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Saba’s Executive Council said that it is pleased to see that the island’s hard work in the area of financial management is being recognized in The Hague. The remarks come after an article in last Friday’s edition of The Daily Herald, where two members of the Second Chamber, Andre Bosman …

Wednesday night’s Ukraine treaty results dominate the front pages on Thursday. The Volkskrant opens with the headline ‘Anger gets a voice’. In its analysis the paper says the referendum reveals yet again the ever-deepening divide in Dutch society. ‘The polls couldn’t have been clearer: two-thirds of people with lower or …

On World Health Day, Thursday, the Public Health Department Saba along with Child Focus Foundation; Body, Mind and Spirit; ASGS Foundation; Saba Health Care Foundation; and Saba Fit held free blood-sugar testing in The Bottom and Windwardside. This was in line with this year’s World Health Day theme: Beat Diabetes. …

In November 2015, the employers negotiator (RCN) and the representatives of the unions, have made a start with the negotiations for the new working conditions of 2016 until 2017 in the sector meeting for the Caribbean Netherlands. The unions then considered the offer of the employer not sufficient for a …

GIS Saba has published the results of the 1st Advisory Referendum on the Association Treaty with the Ukraine held last Wednesday, April 6, 2016. There were 885 eligible voters. Number of votes in favor of the treaty: 44 Number of votes against: 33 Number of abstentions: 1 Number of invalid …

The Dutch Government, in consultation with United Nations Children Fund UNICEF and the public entities Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, makes progress on the improving of children’s rights on the islands, but it is a matter of a long-term effort, said Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald …

A 29-year old former student of Saba University School of Medicine (SUSOM) is facing nine months for attempted arson, reports The Daily Herald. The Court of First Instance sentenced Peyman Homayouni- Nejad to four months. According to the Prosecutor’s Office he had mistreated and threatened his former girlfriend during an …

A reward for Saba for its solid financial management. Member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament Roelof van Laar of the Labour Party PvdA on Thursday asked about this possibility. Critical remarks towards St. Maarten and St. Eustatius came from André Bosman of the liberal democratic VVD party. …

Dutch News reports today that the Dutch ‘no’ vote in Wednesday’s referendum on the EU’s treaty with Ukraine will have no impact on the implementation of the agreement, a spokesman for the European Commission told broadcaster Nos. The treaty has already been signed and unanimously accepted by all EU leaders …

The Primary Care and Paediatrics Coalition (PCPC) of Saba University School of Medicine (SUSOM) has partnered with The Honourable Henry Carlyle Every Home for the Aged on a Diabetic and Elder Foot Check Clinic. The Clinic is the brainchild of SUSOM’s fourthsemester students Lara Kirkpatrick and Chelsea Beveridge. “We love …

After a relaxing and enjoyable Easter vacation, Sacred Heart School pupils are back in school and ready to raise awareness and show their support to understand and beat autism by wearing special ribbons for the entire month of April, writes The Daily Herald. Teacher Helen Hassell feels this is a …

Expertise Center Education Care EC2 on Saba is observing Autism Awareness Month this April, which is showcased on their Facebook page. Teachers, parents and the general public are invited to visit the page and read up on daily new entrees, this month specifically about autism. Apart from interesting articles, EC2 …

During the past few weeks, the BES Commission for the Protection of Personal Data Privacy (the Commission) organized interactive information sessions for employers on how to deal with workers’ personal data on St. Eustatius, Saba and Bonaire. Awareness The main purpose of the information sessions in March on the three …

Today Google launched the prototype of the self-riding bike. It was introduced in Amsterdam.

Henry Carlyle Every Home for the Aged held its Easter Benefit Concert at Princess Juliana Sports Field in The Bottom on Sunday night, writes The Daily Herald. The concert was held to raise funds for the upcom ing travels of the Home’s residents. They are planning a cruise that will …

Next week’s referendum on an EU treaty with Ukraine is really about ‘putting pressure on the Dutch relationship with Europe’, two of the organisers say in an interview with the NRC. History professor Arjan van Dixhoorn, who chairs the committee which led the campaign to hold a referendum, told the …

The management of the Dutch Caribbean Police Force is pleased to announce that the crime rates generally show a declining trend on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. Recently KPCN, together with the Public Prosecutor’s Office, presented the crime figures for 2015 to both the Executive Council, Island Council and the …

The Daily Herald reports today that the legal foundation for the formal inspection of youth care  in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba is being secured through legislation. The Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament last week approved a law proposal to regulate the quality demands of youth care and the related inspection by the Inspection for Youth Care (IYC). The Inspection lacked …

On Saba, a “lee chip” refers to a little morsel of something. The Language and Life Project’s brand new publication, A Lee Chip: A Dictionary and Study of Saban English, provides quite a large morsel of Saba’s language, history and culture. The dictionary, written by Saba native Theodore “Teddy” aka …

Shailen Alberto Raymond Levenston was the first baby born on Saba for 2016. The son of proud parents Alison Hassell and Shannon Levenston was born at A.M. Edwards Medical Center in The Bottom on Tuesday, March 15, at 5:50am, Saba Health Care Foundation (SHF) announced Tuesday. The Foundation presented the …

