On August 27th 2015 the Commonwealth of Dominica was severely impacted by Tropical Storm Erika. Twelve inches of torrential rain fell in a period of only twelve hours and caused dangerous floods on the island. In solidarity with the people of Dominica, Saba Health Care Foundation staff got together to …

In Saba, as well as in St. Eustatius, items are being collected among persons in the community to assist residents of disaster-stricken Dominica writes The Daily Herald. The Caribbean island was devastated by tropical storm Erika last week, leaving more than 20 people dead and dozens more missing. The storm …

Monday afternoon State Secretary of Economic Affairs, Sharon Dijksma, heaved the Silver Quality Coast Award flag in front of the Saba Tourist office in Windwardside. She was accompanied by Island Governor Jonathan Johnson, Kingdom Representative Gilbert Isabella, Director of the tourist office, Glenn Holm and the staff of the tourist …

Caribisch Netwerk reports that, yesterday, in the Island Council meeting on Statia, the coalition parties PLP and UPC adopted a motion of no confidence against Governor Gerald Berkel. In this motion Minister Ronald Plasterk of the Interior and Kingdom Relations was asked to dismiss Berkel immediately. According to coalition leader …

The Dutch Government is boycotting working visits to St. Eustatius since final instruction was given to the island’s government writes The Daily Herald. Member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament Wassila Hachchi of the Democratic Party D66 is questioning the boycott. Statia Commissioner of Constitutional Affairs Reginald Zaandam …

Tropical Storm Erika passed Saba on Thursday without causing any major problems, writes The Daily Herald. As Erika neared Saba during the afternoon, weather stations reported she had become “disorganized and difficult to predict,” although expected to remain a tropical storm. The island did not experience the predicted force of …

Publication 1st semi-annual report 2015 Board of financial supervision BES. The public entities have had great difficulties in the first half of 2015 to timely fulfill their report responsibilities. Only Bonaire has managed to timely submit its financial statements 2014 as adopted by the island council. Bonaire and Saba have …

From January 2016, the Dutch Weather institute, KNMI, is providing weather forecasts for Saba and the maritime environments as well as warnings for shipping and hurricanes. You can find the links at the bottom right in the the News menu. The site wunderground.com gives access to up-to-date-weather information and some interesting predictions …

State Secretary Dijksma of Economic Affairs visits Saba and Bonaire from August 30th until September 2nd. It is the first visit of the State Secretary to these islands of Caribbean Netherlands. On the program on both islands are meetings with the Island Governors, the members of the executive councils and …

Windward Islands Airways International Winair has cancelled all of its flights scheduled for Thursday into and out of Princess Juliana International Airport SXM due to the passing of Tropical Storm Erika in the local area, writes The Daily Herald. All flights are expected to resume as normal on Friday, weather …

Commissioner Chris Johnson gave an update to the planned improvements to Saba’s Juancho E. Yrausquin Airport during Thursday’s meeting of the Island Council’s Central Committee at the Government Administration Building. Two major improvements currently planned at the airport are the removal of part of the hill affecting the crosswinds and …

Following the press release of July 27, 2015 about the investigation Hector, the Prosecutor’s Office BES reports the following: under the circumstances that the accused is no longer in custody, the team has considered what this means for the investigation tactics. Several additional studies have been taking place in the …

The Executive Council of The Public Entity Saba, has decided to introduce an emergency subsidy for potable water, starting on Monday August 24th. The subsidy which will reduce the price of water produced on the island by two cents per gallon, and is intended to directly impact the consumer. This …

The RCN Unit of Social Affairs and Labor (SZW) met with stakeholders on Saba and Statia on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The meetings were held in the form of workshops for entrepreneurs and dealt with the following subjects; labor affairs, the labor market, reimbursement, work and residency permit …

Press Release August 19th 2015 The disaster committee of Statia hereby informs the general public of the developing tropic storm Danny. Currently registering wins of 50 mph and is projected to increase in intensity as it approaches the Islands chain (see below). On the current path Danny is projected to …