The Dutch State needs to apologize for the Netherlands’ history of slavery, parliamentarians who visited Suriname, Curacao, and Bonaire in August said in a letter to the Cabinet. The MPs see an apology for the Netherlands’ slavery past as “an essential beginning to recognition and recovery.” Their conversations with residents of Suriname, Curacao, and Bonaire showed that apologies are important …
A TUI plane en route from Bonaire to Amsterdam made an emergency landing on Curacao on Sunday night due to a crack in one of the cockpit windows. The Boeing 787 landed without problems, but it took some time for TUI to accommodate all the passengers on the island, NOS reports. "You'd rather not cross the ocean with a crack …
The number of coronavirus infections on the Caribbean islands of the Dutch kingdom has more than quadrupled within a week. On December 20, there were 672 registered coronavirus cases in Curacao, Aruba, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba together. It is striking that the number of hospital admissions has remained relatively low. On all islands together, 22 people with …
