Netherlands Antilles Travel News

A 14-year-old Dutch girl barred from sailing around the world solo has returned under police escort from the Caribbean island where she was found after running away from home, police said.

"One of the most exciting is the culture-rich island of St. Maarten. It's like getting two trips in one; land into the Princess Juliana International Airport in the Netherlands Antilles section of the island, but have the French part of St.

The Committee of Public Health of the Parliament of the Netherlands Antilles will visit St.

Maarten has been an outstanding community partner with established relationships with several organisations, including Special Olympics, Little League and Carnival Foundation, but it is the commitment of its staff that has been credited for the bank's 40 years of existence on the island.

Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association and the French-side hotel association AHSM Tuesday urged the island's two tourist boards and relevant elected officials to work together and with their private sector counterparts.

Prime Minister Emily de Jongh-Elhage of the Netherlands Antilles and visiting Dutch Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin discussed the proposal for a Kingdom Law on Movement of People in Willemstad Monday, it was stated in a joint press release.

Martin and St. Barths, will make a decision this morning at 9:00am whether to let schools remain open if Tropical Storm Erika is weakening, but if the storm continues to strengthen the school transportation system will be mobilised to take all children home by midday and schools will be closed.

Curacao is part of the Netherland Antilles and part of a three island Dutch group in the Caribbean north of Venezuela known as the ABC Islands .

The Parliament of the Netherlands Antilles took a firm position once again in rejecting 'the Dutch determination to make a distinction between European and Caribbean Dutch citizens to deport undesirable persons.' Various members observed the Dutch persistency to treat 'misbehaving' Dutch citizens differently, based on their birthplace.

Frans George Richardson has been appointed as Commissioner of Tourism & Economic Affairs, Aviation and Sports for St.

A draft Kingdom Law on the Movement of People presented by Dutch Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch-Ballin has led to some concern in the Netherlands Antilles, where the possibility for expulsion of Dutch passport holders is seen as an indirect attempt to revisit the proposal to send back to the islands Antillean youngsters who get involved in crime in ...

St. Maarten has two new confirmed cases of the influenza virus A H1N1, according to National Epidemiologist Dr.

St. Maarten's Prosecutor's Office wants a budget that can be controlled on-island, not in Curacao, the seat of the Netherlands Antilles.