News - National office of the Caribbean Netherlands (RCN)

1. Foster care fees and allowances for foster parents in Caribbean Netherlands increase

   The basic amounts and allowances of the foster care allowance for foster parents will increase by 14.3 per cent in 2023. The new ...

   News item | 27-01-2023 | 17:06

2. More affordable housing in the Caribbean Netherlands

   Minister Hugo de Jonge has sent the policy agenda Public Housing and Spatial Planning Caribbean Netherlands to the House of ...

   News item | 26-01-2023 | 16:28

3. Information team on the Candidacy for the Electoral Colleges to the First Chamber CN

   In preparation for the elections to the electoral colleges for the First Chamber in the Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, which ...

   News item | 20-01-2023 | 20:56

4. Inflation down on Bonaire, still stable on St Eustatius and Saba

   In Q4 2022, consumer goods and services on Bonaire were 8.1 percent more expensive than one year previously. The inflation rate ...

   News item | 18-01-2023 | 18:09

5. Free hospitality training for residents Saba and Sint Eustatius

   Residents of Saba and St. Eustatius can register for various free hospitality training programs. By following the hospitality ...

   News item | 11-01-2023 | 18:14

6. Visit of State Secretary Uslu to Caribbean part of kingdom

   State Secretary Gunay Uslu (Culture) will visit the Caribbean part of the Kingdom from the 9th to the 17th of January. The trip ...

   News item | 06-01-2023 | 19:19

7. Campaign candidacy electoral colleges for the First Chamber started

   Dutch residents will be allowed to vote again on the 15^th of March, 2023 for candidates for the electoral colleges for the First ...

   News item | 08-12-2022 | 16:33

8. Internet consultation on social support and combating domestic violence and child abuse

   On the 22nd of November, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS) launched an internet consultation on the proposed ...

   News item | 08-12-2022 | 16:17

9. Forecast: Caribbean Netherlands will have 15 percent more inhabitants in 2030

   By 2030, the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba) are expected to count a total population of ...

   News item | 06-12-2022 | 16:23

10. Amounts minimum wage and social benefits in the Caribbean Netherlands as of the 1st of January 2023

    As of the 1st of January 2023, the minimum wage and all benefits in the Caribbean Netherlands will increase. The Minister for ...

    News item | 28-11-2022 | 19:18