As of 1 January 2017 the Family physisians will no longer be responsible for the medical assessment in the context of BES Sickness Insurance Act and the BES Accident Insurance Act. After a tender for the medical assessment the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (hereafter referred to as SZW) …

On Wednesday, December 28th 2016, the annual Saba firework display will occur at 7pm on the Cove Bay. This date was chosen as there are many festivities occurring closer to the new year and the Public Entity wishes to make it possible for everyone to have the opportunity to enjoy …

Scores of passengers traveling to the various Caribbean islands from St. Maarten are stranded at St. Maarten for the past four days and there is no LIAT agent such as a supervisor on duty to provide passengers accurate information. One passenger Tamara Gumbs who was supposed to leave St. Maarten to …

Several Dutch parties, but certainly not all, are dedicating attention in different degrees to the Dutch Caribbean islands and the role of the Kingdom in their programmes for the March 2017 Parliamentary elections> The liberal democratic VVD party and the Socialist Party (SP) advocate a commonwealth construction, while the Christian …

Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous new year Een gezegende kerst en een gezond en voorspoedig 2017 Feliz Navidad y próspero Año Nuevo Folle lok en seine yn it nije jier Un pasku yen di bendishon i un próspero aña nobo WA en Máxima  

The first instalment of a collection which included antique Dutch tiles and oriental rugs were officially donated to the Foundation Dutch Museum Saba last week, in addition to the substantial investment donated personally by Museum curator René Caderius van Veen for creating and starting the Museum. The tiles date from …

Commissioner of Education Bruce Zagers, last Thursday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the President of Flagler College William Abare in St. Augustine, Florida. This MOU is to provide a more affordable opportunity for Saban students who wish to attend Flagler College. Starting in the Fall of 2017, students …

Between January 2011 and January 2016, the population of St. Eustatius declined by 13 per cent to 3,200 residents. On January 1, 2015, Statia still had 3,900 inhabitants. In that year, the Civil Registry of the island was cleaned up and the number of residents was revised downwards as a …

As of Tuesday, December 20, 4G LTE mobile Internet service is commercially available for Chippie mobile customers in St. Eustatius and Saba. The new service replaces NET ON 2G mobile Internet service in both islands. The launch of the new mobile Internet service will also coincide with the introduction of …

Dutch Minister of Security and Justice Ard van der Steur will ask the new Chief of the Caribbean Netherlands Police Force KPCN Jose Rosales to keep a keen eye on the execution of the trajectory to further improve integrity in the Police Force. The integrity trajectory has to be given …

Two reports of the Law Enforcement Council about the treatment of persons with a psychiatric disorder or addiction in the justice sector and the prevention of youth crime in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba will receive the necessary followup from Dutch Minister of Security and Justice Ard van der Steur. …

The Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) stipulated  the production prices of electricity and drinking water in the Caribbean Netherlands. These prices apply as of  January 1st , 2017. The production rate is determined by calculating what it costs to produce one cubic meter of drinking water or one kilowatt …

On Sunday, December 18th , at approximately  00.45 AM, a stabbing took place in a venue on Park Lane Street in Windwardside. A man was stabbed twice by another man. Cause of the stabbing is probably a personal problem between the two men. The victim was taken to the hospital …

On Tuesday December 13th 2016, with the cooperation of Windward Island Airways (Winair), a delegation from St. Barths visited Saba for a day on a familiarization trip. This delegation included Vice President Nils Dufau, Director of the Tourism Committee Marie-Laure Belzic, Port Director Ernest Brin, representatives from the Easyway travel …

Saba still has its public finances in good order, and although the budget execution in 2016 did not go entirely according to plan, Saba managed to maintain its budget balanced, said the Committee for Financial Supervision CFT for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba after a recent visit to the island. …