Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Netherlands, has appointed Sara Stone as Assistant Country Coordinator for the Caribbean Netherlands, in collaboration with the United States’ Department of State and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Her appointment is effective as of July 15. Stone, who is an …

Following another successful disaster simulation rescue Saturday morning, where victims were evacuated to HMLNS Pelikaan by the Royal Dutch Marines and then taken for an entertaining cruise around Saba, the Navy ship and Coast Guard vessel Poema held an open day for the general public at Saba’s Fort Bay on …

The Public Entity Saba welcomed newly appointed Island Secretary, Mr. Tim Muller to the island. Mr. Muller, the highest ranking civil servant, arrived on the island last week and took up his post immediately. For the past week he has been introducing himself within the organization. Mr. Muller comes to …

The Royal Dutch Marines on Thursday gave a demonstration on Saba on some of the operations they carry out as part of their mission in the Dutch Caribbean. The Marines from naval support vessel HMLNS Pelikaan took part in an emergency scenario at Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport, simulating a plane …

Saba Reach Foundation’s (SRF) Adult Education department organised follow-up Microsoft Office Word and Excel levels 1 and 2 courses October 12 through 15 at Eugenius Johnson Centre in Windwardside, writes The Daily Herald. Some 29 people took part. These were employees of Saba Health Care Foundation, Island Communication Services, Laura …

Special attention for forced domestic labour Human trafficking is a crime with many faces. In the Caribbean Netherlands the most common forms of exploitation are in trafficking in human beings: forced household labour, forced labour and sexual slavery. Inspections In the first half of 2015 the Caribbean Netherlands Labour Inspectorate …

On October 9th the Executive Council of Saba raised the subsidy on potable water from $20 per 1000 gallons to $40 per 1000 gallons. The reason behind this decision is based on figures that were provided to the Executive Council by both water producers which indicated that the water production …

The Executive Council of the Public Entity Saba recently visited the site where Saba’s new state of the art power plant is being constructed. The power plant of electricity provider, Saba Electric Company, is being relocated from its current location in Fort Bay to a site at higher elevation so …

St. Eustatius Commissioner Reginald Zaandam said there were no surprises in the findings of the report of the Caribbean Netherlands Evaluation Committee 2015. He was glad that the discontent of the people in the Caribbean Netherlands regarding the new constitutional structure has been finally put on paper. “The committee was …

The Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament on Tuesday adopted a motion to extend the maternity leave for women in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba from twelve to sixteen weeks, writes The Daily Herald. The motion had been submitted by Member of Parliament (MP) Roelof van Laar of the Labour …

For the next months, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) will carry out a survey on production revenues and costs in the Caribbean Netherlands: the National Accounts Survey 2014. The survey aims to show the economic development on the three islands. The organisations on the islands will be approached by CBS to complete …

As reported by Statistics Netherlands, inflation according to the consumer price index (CPI) on the three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands was negative in the third quarter of 2015. This was already the case on Bonaire and St Eustatius in the first two quarters of this year. This quarter was …

New Island Secretary of the Public Entity Saba Tim Muller recently took up his post as the island’s top civil servant, writes The Daily Herald. The former Director of Public Affairs in the municipality of The Hague said, on Saba’s Island Government’s Facebook page, that he is looking forward to …

History was made at the North Caribbean Conference (NCC) of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Youth Department with Saba’s first ever representation at the annual Pathfinder Congressory in Anguilla last weekend. In full uniform, the Genesis Pathfinder Club from the Mount Scenery SDA Church was recognized and inducted at the …

The theatre group of Child Focus Foundation’s extra curriculum activities presented The Lion King at a sold-out show at the Eugenius Johnson Centre, for the fourth time last Sunday, writes The Daily Herald. Directed by Dahlia Hassell, scenes from the well-known musical were sung, danced and acted by the young …