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1. VOG requirement for employees working with travel documents

   The Cabinet wants all employees of municipalities and of public entities Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba who work with passports ...

   News item | 17-12-2025 | 15:06

2. Trainees at BKCN have successfully completed the first block of the ‘Manschap A’ training course

   Trainees at the Caribbean Netherlands Fire Department started the ‘Manschap A’ training course on 1 September 2025. After a ...

   News item | 11-12-2025 | 18:27

3. Public Entities and Ministries sign a sustainable approach to combating violence against women, domestic violence, and child abuse

   Yesterday, the public entities of Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba, and the Ministries of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS), ...

   News item | 10-12-2025 | 12:56

4. Over 8 in 10 school students plan to leave the Caribbean Netherlands

   Over 80 percent of school students in the Caribbean Netherlands want to live somewhere else after they finish secondary ...

   News item | 08-12-2025 | 18:15

5. ZJCN appoints Melissa Arias as Interim Head of Healthcare

   Care and Youth Caribbean Netherlands (is proud to announce that Melissa Arias has been appointed Interim Head of Healthcare with ...

   News item | 08-12-2025 | 18:12

6. Bold Choices Needed to Address Migration and Aging on Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba

   The growing migration and aging population on the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba are having major consequences for ...

   News item | 08-12-2025 | 15:27

7. Stronger Together: Crisis Management and Communication Week Curaçao 2025

   Last week, crisis management and crisis communication were the main focus during an intensive program on Curaçao. More than one ...

   News item | 05-12-2025 | 22:17

8. Internet consultation: Minimum wage for 15-year-olds on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba

   The Law Minimum Wages BES (Wet minimumlonen BES) is being amended to ensure that young people aged 15 and over on Bonaire, St. ...

   News item | 04-12-2025 | 13:46

9. New Minimum Wage, Child Benefit, and Social Security Benefit Amounts in the Caribbean Netherlands as of 1 January 2026

   The Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment will adjust the amounts for minimum wage, child benefit, and social security ...

   News item | 04-12-2025 | 13:39

10. New category subsidy for initiatives Slavery Past

    The first timeslot of a new category of the Subsidy regulation for Social initiatives trans-Atlantic Slavery Past for the ...

    News item | 01-12-2025 | 17:03