The 20MW power plant.

 PHILIPSBURG--Utilities company GEBE said on Tuesday that the development of its twenty-megawatt (MW) containerized power plant is “nearing completion”.

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PHILIPSBURG--A staggering 66,000 smuggled eels were seized from a vessel earlier this month during a joint operation by the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard, Nature Foundation St. Maarten, and Customs. The freshwater eels, which can grow to four feet in length, had an estimated market value of US 37,000.

THE HAGUE--Director of the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten (CBCS) Richard Doornbosch has proposed swapping the significant coronavirus COVID-19 debts of the Caribbean countries in the Kingdom for investments in climate resilience. Doornbosch made this statement during the “Celebrating 70 Years of the Charter” conference in The Hague.

State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitisation, Zsolt Szabó (third from left), poses with island governors and representatives of professional associations from the Netherlands.

THE HAGUE--State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitisation, Zsolt Szabó, signed a series of memoranda of understanding on Tuesday aimed at strengthening governance and leadership on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (the BES islands).