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On September 30, Commissioner of Social Affairs Rolando Wilson met with the clergy of the different denominations on Saba to discuss various matters that are of interest to their communities. Present were Reverend St. Clair Williams representing the Anglican Church, Pastor Vernon Liburd representing Wesleyan Holiness Church, Father Zbigniew (Zibi) …

Tourists who want to come to St. Maarten will soon be required to acquire COVID-19 medical insurance prior to their visit, once a plan being worked on by Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) Minister Ludmila de Weever goes into effect. De Weever said the insurance is similar to …

The country’s COVID-19 cases continue to rise in num­ber with eight additional persons testing positive for COVID-19, increasing the total active cases to 88. The total number of con­firmed cases is now 667. Collective Prevention Ser­vices (CPS) is monitoring 84 persons who are in home isolation. Currently there are 206 …

RISK CATEGORIZATION SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 ENTRY AND QUARANTINE POLICY SABA Reference is made to the entry and quarantine policy of Saba and the latest emergency ordinance. This is the updated risk categorization of countries as of September 29. All persons that want to enter Saba must email info@Sabagov.nl to ask …

Thursday October 1 is the International Day of Older Persons of the United Nations. The year 2020 marks the 75th Anniversary of the United Nations and the 30th Anniversary of the International Day of Older Persons (UNIDOP). Saba Commissioner of Social Affairs and Health Care Rolando Wilson wants to recognize the elderly …

Because of the COVID-19 pandem­ic, it is currently not pos­sible for the Court to travel to Saba or St. Eustatius. Persons on these islands who wish to submit a peti­tion or enquire about their case can do so by sending an e-mail to jacqueline.evers@caribjus­titia.org or griffiesintmaarten@caribjustitia.org. The required payments for a new …

Four Dutch Caribbean territories were added to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) “Level 3” advisory, which warns Americans to avoid all non-essential travel. St. Eustatius, Saba, Curacao and Bonaire join Aruba and St. Maarten, which were already on the list of places where CDC says the risk of …

Four Dutch Caribbean territories were added to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) “Level 3” advisory, which warns Americans to avoid all non-essential travel. St. Eustatius, Saba, Curacao and Bonaire join Aruba and St. Maarten, which were already on the list of places where CDC says the risk of …

The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour VSA has confirmed fourteen new active COV­ID-19 cases in St. Maarten as of Tuesday, September 29. Eight persons have re­portedly recovered from the virus, bringing the to­tal number of active cases to 80. The total number of confirmed cases is now …

Seven­teen persons have report­edly recovered from COVID-19. Only one person has test­ed positive for COVID-19, thus reducing the number of active cases to 74. The total number of confirmed cases is now 645. The Collective Prevention Services (CPS) is monitor­ing 70 persons in home isolation. Currently, there are 171 persons …

Eleven persons have tested positive for COVID-19, increasing the total number of active cases to ninety as of Sunday, September 27. After a noted decrease in the number of active cases last week, the num­bers are now slowly start­ing to increase once again. Seventeen new cases of COVID-19 were recorded …

The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour VSA has confirmed nine new COVID-19 active cases on St. Maarten as of Friday, September 25. The new number of active cases is currently 74, with the total of confirmed cases now stands at 627. Collective Prevention Services (CPS) is monitoring …

Many employers in the Caribbean Netherlands make use of the SZW Emergency Regulation for wage costs. Due to the stricter measures on Bonaire, a number of companies now have to close their doors completely and employees can be deployed less than anticipated. Employers can report these or other changes to …

Bonaire’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 3.9 per cent in volume in 2018, while St Eustatius recorded a contraction of 11.8 per cent and Saba’s GDP de­clined by 2.5 per cent, Sta­tistics Netherlands CBS reports based on newly-re­leased figures. The GDP volume change is the development of GDP value, …

Minister of Public Health Social Development and Labour VSA Richard Panneflek reported in a pre-release on Thursday evening that another person has succumbed to CO­VID-19. He said the death had occurred late last week, but it is now con­firmed that it was attributed to COVID-19. This brings the total number …

— New COVID-19 related death confirmed — The coun­try’s number of COVID-19 cases is slowly climbing with the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour VSA report­ing 22 new active cases on Wednesday, September 23. The new total of active cases is currently 78, with the total number of …

Three additional persons have tested positive for COV­ID-19 as of Tuesday, Sep­tember 22. However, seven more per­sons have recovered, bring­ing the total number of ac­tive cases to 62. The total number of confirmed cases is now 594. Collective Prevention Services (CPS) is moni­toring 59 people in home isolation. Currently there …

