Minister for Education, Culture and Science, Jet Bussemaker, paid a visit Saba on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week and has expressed satisfaction with the progress, which has been made in education. On Wednesday, accompanied by Commissioner of Education Bruce Zagers, Kingdom Representative Gilbert Isabella and a delegation of education …

The team at Everyt’ings gift shop and Five Square Art Gallery are confident that they will be ready for the unveiling of their new store complex in Windwardside on Thursday, at 5:00 pm. After six months of planning, designing and building they are in the fi nal stages of preparation …

To All Businesses, Foundations and to the Community of Saba, The Executive Council of the Public Entity Saba would hereby like to invite you to attend the 41st Annual Saba Day Celebration on December 2nd 2016, which will be hosted at the Saba Comprehensive School in the village of St. …

Minister Jet Bussemaker of OCW (Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap; Education, Culture and Science) and representatives of the Caribbean Netherlands educational institutions signed the ‘Second Caribbean Netherlands Education Agenda 2017 – 2020– Working Together On The Next Step’ during the Third Education Conference. The signing of this new education agenda was …

After a few months without confirmed cases, two new positive results came in this week. The patients have no travel history before getting sick, which means that the Zika virus was transmitted locally. Over the last weeks the family doctors at Saba Health Care Foundation have seen a rise in patients …

Sabans again voted for their favourite personalities in the categories of music and art, sports and education, and business and economy in the annual Saba People’s Choice Awards. The awards in music and arts went to: Best Band, Believe In The Youth Academy (BYA); Best Female Singer, Abianne Saul; Best …

Every year the determination of the amounts of contributions and benefits takes place in the Caribbean Netherlands. This effects, e.g., the legal minimum hourly wage, the General Retirement Insurance (AOV), the Widow and Orphans Act General Insurance BES (AWW), the special relief, the child benefit and the maximum daily wage for …

The Ombudsperson for Children stands up for the rights of children and young people. Recently, she is visiting Saba on Thursday, November 24. In order to do this work well, the Ombudsperson would like children and young people to tell her the things that need to improve for them in …

From November 27th, till December 1st, Jet Bussemaker, Minister of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) pays a working visit to Caribbean Netherlands. On November 28th she will open the third Education Conference of the Caribbean Netherlands on St. Eustatius. Participants in the conference are the commissioners of education of the …

Recently, The Daily Herald reported that Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk informed the Dutch Parliament, that the construction of the optic fibre cable that connects St. Eustatius and Saba to the international optic fibre cable in St. Maarten, St. Kitts and St. Barths was successfully …

More than half a million historical books, documents and photos from the Dutch Caribbean islands have been digitalised as part of the project Dutch Caribbean Collections up to 1954, and will become accessible for education and research purposes. The project is a cooperation of several institutions in the Netherlands and …

Season’s Greetings, give thanks! I am happy to inform you that a committee has been established by the Public Entity Saba to oversee the preservation of the Queen Wilhelmina Park in the Bottom. And we are pleased to announce that this year we will once again be hosting Christmas in …

Last week, the Commissioner of Tourism Bruce Zagers visited St. Barths with a delegation of four persons on a mission to facilitate building a stronger touristic relationship between Saba and St. Barths. During the visit the delegation met with some key stakeholders of the tourism industry in St. Barths. These …

Update: Attentive readers noted that in the original press release of the SCS it was stated that Natalia Peterson was Valedictorian when in fact she was Salutatorian. Jordan Every was Valedictorian. The person in the picture is Salutatorian Natalia Peterson as Jordan Every is in Holland pursuing his studies and was …

On Friday November 18th the Ministries of Interior & Kingdom Relations, Social Affairs and Employment and the Executive Council of Saba have concluded a two-day’ work conference regarding the benchmark for minimum subsistance of inhabitants of Saba. Parties held frank, open and sometimes tough discussions regarding income, care and social …