In the spirit of further strengthening the coopera­tion with the Dutch Gov­ernment, Saba used the op­portunity of Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s visit on Sunday evening and Monday morning to ad­dress a number of issues: poverty, finances, the eco­nomic structure, public or­der and crisis management, the division of tasks, and …

The Child Focus Basketball Team went over to Sint-Maarten from May 11 till May 13, 2018 for a friendly inter island competition between Sint-Maarten, Sint-Eustatius and Saba. The trip was made possible in collaboration with the Public Entity Saba, the Saba Sports Federation and Child Focus Foundation. As defending champs Saba played the first game …

  Saba’s suc­cessful implementation of the island’s disaster man­agement plan will serve as an example of how to act in times of crises during the annual congress of the As­sociation of Dutch Munici­palities VNG in Maastricht late June. Saba Island Governor Jonathan Johnson and Saba crisis management advisor Fanny de …

The court on Saba sentenced suspect S.S.J.G. on Tuesday, May 8th, 2018, to a two month suspended prison sentence and 2 years’ probation for the mistreatment of B.S.J. during an altercation in St. Johns on March 9th, 2018. S.S.J.G. had hit the victim multiple times in the face as a …

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has several field visits and meetings as part of the packed programme when he and State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops are in the Wind­ward Islands on Sunday and Monday, May 13-14. The empha­sis will be on the islands’ recovery after Hurricanes …

In 2017, inbound tourism on Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba declined by 5, 5 and 9 percent respectively. Although the first eight months of 2017 were good for tourism, on Saba and St Eustatius this positive development was completely offset by Hurricane Irma. On Bonaire, the decline in inbound tourism …

The Cultural Heritage Inspectorate visited Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius from April 16th to 26th. This Inspectorate supervises the management of public records and archives in both the European and Caribbean Netherlands. The purpose of the visit to the Caribbean Netherlands was to investigate the quality of public records management; and …

A disaster management exercise will take place on Saba during the week of May 7th through May 9th; the objective of such activities is to learn. This year we will be tackling infectious diseases. On May 10th, plans and procedures will be adapted based on the learning experience. All emergency …

The Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) organizes the first annual Mr. and Miss Pageant show that is scheduled to take place on Saturday, June 23, at 6:30 p.m. The pageant competition was designed to critically assist the team at (SCS) institution in building the self confidence of their students, while working …

The Dutch Government is willing to invest in an innovative ag­riculture programme in the public entities Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, but only if the local governments are truly committed to structur­ally developing this sector on their island. State Secretary of Home Af­fairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops alluded to …

The report of the working visit of Minister Grapperhaus and State Secretary Knops to Saba is summarized in the video below   Min. Internal Affairs  

On 13 and 14 May, Prime Minister Rutte, together with State Secretary Knops, will pay a working visit to St. Eustatius, Saba and Sint Maarten. The working visit is dedicated to the reconstruction of the islands and the recovery of the economy after the devastation of hurricane Irma. RCN

— Water transport system to be further expanded — Commissioner Bruce Zagers per­formed the official opening of the new water transport system from Fort Bay Harbour to The Bottom on Tuesday. The new waterline, which was built last year, will sig­nificantly reduce the water price to US $60 per 1,000 …

As a follow-up to the digital letter of appreciation sent to Dutch Ministers Ingrid van Engelshoven of Education, Culture and Science and Arie Slob of Primary and Secondary Education and Media, Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Jorien Wuite paid a visit to the Dutch Representative of the Netherlands …

The publication of the results of research into the so-called ‘social minimum’ in the Caribbean Netherlands is (again) taking longer than foreseen. The target date on which the report would be sent to the House of Second Chamber – before May 1 – has come and gone. State Secretary Tamara …