New clothing shop Selita Boutique, situated between Verdier Restaurant and Eye Care Optical at Breadline Plaza in Windwardside, opened Thursday afternoon,writes The Daily Herald. The ceremony started with a blessing by Father Ranulfo Goneda of the Catholic Church after which local DJ Slim started with his music, and attendants were …

The goat buyback programme is currently in its sixth month, reports The Daily Herald. For 2014 a total of approximately 1,706 pounds of goat meat was collected according to the Department of Agriculture on Saba. So far, a total of 1,460 pounds of goat meat is bought up for 2015, …

The SLP fraction, mr. Ishmael Levenston and mrs. Monique Wilson, will be traveling to Holland today, May 29. Together with the three other Island Council members, the acting registrar and delegations from Bonaire and Sint Eustatius they will visit the annual congress of the Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG). The …

The Daily Herald reports that last Friday, five more detectives of the National Police Force of the Netherlands arrived on Saba to assist in the investigation of the homicide of 24-year old American student Kavya Guda of Saba University School of Medicine, who was found dead in her apartment in …

Five students were presented with St. Maarten Student Support Services S4 Student of the Year awards during S4’s final workshop in the Netherlands on Thursday, May 21, writes The Daily Herald. Honoured were Lisa Jacquet, Diangelo Valies, Murielle Jean-Michel, Julijnes Woods and Deurys Filomena Coats. Jacquet, North-Holland’s Student of the …

Dutch News reports that, as expected, the Dutch coalition cabinet has lost its majority in the upper house of parliament, forcing it to look outside the three friendly opposition parties for support. The 570 members of the 12 provincial councils cast their votes for the senate on Tuesday, meaning the …

  In the investigation into the homicide of a student, codenamed “Hector”, five detectives were recently added to the team. It regards personnel of the National Police from The Netherlands.  The team is meanwhile also working actively with the FBI. That means the FBI together with the detectives of team …

The civil works which recently began at Saba’s airport, the Juancho Yrausquin International Airport, are being executed so that the aviation facility can be upgraded to conform to the minimum safety requirements of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Since the constitutional transition the responsibility for safety on the airports …

On the Friday 22nd of May 2015, the patrol of Dutch Caribbean Police Force (KPCN) on Saba, caught two men on the Paris Hill Road using drugs. The men were controlled by the officers and found to be in possession of illegal drugs. The men C.M.H. 22 F Zions Hill …

Caribisch Netwerk writes, that students of the Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) are about to start their final examinations. They are confident that they now will perform better because they are of the opinion that the new teachers of the school are better. Final exam candidate Jody Morgan: “Initially I thought, …

Medical School won their final two matches of the season to go undefeated, 6-0, in the Saba Volleyball Association competition held in the St John’s Gym Saturday, reports The Daily Herald. Medical School beat Untouchables 3-0 and finished off Rusties 3-0 top claim the Island Championship. Koen van Laar was …

The Health Ministry’s Collective Prevention Services (CPS) Sint Maarten is calling on the population to eliminate mosquito breeding grounds as the region is now a potential risk for the Zika virus, writes The Daily Herald. Eliminating mosquito breeding grounds can stem the spread of mosquitoborne diseases. The Pan American Health …

The Coast Guard confiscated 1,024 kilos of cocaine, 7.5 kilos heroin and 68.5 kilos of marijuana and five firearms in the Dutch Caribbean in 2014, writes The Daily Herald. Five illegals were arrested and the Coast Guard was deployed 200 times in Search and Rescue (SAR) operations, during which 49 …

The contours of new legislation to streamline the administration of tax law in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom were presented Wednesday by President of the Joint Court of Justice Evert Jan van der Poel and quartermaster and project leader Jane Jansen. Since October 2014, Jansen has been responsible for …

The Saba Volleyball Association championship will be decided at St. John’s Gym starting at 7:00pm Saturday, writes The Daily Herald. After two months of play, Strikers are top of the standings table of the seven team tournament. Strikers are 5-1. Currently second are Misfits and Medical School at four wins …