As a long standing tradition the Saba Business Association honored in 2017 as Entrepreneur of the year Eskay Enterprise NV on Saba. The company was chosen for its hardworking and visionary husband and wife team. Nester and Barbara Beckwith and their daughter, Reine moved to Saba in July of 2015 …

The Saba Amateur Boxing Association recently organized a trip to St. Lucia for the Creole Boxing Tournament from June 6-8, 2017. The competing islands were St. Lucia, Dominica, St. Maarten, Saba, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Martinique and Guadeloupe. We are elated to announce that Mr. …

The Community of Saba, You are herewith cordially invited to a Town Hall meeting of the Dutch Caribbean Police Force. This is a follow-up to the public meeting held by the Community Officer along with other stakeholders in February. During this event police and relevant stakeholders will highlight the safety, …

It is quite common for sharks to swim into the traps with which fishermen catch lobsters. The sharks eat the lobsters and usually can not escape from the traps on their own. Often they die in the trap. “If you can deliver me traps where the shark cannot go in, …

The Executive Council of Saba remains dedicated to looking into all possibilities to eradicate the threat that the Aedes Aegypti mosquito poses on Saba. Today, Thursday, July 6th, a thorough risk assessment of an innovative mosquito control method, requested by Saba, was published. The RIVM (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu …

Children’s Ombudsman presents islands’ report By Suzanne Koelega Young people in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (BES) on average are happy with their lives, but there is still much that needs to be improved. Poverty is a great problem, while children also want more opportunities to develop themselves and more …

Current legislation allows for the use of other languages than Dutch in cases where crime suspects are not well-versed in the Dutch language, caretaker Minister of Security and Justice Stef Blok said in reaction to a report on the consequences of multilingualism for law enforcement in the Caribbean Netherlands. In …

On June 9, 2017, the work barge and tugboat from salvage company Koole – Mammoet arrived on Saba. The salvage company has been hired by Rijkswaterstaat to remove the vessel Elsa with minimal damage to the environment. Since their arrival, the top decks of the stranded craft have been cut …

Last week over 25 Public Health professionals, Vector Control Specialists, Laboratory Microbiologists and Health Policy advisors from St. Maarten, Curacao, Bonaire, St Eustatius, Saba and the RIVM came together on Saba for the annual meeting on the International Health regulations (IHR). The IHR are a set of agreements between countries …

The Board of financial supervision of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (Cft) concluded on June 28 that Saba still has its public finances in order. Even though 2016 was characterized by a number of financial setbacks plus the absence of some key staff members of the finance department, the 2016 …

Femke Neunzig (25) is the young teacher Dutch on the Sacred Heart primary school. When she started working on Saba some two years ago, most students did not have a good level in Dutch. For many children Dutch was not their favorite subject. Her challenge was to turn the Dutch …

Information on the children’s rights situation in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (the BES islands) is still lacking. The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) in the Netherlands and Defence for Children are asking attention for this dilemma in their recently published tenth year report on children’s rights in the Netherlands …

What is the social minimum in the Caribbean Netherlands and how do the incomes relate to the as yet to be established social minimum? These are the two main research questions that will be answered in the pending survey of the social minimum in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. Caretaker …

The Kingdom Council of Ministers on Friday appointed Herbert F. Domacassé as a member of the Committee for Financial Supervision (CFT) on behalf of the public entities Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba as per July 1. He hereby succeeds Hyden Gittens, who has recently tendered his resignation to Minister of …

Outgoing State Secretary Jetta Klijnsma (PvdA, SZW) will conduct an investigation into the social minimum in the Dutch municipalities of Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba. The investigation has been decided upon to ensure the subsistence security in the Caribbean, and to better combat poverty. The research will be conducted in …