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Saba News Archive: News Items

Marine mammals are tracked on the Saba bank using sound recordings

Since 2011, the Saba Bank noise logger research project has been collecting acoustic data of marine mammals, fish and man-made noises within the Saba Bank This project, a collaborate effort between Wageningen Marine Research and the Saba Conservation Foundation, is providing critical data to identify how and when important marine …

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Emergency regulation SZW enters third phase

The support for wage costs for employers, independent entrepreneurs and former employees will be extended again. The third phase of the SZW emergency regulation will start on the 13th of October and will last nine months. The regulation has been adjusted on a few points. The aim of the regulation …

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St. Maarten: 28 persons recover from COVID•19

— One additional active case — The Col­lective Prevention Services (CPS) has reported 28 persons who have recov­ered from COVID-19 as of Thursday, October 8. One person has tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total active cases to 57. The total num­ber of confirmed cases is now 699. CPS is …

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CFT advises changes to politicians’ pension

The Com­mittee for Financial Su­pervision CFT has advised a solution for the pension issue of (former) politicians of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba to Dutch State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops. In a letter to the state secretary dated October 5, CFT Chairman Raymond Gradus pointed …

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St. Maarten: 9 new cases confirmed

The country’s number of COVID-19 cas­es is rising once again, with nine new active cases recorded by the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor VSA on Wednesday, October 7. The total number of active cases has now increased to 84 and the new total of positive cases for …

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Public Entity Saba Implements Additional Covid-19 Support Measures

The Public Entity Saba implemented additional support measures in order to alleviate the burden of costs related to the Covid-19 crisis. In July 2020, the applications were published for a one-time relief package targeted towards apartment owners, taxi drivers, and other business owners that had not received any of the …

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St. Maarten: 3 confirmed active cases

Three new persons have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of active cases to 75. The total number of con­firmed cases is now 689. The Collective Prevention Services (CPS) continues to monitor 74 persons who are in home isolation. The release indicates that one person remains Mated in …

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