  The Policy Rules on Besluit onderstand BES have changed as of January 1st, 2016. For example, more specific costs are eligible for payment via special income support. The income threshold had already been adjusted to the level of the legal minimum wage late 2015, as a result of which …

Commissioner of Health Bruce Zagers (centre) congratulated the boards of Saba Health Care Foundation (SHCF) and Benevolent Foundation Saba on Thursday on the merger of these two foundations. With this merger, Honourable Henry Carlyle Every Home for the aged will now fall under the auspices of the SHCF. The Commissioner …

The newspaper De Telegraaf reports that State Secretary Jetta Klijnsma (Social Affairs) allocates two times 4 million to projects against poverty and debts. The 8 million in total is a “helping hand” for projects that “have a country wide impact and that offer a sustainable contribution to prevent poverty and debts”. …

Flags at all government buildings on the island were flown at half-mast today in solidarity with the victims of the terrorist attack in Brussels, Belgium. Also during the Central Committee meeting of the Island Council held today, a moment of silence was observed.

As of April 1, 2016 the merger between the Benevolent Foundation Saba (BFS) and the Saba Health Care Foundation (SHCF) will be juridically finalized. The merger will help facilitate a better integration of healthcare on Saba. For the BFS (The Honorable Henry Carlyle Every Home for the Aged) and SHCF …

Saba has delivered a special performance as the first public entity to receive an unqualified opinion on the 2014 financial statements. “A great achievement,” said Committee for Financial Supervision CFT Chairman Age Bakker. This confirms CFT’s impression that in recent years the financial management of the island has improved significantly. …

Saba Finance Commissioner Bruce Zagers, on behalf of the Executive Council, presented a donation of US $1,000 to Franklin Wilson, Chairman of the Client Council of the Henry Carlyle Every Home for the Aged. The funds will aid the senior citizens’ Easter concert on Princess Juliana Sports Field on Easter …

Saba Remedial/Special Education Teacher Helen Hassell of Sacred Heart School (SHS) is doing her part to promote Autism Awareness in April. With the cooperation of Government and businesses, the Autism Awareness puzzle ribbon, the internationally recognized symbol for Autism, will be displayed around the island beginning April 1. The ribbons …

Saba is number three on the most recent Condé Nast Traveller list “The most beautiful Caribbean islands,” published on the Fox News website on Monday. Saba received much praise: “It may not be the largest or best-known Caribbean island, but Saba’s unspoiled and undeveloped environment makes it memorable. Located in …

The Dutch water supply company Vitens Evides will not be carrying out the actual installation of the water pipe from the Fort Bay Harbour to The Bottom and Windwardside and the two filling stations. Saba Commissioner of Public Works and Finance Bruce Zagers on Tuesday clarified an article that appeared …

The Brussels bombings, which have left at least 26 people dead, are once again ‘a direct attack on our freedom, our security and our way of life’, Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte said on Tuesday. ‘Brussels, Belgium and Europe have been hit in the heart,’ he said. Giving way to …

On March 22th, the Senate adopted the law electricity and drinking water BES. The law contributes  to an affordable, reliable and sustainable power- and water supply on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. The law is drawn up jointly by two ministries: the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of …

Central Committee Meeting on March 24th, 2016. This meeting will also be live on www.q939fm.com (93.9 fm Saba Radio) Public Notice The Central Committee of the Public Entity Saba will meet on Thursday March 24th, 2016 at 10:00 am at the Government Administration Building. The agenda for said meeting is …

In order to give the students at the Saba Comprehensive School a better idea about what some careers entail, it was decided to organize Job Shadowing for Forms 2, 3 and 4. Job Shadowing allows students the opportunity to acquire a better sense of the various job options available and …

The medical insurance office for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (ZVK), the St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC), Queen Beatrix Medical Center (QBMC), Saba Healthcare Foundation (SHF) and general practitioners of Saba and St. Eustatius, in a summit held recently in the Old Gin House on St . Eustatius has agreed …

Today the board of the Saba Educational Foundation updated its stakeholders of the current developments regarding the (unofficial) complaint by students of the school about inappropriate behavior by a teacher of the school. On Tuesday 1 March 2016, two (unofficial) complaints were made about inappropriate behavior by a teacher of …

The police union NAPB BES is not amused with the news that former Chief of the National Police of the Netherlands Gerard Bouman will be doing an advisory job for the Police Force of the Caribbean Netherlands KPCN. The union sent a letter to Minister of Security and Justice Ard …

It has been a month since the opening of the new parking lot in the Windwardside and The Executive Council of Saba is “pleased” with the cooperation that it has received from the public so far. Since February 23rd, when the new parking lot became operational motorists are not allowed …

Lipscomb University celebrated its fourteenth year of coming to Saba for missions with a choreographed “Battle of the Island” dance competition Saturday evening at Princess Juliana sports field in The Bottom, writes The Daily Herald. Lipscomb University is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university in Nashville, Tennessee. It is affiliated …

Members of the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard, led by Head of Operations Wendell Thodé visited Saba. They met with students at Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) to educate on the Coast Guard’s role in the country’s defence, as well as to encourage youngsters to consider the Coast Guard for a career. …