The Daily Herald writes about the Sea&Learn presentation by Sönke Johnsen as follows. Bioluminescence, marine-life optic illusions and camouflage abilities made a comeback this year after their big visual splash in last year’s Sea and Learn Saba season. Saba discovered its night-time marine bioluminescent “string of pearls” phenomenon last year, …

The Daily Herald writes about the Sea & learn evening of last Saturday. Saba Banks, the 4th largest atoll in the world, a cradle of marine biodiversity and a bellwether for Caribbean ecosystems, was at the heart of this year’s Sea and Learn lectures. Wageningen University fisheries management expert Dr. …

The westerly movement of the North American plate was the main cause of the major earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010. This is revealed in an article in the Daily Herald. The fault zone of the tectonic plates in the Caribbean makes Haiti, but also the Windward Islands vulnerable …

Several leading marine ecology researchers met on Saba this month, writes The Daily Herald,  each presenting their work in public “Sea and Learn” lectures on marine diversity while also conducting research activities with interested participant groups. Biodiversity scientist Dr. Seabird McKeon held an entertaining and informative lecture on “Crabs and …

The Daily Herald reports that the first Lions Zone Advisory Meeting of Zone 2B was hosted in Saba by the Saba Lions Club on Saturday, October 12. Lion Franklin Wilson is this Lionistic Year Zone Chairman and the club was proud once again to have one of its members hold …

Windward Islands Airways International Winair cancelled flights to St. Eustatius, Saba, St. Barths and St. Kitts and Nevis on Monday afternoon due to heavy rain, thunder and lightning. This writes The Daily Herald. Additional flights were carried out Tuesday morning to accommodate passengers travelling to and from those islands who …

In the Daily Herald was written that in its efforts to improve customers’ experience using Chippie mobile service, UTS has made a number of changes to benefit Chippie post-paid customers when travelling abroad. Post-paid customers can continue to use Chippie service on the network of another mobile provider when travelling, …

The Daily Herald writes that Commissioner Bruce Zagers gave an extensive presentation on the draft 2014-2017 multi-annual budget to the Central Committee of the Island Council on Friday. The budget was compiled under the guidelines of the Committee for Financial Supervision (CFT) in conformity with the Decree Budget and Accountability …

The agreement reached between Minister of Telecommunication Ted Richardson and Government Service Caribbean Netherlands RCN for a fibre optic cable from St. Maarten to Saba and Statia has raised a number of questions, specifically regarding the benefit to the three islands and redundancy. Details of the agreement are yet to …

The Daily Herald reports that Roman Catholic parishioners led by resident Father Danilo Pastor welcomed Bishop Luis Antonio Secco together with the entire clergy of the Diocese of Willemstad on their flash visit to Saba Wednesday afternoon. The priests from the six Dutch Caribbean islands arrived on Saba at noontime …

The United Nations high commissioner on human rights is looking into whether Zwarte Piet, considered an essential part of the Sinterklaas festivities, is a racist stereotype, the NRC reports. In a letter to the Dutch government in January, the body states that according to information it has received ‘the character …

The Second Chance Education SKJ program implemented by Foundation Social Workplace Saba (FSWS) has relocated from the former Adult Continuing Education Center in The Bottom to the newly upgraded Eugenius Johnson Center in Windwardside. This writes the Daily Herald in the Weekender. In September, the overhauled program received a positive …

The Centraal Bureau voor Statistiek, CBS, reports that on 1 January 2013, the Caribbean Netherlands was home to more than 23 thousand people. Since 1 January 2010, the population has grown by 2.4 thousand. Immigrants almost entirely account for the population growth. Most substantial population growth on Bonaire On 1 …

On October 17th, 2013 , the Minister of Tourism, Economics, Transport and Telecommunications of St. Maarten, Mr. Ted Richardson and the Director of Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland (RCN), Mr. Sybren van Dam agreed to authorize the connection of the fiber optic ​​cable from Saba and St. Eustatius to St. Maarten. In …

His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen Máxima will visit  all six islands of the Caribbean part of The Kingdom from November 12th till November 21st. On November 14th they will visit Saba, on November 15th St. Eustatius and on November 16th Bonaire. Starting point of the visit is …