CARIBBEAN KIDS NEWS

The Dutch Antillean ‘Jeugdjournaal’ The Curacao-based Foundation Youth Into Media (Stichting Youth Into Media) is responsible for the sustainable development of a youth news program – Caribbean Kids News – on television and the internet for the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. The first show of ‘Caribbean Kids News’ was on September 14, 2009 on TeleCuracao. Caribbean… Continue reading CARIBBEAN KIDS NEWS

BES LAW DEVELOPMENTS

Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (BES) Within a couple of years, the BES Islands, as public entities, will be part of the country of the Netherlands in the framework of the political restructuring in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The US dollar will be introduced as the new currency in the BES Islands. Curacao and… Continue reading BES LAW DEVELOPMENTS

THE DISMANTLING OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

Info Bulletin Dismantling available The country The Netherlands Antilles (‘het Land de Nederlandse Antillen’) will cease to exist, presumably in 2010. Like Aruba, although slightly different, Curacao and St. Maarten will receive the status of autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in accordance with referendums held on both islands. Bonaire, St. Eustatius and… Continue reading THE DISMANTLING OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES