The Daily Herald writes how South Asian Student Society of Saba University School of Medicine (SUSOM) hosted its annual Diwali show and dinner to celebrate the Hindu Festival of Lights at Princess Juliana Sports Field in The Bottom on Saturday. The students treated the community to a show of traditional …

  ABC When Amy Robach had the first ever live TV mammogram on Oct. 1, she hoped it would help other women to understand the importance of these checks. What she didn’t realize, though, is that this mammogram would actually save her own life. On Monday, Nov. 11, the journalist …

President of the Saba Cultural Foundation, organizers of the Saba Carnival and Saba Day events, Mr. Dave Levenstone, announced that the foundation has decided in its general meeting of two weeks ago that carnival 2014 will start on Friday, July 25th and end on Sunday August 3rd 2014. Seeing the …

The journal VN Vandaag published the following news from the papers of the Second Chamber. In a fourth letter of amendment to the Tax Plan 2014 some measures have been proposed concerning the property tax for the BES islands in that extra tax-revenues will be returned to the Islands through  …

This is an original message from Cordaid The Hague, November 11, 2013 – The Cooperating Aid Agencies ( SHO ) open immediately Giro555 for emergency aid to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan . The damage caused is huge and the number of fatalities is estimated at ten thousand . Increasingly …

Despite an increase in government funding, the gap in the performance between native Dutch and ethnic minority students has increased, the NRC wrote on Friday. While the number of students from a minority background has doubled over the past 15 years, they are still less likely to complete their course …

The CBS, Centraal Bureau voor Statistiek, has published a booklet ‘The Caribbean Netherlands in figures’. In this publication the CBS provides a brief overview of key figures concerning the economic and social situation in the Caribbean Netherlands. The figures are presented for each island, based on a number of themes, …

Windward Islands People’s Movement fraction leader Councilman Rolando Wilson has submitted a barrage of questions for the Executive Council’s response, writes The Daily Herald. Wilson reiterated his question on development projects and incentives created by the executive branch to attract investors. He questions if the island has a development plan …

The Daily Herald writes that Secretary of State for Infrastructure and Environment, Wilma Mansveld, has appointed an external consultant on the subject of waste management for St. Eustatius, Saba and Bonaire. The consultant, who will be based on Bonaire, started his appointment on November 1. The consultant will advise and …

Minister for Infrastructure and Environment M.H. Schultz van Haegen is currently in talks with government officials of Saba to decide on measures to be taken as a result of the recent research into drinking water on the island, writes The Daily Herald. The minister will present a number of measures …

PUBLIC NOTICE Due to unforeseen circumstances the Public Island Council meeting on Friday, November 8th, 2013 has been postponed. The meeting will convene on Monday November 11, 2013 at 9:00 am. I apologize for any inconvenience caused.   Trusting to have informed you sufficiently Sincerely, The Chairman _________________ J. G. …

In a press release the ECB bank published: 7 November 2013 – Monetary policy decisions At today’s meeting the Governing Council of the ECB took the following monetary policy decisions: 1.    The interest rate on the main refinancing operations of the Eurosystem will be decreased by 25 basis points to 0.25%, …

The Saba Lions Club and Child Focus Foundation joined hands this year in hosting one of the spookiest fun Halloween celebrations last week, reports The Daily Herald. In an interview, Saba Lions Club President Glenn Holm labelled the cooperation with the Child Focus Foundation a “great success.” Child Focus programs …

The sisters of Living Water Community (LWC) marked their 25th anniversary with a special thanksgiving service held at Sacred Heart Church on Monday evening, November 4th, reports The Daily Herald. Presiding over the special ceremony, Father Danilo “Dan” Pastor expressed his great appreciation for the support and missionary work of …

The second annual meeting of the Netherlands Red Cross and its overseas branches was held again in St. Eustatius. This writes The Daily Herald. Representatives from Aruba, Curacao, St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius were present, while Bonaire’s representatives participated via Skype. The two-day meeting was held recently at Golden …