The Laura Linzey Day Care Center celebrated its twenty year anniversary on October 1st 2016. Twenty years ago, the commissioner at the time, Christina Woodley Charles, along with the Foundation of Early Childhood Care Saba, whose members were Dave Levenstone, Amorelle Granger, Franklin Wilson and Edwarda Richarson, made the dream …

As of October 1, 2016 the Prosecutor’s Office Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, OM BES, will be doing its own external communication. Chief Prosecutor, Henry Hambeukers will remain responsible as spokesperson of OM BES for the content of all that will be communicated. Norman Serphos and Gino Bernadina will maintain …

September 27th 2016, is World Tourism Day, and as a part of this special day, we would like to highlight some positive developments in the tourism industry of Saba. In August, a Tourism Action Plan was finalized, which outlined goals for the upcoming two years in this industry. Already there …

Since the last update in early August 4 more patients tested positive, adding up to a total of 9 confirmed Zika cases; 4 imported and 5 local transmissions. The graph shows that a few weeks have passed without new confirmed cases. Even though this promising, it is too soon to …

The Dutch Government is reducing its expenditures for and in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba by some 25 million euros next year. The so-called free remittance in the BES Fund and the contribution of the Dutch Ministries will all slightly go down next year. The BES Fund, the financial component …

Chairman James Finies of Foundation Nos Ker Boneiru Bek (NKBB), or “We want Bonaire Back” in English, visited St. Eustatius and Saba from Thursday through Sunday in a bid for solidarity and support among the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands. NKBB submitted a request with the United Nations Special Committee …

Finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem presented the government’s 2017 spending plans to parliament on Tuesday afternoon while admitting that many people have still not benefited from the economic recovery. The government, he said, had tackled overspending and structural weaknesses in the budget and the economy was now well-placed to deal with …

The Netherlands is a strong country in an unstable world, king Willem-Alexander claimed on Tuesday in his traditional speech that opens the parliamentary year. Since there is a general election in 2017, the address did not include any new policies. Instead, the king gave a positive assessment of the state of the …

The assessment to introduce an automatic registration for a second child and subsequent children to receive child’s allowance (“kinderbijslag”) in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba will be concluded this year. Dutch State Secretary of Social Affairs and Labour Jetta Klijnsma stated this in a letter that she sent to the …

The Saba Bank was equipped with two acoustic noise loggers in 2015 and 2016 to support marine mammal research on Saba Bank. Humpback whales don’t just sing songs- they compose with the whales around them, singing a song that evolves over time. Scientists didn’t know this until they started recording …

Saba’s disaster management organisation had three days of training last week to be better prepared for incidents and disasters. With the assistance of Head of the Disaster Management Department of St. Maarten Paul Martens, the focus of the training was on sharing information and collaboration between the different safety partners. …

Like an experienced shovel operator, Commissioner Bruce Zagers of Education started the demolition process, as part of the building project that will result in a new school complex in St. John’s, Saba. It concerns a new building for the school complex with Laura Linzey Daycare and renovated buildings for the …

On average, the purchasing power on St Eustatius fell by 0.8 percent in 2014, whereas Bonaire and Saba saw purchasing power improve by 1.2 and 2.7 percent respectively, according to Statistics Netherlands (CBS). The changes are consistent with the contracting economy on St Eustatius and the economic growth on Bonaire, …

This weekend, for the first time, Saba will be joining the Open Monument Days which have been organised in the European Netherlands since 1987. A wide variety of monuments ranging from historic forts, churches, dwellings and industrial monuments will be open to the public for an entire weekend. Cooperation between …

Monday evening, September 5th, was the kick off night for the second edition of a program on Saba that aims at helping children and their families to live a healthier lifestyle. Saba Fit-The Course is a ten week program, which is an an initiative of Saba-Fit, the Public Health Department …