Saba News News and tourist information from Saba Island, Dutch Caribbean

A ceremony was held at the Government Administration Building on Tuesday, September 15 during which the certificates of the management development program PEP and the emergency response team BHV course were handed out to a large group of civil servants of the Public Entity Saba. During a short ceremony, Island …

As part of its efforts to keep the public informed about what to do during natural disasters, the Government Information Service has published a redesigned Hurricane Preparedness Guide and introduced a reusable Storm Tracking Guide for Saba. While both products were published in the past as one booklet, this year, …

— Nine new recoveries recorded — COV­ID-19 cases increased with eight new active cases re­corded by the Ministry of Public Health on Wednes­day, September 16. The total number of active cases is now down to 61 and the new total of positive cases for St. Maarten is cur­rently 557. Collective Prevention …

Members of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament At­tje Kuiken of the Labour Party PvdA and Antje Di­ertens of the Democrats D66 are concerned about the COVID-19 developments on the Dutch Carib­bean islands and seek clar­ity from government. The two Members of Par­liament (MPs) on Tues­day posed a list of …

During the COVID-19 crisis it has be­come even more clear that Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba are part of the Nether­lands. Minister of Home Af­fairs and Kingdom Relations Kajsa Ollongren stated this in the Explanatory Note of the 2021 draft Kingdom Rela­tions budget. Many COVID-19-related regulations and measures, in most …