The policy regarding relief efforts for St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba after Hurricane Irma will be reviewed, State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops stated in a letter to the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament on Monday, September 21. The review is aimed at providing …

On Friday, September 18, the central dispatch of Police Force Caribbean Netherlands KPCN received a report that a 64-year-old man had fallen down a staircase near a house on Thais Hill Road in St. John’s in Saba. The man with the initials M.S.Z. had tripped and fallen while running after …

The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour VSA has recorded seven new active cases of COVID-19. However, the recovery of seventeen persons has also been confirmed, thus bringing the total number of active cases to 66 as of Monday, Sep­tember 21. The total number of con­firmed cases is …

As of September 19th there were ten (10) persons who tested positive for COVID-19 in St. Maarten, increasing the active cases to seventy- six (76). The total number of confirmed cases is now five hundred and eighty- four (584). The Collective Prevention Services (CPS) are monitoring 71 people in home …

On Thursday, September 10th, five students of the Saba Comprehensive School presented the Island Governor Jonathan Johnson, Commissioner Rolando Wilson, and the Island Secretary Tim Muller, each with a copy of the youth advice which came out of the UNICEF #MyNewWorld deliberations held earlier this month. Also present was Ms. …

The Public Entity Saba, in close collaboration with telecommunications company SATEL and the Saba Comprehensive School (SCS), set up a Study Center in the Windwardside for Saba students who had to remain on island due to the COVID-19 crisis and could not return to their university in the United States …

On Thursday, September 10th the Mentorship, Coordinators Rayann Ramdin, and Carol Skinner welcomed the mentors, mentees, and their parents at the official launch of the Mentorship program. Also present was Head of Community Development Martin Richardson and principal of the Saba Comprehensive School Anton Hermans, who opened the program. The …

The Public Entity Saba, in close collaboration with telecommunications company SATEL and the Saba Comprehensive School (SCS), set up a Study Center in the Windwardside for Saba students who had to remain on island due to the COVID-19 crisis and could not return to their university in the United States …

Owners of free-roaming goats on Saba received more information by letter and during a follow-up meeting with the Executive Council on Wednesday, September 16, about the goat control program which is about to start. In the letter, the owners of the free-roaming goats were informed of the assistance that the …

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 …

COV­ID-19 cases for the coun­try are on the decline once again with 62 active cases reported as of Tuesday, September 15. This marks 38 confirmed recoveries in the past two days for St. Maarten. Collective Prevention Ser­vices (CPS) has recorded no new active cases. The total number of positive cases …

As of September 10, St. Maarten and Aruba have been labelled high-risk countries in an updated risk categorisation of countries under the entry and quarantine policy of Saba and the latest COVID-19 emergency ordinance of August 31. St. Maarten and Aruba are categorised as high-risk because both islands do not …

Dutch State Secretary of Eco­nomic Affairs and Climate Policy Mona Keijzer agrees with Consumer and Market Authority ACM that struc­tural subsidy is a necessity to bring the prices of tele­communication down in St. Eustatius and Saba. The subsidy for consumers will he increased to US $35 per month. ACM recently …

The Ministry of Public Health reported a sharp decline in the number of active COV1D-19 cases over the weekend. There were 54 recoveries on Friday and 43 on Saturday. As of Sunday, September 13,16 new cases had been record­ed, bringing the total number of active cases to 100. The total …

The Ministry of Public Health reported a sharp decline in the number of active COV1D-19 cases over the weekend. There were 54 recoveries on Friday and 43 on Saturday. As of Sunday, September 13,16 new cases had been record­ed, bringing the total number of active cases to 100. The total …

On Wednesday, September 9, a 35-year-old Dominican man was sentenced to 3 years of unconditional imprisonment for immorality and creeping into houses. The penalty imposed is equal to the prosecutor’s demand. The four proven facts took place on Saba between 2014 and 2020. Each time it involved sneaking into a …

On Wednesday, September 9, a 35-year-old Dominican man was sentenced to 3 years of unconditional imprisonment for immorality and creeping into houses. The penalty imposed is equal to the prosecutor’s demand. The four proven facts took place on Saba between 2014 and 2020. Each time it involved sneaking into a …

In the late afternoon on Thursday, September 10th , a traffic control was held at the JZ Ridge Road on Saba. A total of 18 vehicles were checked, of which 1 driver received a ticket for not paying the road tax. Earlier in the day, vehicles were also checked at …