REGIONAL

THE HAGUE - The Dutch government and the Dutch Central Bank (DNB) have little confidence in the functioning and integrity of the Central Bank of Curacao and Sint Maarten (CBCS)....

ORANJESTAD, St. Eustatius - Following deliberations with DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs), the Ministery of OCW (Education, Culture and Science), CITO and CVtE (College voor Toetsen en Examens), the Dutch Inspectorate...

GREAT BAY/MARIGOT, St. Martin (June 2, 2019)—The 17th annual St. Martin Book Fair opens in Marigot on Thursday, June 6, 2019, with “celebrity and business leader Peter Bailey as the...

(CMC) — The 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season officially began on Saturday with the Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) urging the population in the region to be fully prepared...

WILLEMSTAD, Curacao - Last Wednesday, nine new coast guards received their coast guard certificate from the Deputy Director of Coast Guard, Eugene Middelhof. They received their certificate in the presence...

ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, Friday May 31, 2019 – New $50 Eastern Caribbean (EC) polymer bank notes have been launched, with more denominations expected to be rolled out over the next...

MARTINIQUE - 3 important points were adopted at the meeting of May 15th and 17th : -in terms of sargasses: joint mobilization, Martinique will communicate to the OECS countries the...

HOLLAND - Researchers at Amsterdam’s UMC have identified a rare gene that halves people’s chances of developing dementia in old age. People with the genetic variant, which occurs in around...

THE NETHERLANDS - It took a while (18 years), but Curacao, Sint Maarten and the Netherlands are going to work on the UNESCO Underwater Heritage Treaty. The Dutch Minister of...

GENEVA, Switzerland, Friday May 24, 2019 – Ministers of Health of the Pacific and the Caribbean met to discuss opportunities for cooperation and exchange regarding good practices in climate change...