Commissioner of Health Bruce Zagers (centre) congratulated the boards of Saba Health Care Foundation (SHCF) and Benevolent Foundation Saba on Thursday on the merger of these two foundations. With this merger, Honourable Henry Carlyle Every Home for the aged will now fall under the auspices of the SHCF. The Commissioner …

The newspaper De Telegraaf reports that State Secretary Jetta Klijnsma (Social Affairs) allocates two times 4 million to projects against poverty and debts. The 8 million in total is a “helping hand” for projects that “have a country wide impact and that offer a sustainable contribution to prevent poverty and debts”. …

Flags at all government buildings on the island were flown at half-mast today in solidarity with the victims of the terrorist attack in Brussels, Belgium. Also during the Central Committee meeting of the Island Council held today, a moment of silence was observed.

As of April 1, 2016 the merger between the Benevolent Foundation Saba (BFS) and the Saba Health Care Foundation (SHCF) will be juridically finalized. The merger will help facilitate a better integration of healthcare on Saba. For the BFS (The Honorable Henry Carlyle Every Home for the Aged) and SHCF …

Saba has delivered a special performance as the first public entity to receive an unqualified opinion on the 2014 financial statements. “A great achievement,” said Committee for Financial Supervision CFT Chairman Age Bakker. This confirms CFT’s impression that in recent years the financial management of the island has improved significantly. …

Saba Finance Commissioner Bruce Zagers, on behalf of the Executive Council, presented a donation of US $1,000 to Franklin Wilson, Chairman of the Client Council of the Henry Carlyle Every Home for the Aged. The funds will aid the senior citizens’ Easter concert on Princess Juliana Sports Field on Easter …

Saba Remedial/Special Education Teacher Helen Hassell of Sacred Heart School (SHS) is doing her part to promote Autism Awareness in April. With the cooperation of Government and businesses, the Autism Awareness puzzle ribbon, the internationally recognized symbol for Autism, will be displayed around the island beginning April 1. The ribbons …

Saba is number three on the most recent Condé Nast Traveller list “The most beautiful Caribbean islands,” published on the Fox News website on Monday. Saba received much praise: “It may not be the largest or best-known Caribbean island, but Saba’s unspoiled and undeveloped environment makes it memorable. Located in …

The Dutch water supply company Vitens Evides will not be carrying out the actual installation of the water pipe from the Fort Bay Harbour to The Bottom and Windwardside and the two filling stations. Saba Commissioner of Public Works and Finance Bruce Zagers on Tuesday clarified an article that appeared …

The Brussels bombings, which have left at least 26 people dead, are once again ‘a direct attack on our freedom, our security and our way of life’, Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte said on Tuesday. ‘Brussels, Belgium and Europe have been hit in the heart,’ he said. Giving way to …

On March 22th, the Senate adopted the law electricity and drinking water BES. The law contributes  to an affordable, reliable and sustainable power- and water supply on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. The law is drawn up jointly by two ministries: the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of …

Central Committee Meeting on March 24th, 2016. This meeting will also be live on www.q939fm.com (93.9 fm Saba Radio) Public Notice The Central Committee of the Public Entity Saba will meet on Thursday March 24th, 2016 at 10:00 am at the Government Administration Building. The agenda for said meeting is …

In order to give the students at the Saba Comprehensive School a better idea about what some careers entail, it was decided to organize Job Shadowing for Forms 2, 3 and 4. Job Shadowing allows students the opportunity to acquire a better sense of the various job options available and …

The medical insurance office for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (ZVK), the St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC), Queen Beatrix Medical Center (QBMC), Saba Healthcare Foundation (SHF) and general practitioners of Saba and St. Eustatius, in a summit held recently in the Old Gin House on St . Eustatius has agreed …

Today the board of the Saba Educational Foundation updated its stakeholders of the current developments regarding the (unofficial) complaint by students of the school about inappropriate behavior by a teacher of the school. On Tuesday 1 March 2016, two (unofficial) complaints were made about inappropriate behavior by a teacher of …