The Saba Conservation Foundation is bringing something very special to the island this year, due to generous funding received from the Nationale Postcode Loterij. With the goal to promote the establishment of a shark sanctuary in the Dutch Caribbean, we’ve been busy planning to fill next week, the week of …

The RCN Unit of Social Affairs and Labor (SZW) met with stakeholders on Saba and St. Eustatius 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 …

  On Wednesday August 19th, 2015 in the morning hours a Cannabis plantation of approximately 100 plants was discovered by the police in a garden of a house on Saba. The resident of the house, a Saban with the initials W.G,. was placed under arrest and the plants were confiscated, …

Do it together yourself! This is the theme for the Appeltjes van Oranje 2016. The Oranje Fonds awards 3 successful meeting spaces that are run by volunteers. Every year Queen Máxima, patroness of the Oranje Fonds, hands out the Appeltjes van Oranje. Organizations can register themselves till September 25th 2015 …

On Tuesday 18 August, an immigration chain partners meeting took place in the RCN Office in The Bottom. The chain meetings take place four times per year on both Saba and St. Eustatius, in which all the departments that have to do with foreigners are represented. These departments include: Immigration …

Classes at Sacred Heart Primary School in St. John’s kicked off Monday, with an assembly highlighted by a motivational speech to “Use your key to open your mind,” by Pastor Vernon Liburd, writes The Daily Herald. Principal Diane Wilson of Saba’s only primary school proudly shared with The Daily Herald …

Saba Reach Foundation (SRF) held its fourth annual Banana Salsa Party on Saturday, in celebration of the achievements of its programme participants throughout the past year. The event was held at Eugenius Johnson Centre, where SRF is based. The event started with an opening certificate ceremony. Four Youth Opportunity Path …

Tropical Storm Danny, the fourth named storm of the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season, continues to strengthen over the tropical Atlantic Ocean. The storm, which was named on Tuesday afternoon by the Miami based United States National Hurricane Center, is expected to become a hurricane by Thursday. Some additional strengthening of …

Commissioner of Education, Chris Johnson, wished students of the Saba Comprehensive School, the island’s sole secondary institution, a productive school year and much success in achieving their goals. The commissioner attended the first assembly of institution for the school year. In his address, Commissioner Johnson mentioned that the students would …

Caribisch Netwerk reports that all eleven students in the last class of the Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) have passed their final examinations (CSEC / CXC / Dutch Cambridge exams). Also, all three Vocational education (MBO) students have succeeded. The four form 5 PrO students (pupils in special circumstances) have completed …

The international aviation and travel writers brought to St. Maarten by Princess Juliana International Airport SXM for a media tour this week have started to create a buzz in media coverage, even before leaving. The whirlwind trip has left them with plenty of material to write about what they have …

Saba University School of Medicine (SUSOM) on Thursday graduated sixty students from Basic Sciences and welcomed its new Dean, writes The Daily Herald. The ceremonies were opened with speeches by outgoing Dean James G. Lewis and fifth semester class representative Kati Burton. New Dean Michael B. Laskowski will also continue …

2015 Carnival is over or isn’t it….???? If you may have forgotten what it was all about, then take a look at this beautiful video from Chizzilala. Enjoy.   Courtesy of Chizzilala Productions

Yesterday, the Executive Council has updated the residents about what they have been doing to address the water situation on the island. They have been closely monitoring the situation for some time. The Council has decided on both short term and long term measures to alleviate the burden that the …

The French and Dutch Caribbean Coast Guards rescued the operator of a jet ski that had capsized halfway between Saba and St. Maarten on Thursday, writes The Daily Herald. The jet-ski driver, a 50-year-old resident of St. Maarten, had left Saba to return to St. Maarten and ran into trouble …