The newly established Saba Day Committee has released the schedule for the annual festivities. The official program this year begins Friday December 5th with an Ecumenical service in the Sacred Heart Church in The Bottom. This is followed by the official ceremony and reception at the residence of the Island …

The concept Law Electricity and Drinking water BES was sent Tuesday November 25th to the Second Chamber. Customers, according to the concept law, will have to generate their own sustainable energy. Also, there will be monitoring of the electricity and drinking water companies, including tariff regulation and quality control of …

The site Den Haag FM reports that the GGD Haagladen has been requested to assist the public health care departments of the BES Islands to further professionalize their services An agreement to that effect has been signed by Wethouder Karsten Klein of Haaglanden and Commissioner Chirlina Felida of Bonaire. Agreements …

The Daily Herald writes that the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament on Thursday evening approved an amendment to the 2015 Kingdom Relations budget to make three million euros available to improve the position of children on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. Through the amendment, submitted by Member of the …

The Daily Herald reports today that the Platform of Dutch Caribbean Organisations in the Netherlands signed a declaration of intention on Saturday to continue the cooperation between the different organisations working in the interest of the people from the islands. The declaration of intention was signed during a gathering at …

Caribisch Netwerk reports that, from January 1, 2016, all families with children in the Caribbean Netherlands are entitled to a family allowance of $ 38 per child per month. That’s $ 456 per year per child. Yesterday, the request of the Christian Union (CU) and the Labour Party (PVDA) to …

UPDATE: a link from which one can download the report is at the end of this article. The Daily Herald writes that the Health Care Inspectorate has decided to place the Honourable Henry Carlyle Every Home of Saba “the Home” under a regime of enhanced supervision for a period of …

Without a drastic change in the coalition parties’ popularity, there will be a major shift in the political balance in The Hague after the March provincial elections, newspaper Volkskrant said November 26. The latest monthly analysis from research group GfK shows that the coalition parties could lose more than half …

The Daily Herald writes that member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament Carola Schouten of the ChristianUnion (CU) has again asked the Dutch government to introduce an allowance for families with children on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba.Schouten did so during the handling of the 2015 draft budget …

The Dutch government cannot force good governance in the Dutch Caribbean [Red: meant are the Islands Aruba, Curaçao and St Maarten] if the local politicians don’t want to cooperate, but it can offer assistance when the islands ask for it. This can be done through a commonwealth construction, an association …

On Monday, November 17th, 2014. The Evaluation Committee, which was setup to study the effects on the constitutional transition introduced itself to the people of Saba. For those that did not had an opportunity to join the Meet & Greet, you can listen to what they said about their task. …

We have been asked to publish the following open letter to Commissioner Johnson: Dear Commissioner Johnson, On October 9th, 2014 I wrote an article on Saba News, stating that the SCS was in big problems. The facts that I mentioned were based on evidence and no gossip. Now more than …

On the occasion of the budget debate Social Affairs in 2014, the Second Chamber adopted a motion of the member Schouten, which the government is requested to examine in 2014 the possibilities for the child tax credit in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba in order to create a family benefit …

The new cut backs in the health care insurance package for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba has the First Chamber of the Dutch Parliament worried, and in particular the Socialist Party (SP). This writes The Daily Herald. The Senate will further analyse these adaptations which mainly affect physical therapy and …

Saba is well-known for diving and hiking, but when it comes to nightlife there is another famous attraction which is, of course, “Sabaoke” (Saba and karaoke). Scout’s Place bar and restaurant hosts the annual Saba Idols Finals coming Friday, at 9:00pm. The Daily Herald announced that this is the 11th …