A 29-year old former student of Saba University School of Medicine (SUSOM) is facing nine months for attempted arson, reports The Daily Herald. The Court of First Instance sentenced Peyman Homayouni- Nejad to four months. According to the Prosecutor’s Office he had mistreated and threatened his former girlfriend during an …

A reward for Saba for its solid financial management. Member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament Roelof van Laar of the Labour Party PvdA on Thursday asked about this possibility. Critical remarks towards St. Maarten and St. Eustatius came from André Bosman of the liberal democratic VVD party. …

Dutch News reports today that the Dutch ‘no’ vote in Wednesday’s referendum on the EU’s treaty with Ukraine will have no impact on the implementation of the agreement, a spokesman for the European Commission told broadcaster Nos. The treaty has already been signed and unanimously accepted by all EU leaders …

The Primary Care and Paediatrics Coalition (PCPC) of Saba University School of Medicine (SUSOM) has partnered with The Honourable Henry Carlyle Every Home for the Aged on a Diabetic and Elder Foot Check Clinic. The Clinic is the brainchild of SUSOM’s fourthsemester students Lara Kirkpatrick and Chelsea Beveridge. “We love …

After a relaxing and enjoyable Easter vacation, Sacred Heart School pupils are back in school and ready to raise awareness and show their support to understand and beat autism by wearing special ribbons for the entire month of April, writes The Daily Herald. Teacher Helen Hassell feels this is a …

Expertise Center Education Care EC2 on Saba is observing Autism Awareness Month this April, which is showcased on their Facebook page. Teachers, parents and the general public are invited to visit the page and read up on daily new entrees, this month specifically about autism. Apart from interesting articles, EC2 …

During the past few weeks, the BES Commission for the Protection of Personal Data Privacy (the Commission) organized interactive information sessions for employers on how to deal with workers’ personal data on St. Eustatius, Saba and Bonaire. Awareness The main purpose of the information sessions in March on the three …

Today Google launched the prototype of the self-riding bike. It was introduced in Amsterdam.

Henry Carlyle Every Home for the Aged held its Easter Benefit Concert at Princess Juliana Sports Field in The Bottom on Sunday night, writes The Daily Herald. The concert was held to raise funds for the upcom ing travels of the Home’s residents. They are planning a cruise that will …

Next week’s referendum on an EU treaty with Ukraine is really about ‘putting pressure on the Dutch relationship with Europe’, two of the organisers say in an interview with the NRC. History professor Arjan van Dixhoorn, who chairs the committee which led the campaign to hold a referendum, told the …

The management of the Dutch Caribbean Police Force is pleased to announce that the crime rates generally show a declining trend on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. Recently KPCN, together with the Public Prosecutor’s Office, presented the crime figures for 2015 to both the Executive Council, Island Council and the …

The Daily Herald reports today that the legal foundation for the formal inspection of youth care  in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba is being secured through legislation. The Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament last week approved a law proposal to regulate the quality demands of youth care and the related inspection by the Inspection for Youth Care (IYC). The Inspection lacked …

On Saba, a “lee chip” refers to a little morsel of something. The Language and Life Project’s brand new publication, A Lee Chip: A Dictionary and Study of Saban English, provides quite a large morsel of Saba’s language, history and culture. The dictionary, written by Saba native Theodore “Teddy” aka …

Shailen Alberto Raymond Levenston was the first baby born on Saba for 2016. The son of proud parents Alison Hassell and Shannon Levenston was born at A.M. Edwards Medical Center in The Bottom on Tuesday, March 15, at 5:50am, Saba Health Care Foundation (SHF) announced Tuesday. The Foundation presented the …

  The Policy Rules on Besluit onderstand BES have changed as of January 1st, 2016. For example, more specific costs are eligible for payment via special income support. The income threshold had already been adjusted to the level of the legal minimum wage late 2015, as a result of which …