The constitutional reform, how the new status of the islands has worked out in practice and the findings of the Caribbean Netherlands Evaluation Committee are focal points of the visit of a large delegation of the First Chamber of the Dutch Parliament, the Senate, to the Dutch Caribbean, April 16-23. …

The St. Eustatius economy in 2015 was marked by insufficient growth, reports The Daily Herald. In Saba, on the other hand, the economy showed steady growth last year, the Committee for Financial Supervision CFT reported in its annual report which was presented in The Hague on Wednesday. “Political tensions and …

The Island Government of Saba will be hosting its annual Island Wide Clean Up on Friday, April 22nd. This year the cleanup is being held on Earth Day. This is to highlight the importance of the island’s natural surroundings and keeping it clean. Another intention of the cleanup is to …

Our Saban  artist, Els Mommers, received a second price on the prestigious International quilt exposition “Biennale Internationale d’Art Textile” in Beaujolais, France. Els won the price in the category “large quilts”. The quilt, Reinaldo, is based on the memories of her many travels to the Kuna indians on the San Blas islands, Panama. Transport …

Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk is looking into a reduced price system for those residents who can ill afford the high ticket prices of flights between the Windward Islands. The Minister stated this in a letter he sent to the Dutch Parliament late last week …

Child Focus held its second annual chess tournament with an invitation to competitors in St. Maarten to participate in the Senior Division on April 8, reports The Daily Herald. St. Dominic High (SDH) school responded to the invitation and sent two chess players to Saba accompanied by their math teacher …

The primary schools in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba are developing very well. Secondary education and intermediate vocational schools in St. Eustatius and Saba are also progressing well. The Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) was placed under financial supervision late 2015, but it has reached the basic quality level. Dutch Minister …

On April 16th , 2016, a delegation consisting of twelve members of the Senate “First Chamber” will travel to the Caribbean part of the Kingdom. The delegation, headed by the chairman of the standing committee for Kingdom Relations of the Senate, Ruard Ganzevoort, will pay working visits to respectively Curacao, …

Dutch State Secretary of Public Health, Wellbeing and Sports Martin van Rijn shares the concerns of Members of the Saba Island Council about the use of drugs by the local youth and the lack of rehabilitation possibilities on the island. Members of the Island Council sent a letter to Van …

Saba’s Executive Council said that it is pleased to see that the island’s hard work in the area of financial management is being recognized in The Hague. The remarks come after an article in last Friday’s edition of The Daily Herald, where two members of the Second Chamber, Andre Bosman …

Wednesday night’s Ukraine treaty results dominate the front pages on Thursday. The Volkskrant opens with the headline ‘Anger gets a voice’. In its analysis the paper says the referendum reveals yet again the ever-deepening divide in Dutch society. ‘The polls couldn’t have been clearer: two-thirds of people with lower or …

On World Health Day, Thursday, the Public Health Department Saba along with Child Focus Foundation; Body, Mind and Spirit; ASGS Foundation; Saba Health Care Foundation; and Saba Fit held free blood-sugar testing in The Bottom and Windwardside. This was in line with this year’s World Health Day theme: Beat Diabetes. …

In November 2015, the employers negotiator (RCN) and the representatives of the unions, have made a start with the negotiations for the new working conditions of 2016 until 2017 in the sector meeting for the Caribbean Netherlands. The unions then considered the offer of the employer not sufficient for a …

GIS Saba has published the results of the 1st Advisory Referendum on the Association Treaty with the Ukraine held last Wednesday, April 6, 2016. There were 885 eligible voters. Number of votes in favor of the treaty: 44 Number of votes against: 33 Number of abstentions: 1 Number of invalid …

The Dutch Government, in consultation with United Nations Children Fund UNICEF and the public entities Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, makes progress on the improving of children’s rights on the islands, but it is a matter of a long-term effort, said Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald …