes no promises

KRALENDIJK – The State Secretary for Social Affairs and Employment (SZW), Tamara van Ark hopes to present a timeline...

12 January 2019
Foster children of the BES receive half the financial support compared to those in the Netherlands

Foster children of the BES receive half the financial support compared to those in the Netherlands

KRALENDIJK – If you want to foster a child in one of the Caribbean municipalities, you’ll receive 9 dollars...

20 December 2018
Senate not done with social minimum for the BES-islands

Senate not done with social minimum for the BES-islands

The Hague – The Senate will once more be addressing State Secretary Van Ark (Social Affairs and Employment) and...

7 November 2018
Senators annoyed by undetermined social minimum on Bonaire, Saba, and Statia

Senators annoyed by undetermined social minimum on Bonaire, Saba, and Statia

The Hague – The patience of the members of the Senate are being tested. State Secretary Van Ark (Social Affairs)...

18 October 2018
1 year after hurricane Irma: to remember or to forget?

1 year after hurricane Irma: to remember or to forget?

PHILIPSBURG – “People want to move on. Why would you want to remember a disaster. They are glad that...

5 September 2018
Serving meals on Sint-Maarten: ‘Yes, fruits and vegetables’

Serving meals on Sint-Maarten: ‘Yes, fruits and vegetables’

PHILIPSBURG – The devastating hurricane Irma, which pounded the Leeward Islands last September, also left a mark on the...

3 August 2018
CN salaries increase while pensioners keep struggling

CN salaries increase while pensioners keep struggling

THE BOTTOM – “Salaries from Dutch Government continues to increase, however, myself as a pensioner receiving a very minimum...

6 February 2018
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