Charts of the Netherlands Antilles, Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten until 1900 may sound abstract, but there is a whole story, and a whole lot of work behind this hefty book which was officially presented in Amsterdam last Friday by the author, Wim Renkema. The author …

Rolando Wilson was inaugurated Friday morning as Commissioner in Saba’s Executive Council, replacing Chris Johnson, who is appointed as the new head of the Representation of the Netherlands in St. Maarten. Current communications advisor at Saba Government Information Service (SGIS) Vito Charles will be taking Wilson’s seat in the Island …

Popular comedian Jörgen Raymann is the new ambassador for the Save Our Sharks project in the Dutch Caribbean, it was announced on Friday. Raymann will visit all islands next month during Dutch Caribbean Shark Week. “I love the ocean and everything that lives in it. As Surinamese Dutch citizen and …

To increase public awareness, the Public Entity Saba is to place warning signs to warn residents and tourists alike about the various hazards that may occur on the island.The signs which indicate risks such as: falling rocks, slippery roads, and strong currents, will be placed in the appropriate areas on …

Coral nurseries will be set up in St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba as part of a new project, announced the Institute for Marine Resources & Ecosystem Studies IMARES research institute of the Wageningen UR University in the Netherlands on Thursday, reports The Daily Herald. A new project has started …

The Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament is eager to get more information on how exactly the Dutch Government will raise the legal minimum wage and the social welfare, and how it intends to eradicate poverty in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. The Second Chamber’s Permanent Committee for Kingdom Relations …

May 16th, 2016 was the ultimate date on which inkomstenbelasting (IB ) (income tax) returns could be filed. 3829 taxpayers did this in time. The Belastingdienst CN would like to thank all these people for doing so. This year a total of 7435 IB tax-return forms were distributed. A large …

The Permanent Committee for Education, Culture and Science of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament is keeping the pressure on Education Minister Jet Bussemaker and State Secretary Sander Dekker to move on with the process to improve the quality of education in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. Members of …

This week a sizable delegation from St. Eustatius and Saba will be travelling to Suriname to take part in the trade mission “Doing sustainable business between Suriname and the kingdom of The Netherlands, the Caribbean and Latin America.” The trade mission takes place at Royal Torarica hotel in Paramaribo on …

The response of the Dutch Government to the Caribbean Netherlands evaluation reports lacks reflection and concrete measures to address shortcomings, stated a disappointed Saba Government in a letter to the Dutch Parliament which also mentioned the positive aspects of the new constitutional relations, writes The Daily Herald. Saba’s Executive Council …

On Friday May 20th, 2016, in the Courtroom of the Government Administration Building in the Bottom of Saba, the closing took place with respect to a parcel of land in the district of Lower St. John’s. This parcel of land is situated nearby the Saba Comprehensive School and will be …

The English version of the official government response to the Spies reports is available below.

The Daily Herald reports that engineers from England and the Netherlands were on Saba last week to carry out repairs to the waste incinerator at the recycling facility, which has been out of operations since last year. The incinerator is used to burn non-recyclable waste. According to Saba Government Information …

As of May 1st, Employment Opportunity Saba (EOS) has been transferred from The Public Entity Saba to Saba Reach Foundation. EOS is a social assistance program that assists persons who have difficulties finding jobs in the regular labor market. As part of Saba Reach Foundation it will be another development …

Dutch News reports that the average price of a room in a student house in the Netherlands is now €323, the highest ever amount, according to new figures from national student union LSVB. Three-quarters of students now pay more than they should under the point system for agreeing rents, the …