Princess Juliana In­ternational Airport SXM is erect­ing two big, air-conditioned tents intended to better accommodate passengers and other users of the facility temporarily, until the ter­minal building can be restored to its pre-Hurricane Irma state. The tents will enhance customer comfort and upgrade the current operations of both the arrival …

The Presidents of the First and Second Chamber, Ankie Broekers-Knol and Khadija Arib, will pay a joint visit to the Caribbean Netherlands from January 7th  till January 13th, 2018. They will visit the Windward Islands, among others, in order to see the ravages of hurricanes Irma and Maria and the activities …

ST EUSTATIUS–Mem­ber of the Island Council for the Democratic Party (DP) of St. Eustatius Koos Sneek has reacted with “ut­ter dismay” at the news that Windward Islands Airways International Winair has backed out of its agreement to service the proposed Ca­ribbean Netherlands (CN) Express air link to connect Statia with …

The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (I&W) and Rijkswaterstaat (RWS), together with the Public Entity Saba, are developing much-needed plans for the renovation of the airport runway. The tarmac has passed its lifespan, showing clear signs of deterioration and needs to be repaved to make sure the airport can …

The CN Express, the direct flight between Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, is experiencing delays. This connection between the three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands would originally be operational early January. The Ministries of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK) and Infrastructure and Water Management (IenW) jointly with RCN wanted …

Sustainable Caribbean The Dutch foundation WeConnect goes green. On Friday January 12, the educational foundation is organising the meet-up ‘Sustainable Caribbean’ in cooperation with Wageningen University & Research (WUR). The focus is on green and sustainable initiatives on the six Caribbean islands and on how to liaise Antillean and Aruban …

Saba News wishes you a happy and prosperous 2018. Enjoy with us again the fireworks display at Tropics Cafe in Windwardside.    

  Image copyrightNASA/NOAA The past year has been a busy one for hurricanes. There were 17 named storms in 2017, 10 hurricanes and six major hurricanes (category 3 or higher) – an above average year in each respect. The 10 hurricanes formed consecutively, without weaker tropical storms interrupting the sequence. …

The public of Saba is invited to view what will be a spectacular fireworks show when the skies over Hell’s Gate are lit up during the Annual End of Year Grand Fireworks Display. The pyrotechnic extravaganza will take place Saturday, December 30 at 7:30 pm, at the airport, allowing for …

On June 11th, 2017, a fatal car accident took place on Saba in the vicinity of the Saba Electric Company. The driver (F.A.J., born on April 12th 1943) who was coming from the Windwardside, died in this accident. His wife (M.J. H. e/v J ., born on September 3rd 1941) …

Effective from January 1st, 2018 the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM, Autoriteit Consument en Markt) establishes the new maximum tariffs for electricity on Saba. It regards the fixed distribution tariff and the variable distribution tariff that Saba Electric can maximally charge the consumer effective from January 1st, 2018 in …

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of St. Maarten/St. Martin & St. Barths on Sunday morning, December 24, 2017 @11:12am. Although preliminary reports indicated it was a 5.5-magnitude ‘quake, after expert-analysis…it was reviewed at 5.2 It’s epicenter was located at 18.1°N 62.8°W or about 14 miles (23 km) East of Philipsburg, St. Maarten or 17 miles …

Dutch king Willem-Alexander has called on people to work towards a sense of community in his traditional Christmas address to the nation. People, the king said, should ‘not be looking for a bigger I, but for the greater we.’ Speaking at his home on the De Eikenhorst estate, the king …

The Rijkswaterstaat De­partment of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management I&W is busy renovating the airports of the Caribbean Netherlands. This is considered a special project, because the Minis­try of Infrastructure’s De­partment normally does not engage in aviation. More­over, this is considered a worldwide cooperation, Ri­jkswaterstaat is stating on …

We, at Sacred Heart School, could not be more proud and excited to see K2 student Jayden of the small island of Saba featured in the fall issue of Down Syndrome World. Jayden’s mom was approached by Special Ed teacher Helen to submit a photo of Jayden to the organization. Without …