Caribisch Netwerk reports that students from Saba are choosing to study in the US or the region. “I choose to study in America because I see a lot Saban youngsters who did not manage to finish their studies in The Netherlands. They claim that it is hard to live in …

The Daily Herald reports today that the Seventh Day Adventist Church is organising gospels for a period of 2 weeks at Princess Juliana sports field in the Bottom. These gospels are initiated by Pastor Sams from St. Eustatius under directorship of the North Caribbean Conference of Seventh Day Adventists (SDA). …

Junior health minister Martin van Rijn told a television current affairs show on Tuesday night he understands his father’s criticism of the quality of the nursing home where his mother, who has dementia, now lives. Van Rijn’s father and a neighbour gave an interview to the AD newspaper earlier this …

On November 3rd, 2014 the two-year training for police officer on Bonaire will start with an orientation week. The process for recruiting and selecting employees, which took place over the past few months, has been completed. The training is a joint venture between the police, the Coast Guard and Koninklijke …

Caribisch Netwerk published an interview of the Director of the SCS with Hazel Durand. “Saba Comprehensive School must become the best school in the Caribbean Netherlands,” said the new director of the only secondary school on Saba, Anton Hermans. Currently the The Golden Rock school on Statia bears this title. …

A delegation from Saba consisting of Commissioner of Energy, Chris Johnson, Managing Director of Saba Electric Company, Dexter Johnson and Policy Advisor, Sarah van der Horn recently returned from the Green Aruba Conference. The primary purpose of the trip was to attend the business to business meetings that are facilitated …

Stakeholders from the various economic sectors on the island and Commissioner of Economic Affairs, Chris Johnson met today in what was the first meeting of the Economic team (E- team) of Saba. The E-team will function as the main economic platform where economic developments on the island will be discussed …

The Daily Herald writes that results of theBody Mass Index (BMI) testing held at Saba’s Sacred Heart School in May, indicate that one-third of the school population is not at a healthy weight. The BMI tests revealed that 18 per cent of the school population is overweight and 11 per …

Representatives of the National Ombudsman’s office will travel to St. Eustatius and Saba for the second time this year. They will be on the two islands of the Caribbean Netherlands November 10-14. In March and April, numerous complaints were filed concerning good governance, local authorities and government practices. In Statia, …

The RCN issued a press release with information that is of high interest for Saba and St. Eustatius, where there is much fishing for lobsters. Bonaire already meets the measures proposed below and, moreover, the amount around of lobsters around the island declined in such a way that commercial fishing …

The Daily Herald reports today that an employee of a local dive shop was bitten by a shark on friday afternoon when it bit her calf. The risk of being bitten by a shark will be greatly increased if you take bait into the water to attract the relatively shy …

St. Maarten News Network reports that several personnel of the Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIAE) are enraged at the loss of the two lives that they said could have been saved if the St. Maarten Civil Aviation had taken proper actions on Monday. The workers who spoke to SMN News …

The Daily Herald reports that the Caribbean Examinations Council CXC in collaboration with Macmillan Publishing will launch CXC’s online commercial presence called the CXC Store at www.cxc-store.com on Friday, November 7, during a concert in Jamaica. The launch will be held at Jamaica College auditorium starting at 10:00am with more …

The Daily Herald reports that one man is confirmed dead and another one was still missing at press time, after a small FedEx aircraft crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Princess Juliana International Airport SXM around 6:45pm yesterday. The double-engine SH36 aircraft, which was said to be en …

The Daily Herald writes that the Dutch public TV broadcasting company NPO has agreed to place Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba on the so-called white list, enabling people on the three islands to have access to its website and to see the TV programmes of this broadcasting company. Dutch Minister …