The Executive Council of the Public Entity of Saba is set to leave for Caribbean Netherlands Week in The Hague, writes The Daily Herald. The event is a weeklong series of meetings where Saba, along with the other Public Entities Bonaire and St. Eustatius, will meet with ministers and top-level civil …

A group of eleven men representing a number of local institutions across the island followed a twoday Alternative Landing Point Finder Course, learning to marshal helicopters in emergency situations. This writes The Daily Herald. The course was provided jointly by the Netherlands Royal Marines and army stationed in Curaçao to …

  Yesterday, Julian Woodley, Acting Kingdom Representative, has opened the CN Expo in The Hague. His opening speech reads as follows: Ladies and Gentleman, Thank you for accepting the invitation to this opening of the CN EXPO, This is THE Place, here in the Atrium of the Ministries of Home …

The Executive Council of the Public Entity of Saba is set to leave for the Caribbean Netherlands week in The Hague. The CN week is a weeklong series of meetings where Saba along with the other Public Entities of Bonaire and St. Eustatius meet with Ministers and top level civil …

A landslide was reported near the Hot Springs dive site. The name already suggests that this area is thermally very active. There are Dutch geologists on site and so far it seems that the cause might be volcanic. Last April a visiting team of vulcanologists discovered that a vent killing …

On the the blog Caribisch Netwerk, Hazel Durand writes about some issues related to the property tax on Saba. “We are a small island where so many taxes are levied that we are not accustomed to,” said penshonado Diana Medero. “I can not pay the property tax from my pension, …

Cultural heritage on Saba Intro Not only unspoiled nature, richer and with more variation than on any other Dutch Caribbean island, and a wonderful climate are important elements of the charm of Saba, a small island of only 13km2 but in practice much larger by all steep slopes. Cultural heritage …

The Daily Herald writes that Quinsy Gario, Mischulaikah Richardson, Jean Marie Molina, Raphael Sorton, Uri Johan Nicolas Eugenio, Shirma Rouse and Nataly Linzey are among the nominees for the Dutch Caribbean Pearls that will be awarded in Rotterdam this Saturday. During the annual awards show, a celebration of the social …

The Daily Herald writes that Cartographer Michal Kasprowski has published the first-ever road map of St. Eustatius, as well as road maps of Antigua and Barbuda, and of Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos. “Map Man” Kasprowski hails from Poland, but is calling French St. Martin his home since 2002. …

Labour senators in the upper house of parliament are against plans by the Labour social affairs minister Lodewijk Asscher to strip some single parents of an additional child benefit. The row is about an extra benefit paid to single parents on basic welfare payments (bijstand). As part of the government’s …

The Daily Herald writes that the Caribbean Netherlands Tax Office BCN bade farewell to Managing Director Angel Bermudez during a festive gathering on Friday. He will leave BCN on July 1, and will return home to Aruba, Government Service Caribbean Netherlands RCN said in a statement Monday. From January 1, …

The Daily Herald writes that grade-6 pupils from Sacred Heart Primary School departed Saba on Saturday for an innovative school excursion on Carnival Cruise Lines, which left from Puerto Rico on Sunday and will return June 15. “The trip is a fabulous learning opportunity. They will experience the food and …

A wine tasting and art auction fundraiser benefitting Harry L. Johnson Memorial Museum took place Friday evening at Breadline Plaza in Windwardside, reports The Daily Herald. The proceeds from the food sale, wine tasting and art auction went to the foundation which oversees museum management. The board of the foundation …

The Daily Herald writes that use of geothermal energy on the Windward Islands has come a step closer. The four Parliaments of the Kingdom agreed on Friday to involve the Dutch Government in geothermal research on St. Eustatius and Saba, which will benefit St. Maarten as well. St. Maarten, St. …

An important Saba Archaeological Center Sabarc documentation is being conducted of three human occupation periods at the exact same location near Fort Bay, which date back thousands of years. This writes The Daily Herald. This Sabarc archaeology project is being conducted through the support of Commissioner Chris Johnson and the …