A few days ago Saba-News reported that Sabarc had published a link to a movie presenting the visit of Queen Juliana to Saba. Click here to read this post again. This movie was an excerpt of a much longer movie giving a full report of the visit of Queen Juliana …

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Saba Health Care Foundation (SHCF) Sydney Sorton and SHCF Director Dr. Joka Blaauboer presented the foundation’s annual report 2013. The 2013 report is the first official annual report from the foundation since its establishment on January 1, 2011, and is now available to the …

The Daily Herald writes that Saba Health Care Foundation (SHCF) welcomed a new visiting specialist this week. Pacemaker technician Steven Alvarez from Boston Scientific is the latest addition to a long list of specialist visiting the island to provide specialty care locally, in his case, pacemaker service. With the Zoom …

On Tuesday, October 28th , 2014, around 5.15 AM, the police received report of a burglary at Big Rock Grocery in Windward Side. The police immediately went to the location and has been able to detain a suspect in the act, who matched the description. It concerns  a 34 year …

The Daily Herald reports that the St. Maarten Laboratory Services (SLS) is now testing for the mosquito-borne illness chikungunya virus CHIKV. The test is done using a fluorescent microscope. Since the first CHIKV case surfaced on the island in January of this year, St. Maarten has been sending its chikungunya …

Support for the government’s efforts to the costs of care by getting people to do more for themselves and rely less on official sources of support is fading, the Volkskrant reports on Tuesday. The ‘participation society’ concept, officially launched in September 2013, is supported by just 35% of the population, …

The Daily Herald reports that voters on St. Eustatius will have the opportunity to give their opinion on the island’s preferred constitutional status in a referendum on December 17, the Island Council decided. The electorate will be able to choose from four options: public entity (“status quo”); independent country; autonomous …

On Friday, October 24th , 2014, around 6:00 PM, two men were arrested for the illegal  buying of gold. These men went  to the homes of inhabitants of Saba to buy old gold while they did not keep continuous records and also could not show the police a register upon …

Malofi Foundation and Lorsim Productions hosted their annual People’s Choice Award 2014-2015 last Saturday evening, during which the population’s choice of who they considered the “best-of-the-best” on Saba was announced. The people of Saba selected their favourite “idol” in the categories music, art, sports, education, business and economy. This writes …

The Daily Herald writes that the pres- sure that the housing of detainees in the police cells on St. Eustatius and Saba puts on the capacity of the local police force has the attention of Dutch Minister of Safety and Justice Ivo Opstelten. The minister stated this in a recent …

On Friday October 24th, Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) students competed in a mini-triathlon held at the Fort Bay. The multi-disciplinary sports event was organized by the Saba Triathlon Foundation in collaboration with Saba Fit and the Centre for Youth and Family. In teams of six, the students had to complete …

Caribisch Netwerk published the story of Michelle da Costa Gomez from Curacao who contracted chikungunya. She shares her experiences: It began on 23 July. That day, I felt  a bit queasy. The next day in the morning, working I worked on the computer. Around noon I got a headache. I …

Caribisch Netwerk reports that the Health Insurance Office (ZVK) has opened a new office in Saba. The new office has private consulting rooms and offers more privacy for its clients. “At this location we can give better service to the Saban community. We know that there are still questions and …

Saba’s  Archaeological Center – Sabarc – has published a short film from the famous 1955 visit of HM Queen Juliana and her husband HRH Prince Bernhard to Saba. The film was discovered in the archives of the Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid Click here to watch the film on …

In September 2014 Community Officer, Paula Klomp, gave an introduction lesson to the children of the groups 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Sacred Heart School. During these lessons were topics such as bullying, respect and manners discussed. In October 2014, it was the turn for the children of …