Tourism Commissioner Bruce Zagers will be in St. Maarten today, Tuesday to meet with several key stakeholders on the sister island, including St. Maarten Tourism Minister Irania Arrindell, writes The Daily Herald. Zagers, who has been put in charge of tourism under the new portfolio division, will be travelling to …

Belastingdienst (Tax Department) Caribisch Nederland has recently made considerable progress in its service provisions to companies by engaging the users (employers) in the development of the new version of the online Collective Wage Sheet (Verzamelloonstaat, VZLS). Their wishes and recommendations resulted in an application which is more user-friendly. The online …

Policy consultancy firm Ecorys submitted the evaluation report on the first Education Agenda for the Caribbean Netherlands. This Education Agenda dates from 2011 and is the guiding principle for the educational improvements between 2011 and 2016 on the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands (CN). The evaluation was performed by Ecorys …

In the course of last week the department of OCW within the Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland (RCN) offered a luxury tumbler to all personnel from the elementary schools, the Saba Comprehensive School (secondary education), Foundation FORMA and Saba Reach Foundation (Social Opportunity Programs for youth on resp. Bonaire and Saba), and …

A new report from the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is warning that climate change is expected to increase the intensity and frequency of droughts in the Caribbean. And it’s therefore urging countries of the region to enhance their capabilities to deal with this and other extreme weather- …

The Dutch Government is willing to supplement the possible losses in pension years of (former) civil servants and teaching personnel who worked in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba before October 10, 2010. Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk stated this during a debate with the First …

The Public Entity of Saba Summer interns- Elsa Peterson and Berline Germain held a “Teaser” to start the “Anti-Bullying Campaign” at the Saba Comprehensive School. Wednesday June 22nd, 2016, during the break , Peterson and Germain got fully engaged with the Students of the Saba Comprehensive School, and the 6th …

The Saba Government has initiated a recycling campaign to promote the recycling of waste materials among private households and businesses on the island. Saba has a state-of-the-art recycling facility, and the Saba Government wants to further encourage the Saba people to separate and recycle their waste. A better separation of …

Health Minister Emil Lee says he is trying to resolve some issues hampering the emergency evacuation of patients from Saba and St. Eustatius to St. Maarten. He said the logistical issues are mostly centred on the inconvenient location where helicopters that evacuate patients are required to land in Sint Maarten, …

The First Chamber of the Dutch Parliament during a debate on Tuesday tried to commit Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk to a promise to set a social minimum that covered the basic needs of the people of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba so that they …

The government-backed food advisory centre Voedingscentrum has welcomed the decision by dozens of primary schools to ban sugary drinks on their premises, saying the measure will help cut obesity among children. The organisation says pupils in primary schools should be restricted to water and milk with their packed lunches in …

Today, the Saba Health Care Foundation announced the arrival of our new Supervisory Board member Mrs. Elisabeth Levestone-Timmerman, known on Saba as Mrs. Lies. After working in the field of healthcare in The Netherlands, Mrs. Lies came to Saba where she worked as a nurse in the A.M. Edwards Medical from …

The first case of Zika was confirmed on Saba last week, writes The Daily Herald. The patient has a travel history to an island where Zika is present in the days before her symptoms started, so she was most likely infected there, said authorities. To prevent further transmission of the …

The Pension Fund Caribbean Netherlands PCN denied allegations made by the Dutch 50PLUS party about possible embezzlement reported on in Monday’s paper. Member of the First Chamber of Parliament in The Hague Jan Nagel had stated that hundreds of public employees in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (BES Islands) lost …

In connection with the start of hurricane season, this weekend a military exercise took place on Saba. Our disaster management team, consisting of members of the public entity, fire department, police department, hospital, Satel, SEC, Red Cross, harbor and airport, participated and trained for a scenario of an approaching hurricane. …