Specific measures for youth delinquents, continued focus on financialeconomic and border transgressing crime, combating of corruption and border security are some of the policy themes to further develop the security and justice sector in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. Dutch Minister of Security and Justice Ard van der Steur and …

On December 3rd 2016, Kevin Baldauf won the Sea to Scenery race that was a part of the Saba Day Weekend schedule of events. Baldauf, who finished in 51 minutes and 30 seconds, ran the course along with 10 other participants from the Cove Bay, located just below the Juancho …

Dutch State Secretary of Social Affairs and Labour Jetta Klijnsma has partly given in to the wish of the First Chamber of the Dutch Parliament to look at setting a social minimum for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba that is based on the benchmarks of the basic cost of living. …

The Saba Rock Sport Fishing Foundation, organizers of the “Saba Day Wahoo Tournament” are pleased to announce that this year we had a record breaking number of 28 boats take part in our event: 11 boats from Saba, 5 from Dutch Sint Maarten, 2 from French Sint Martin, 2 from …

~ Documents up to 1954 widely accessible ~ The Dutch Caribbean Digital Platform of the Leiden University and the University of Curaçao with more than half a million scans that were made of old books, magazines, articles, manuscripts, newspapers, photos, maps and charts went online on Saturday. With only a …

Dear Residents of St. Eustatius, Due to recent developments in the relationship and communication between the Public Entity St. Eustatius and the Dutch Central Government and recent local developments on St. Eustatius, as Kingdom Representative I have the responsibility to inform inhabitants of St. Eustatius about the position of the …

On Sunday, December 4th, a collision took place on Pasture Street. A family car crashed into a truck. At that time there was a person in the back of the truck and his hand was hanging out of the truck. His hand got stuck between the car and the truck. …

Despite showery conditions, a good crowd of more than 50 people gathered to celebrate the opening of the new Everyt’ings gift shop and Five Square Art Gallery shopping complex at the old police station in Windwardside last Thursday. The doors opened at 5 o’clock precisely, with some people having been waiting …

Victims of violent crimes in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba might very well become entitled to damages from the Compensation Fund of the Dutch Government in the future. Dutch Minister of Security and Justice Ard van der Steur on Thursday promised to look into this possibility and discuss this next …

As is customary, a number of persons and organizations were awarded tokens of appreciation by the Government of the Public Entity Saba during the official Saba Day 2016 celebrations Friday in St. John’s for their dedication to Saba and its inhabitants. Governor Jonathan Johnson gave an award to board members …

Saba marked its national holiday Saba Day during an official ceremony Friday morning at St. John’s. Thursday evening an ecumenical service was held in The Bottom. On that occasion Island Governor Jonathan Johnson delivered his traditional Saba Day speech. In his official address for the 41st celebration of Saba Day, …

Conservation organisations from Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten recently joined a research expedition organised by the Scripps Institute of Oceanography and the WAITT Foundation. The research aims to monitor coral reefs around the windward Dutch Caribbean islands, gathering valuable data on coral reefs and fish populations. From November 7 …

Minister of Education, Culture and Science Jet Bussemaker expressed satisfaction with the progress made in education during her visit to Saba on Tuesday and Wednesday. Accompanied by Commissioner of Education Bruce Zagers, Dutch Government Representative Gilbert Isabella and a delegation of education civil servants from The Hague and the Caribbean …

The technical stream of Saba Comprehensive School is the first vocational education MBO institution in the Caribbean Netherlands to achieve basic quality in education. Minister of Education, Culture, and Science Jet Bussemaker announced this on Wednesday morning when she visited the school’s Leather Factory at Cove Bay, where instruction in …

Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) caught and tagged a total of 22 sharks in October as part of a region-wide “Save our Sharks” project. Little is currently known about the status of shark populations in Dutch Caribbean waters, and tagging studies are a pivotal first step in determining which sharks …