The National Service Caribbean Netherlands RCN reacted to accusations which was published in the Daily Herald that it did not always observe the rules in the past for hiring temporary employees. This can be concluded from a reaction to accusations expressed by civil servant union ABVO. RCN wrote that in …

Corrected version: Public Notice The Island Council of the Public Entity Saba will meet on Friday, August 9, 2013 at 9:00 am at the Government Administration Building. The agenda for said meeting is as follows: 1.  Opening and announcements 2.  Approval of the agenda 3.  Incoming correspondence 4.  Approval of …

The newspaper Today reported yesterday that Curacao will increase retirement age from 60 to 65 years a bit more than five years from now, in 2018. This is one of the proposals in a leaked plan of the government to get a grip on its personnel costs. The plan also …

The Daily Herald reported that Police Officer Wingrove Baker confirmed Monday that several persons were arrested after the official closing of Carnival. He said the weeklong series of Carnival events and parades “went off without a glitch.” Through the monitoring of suspicious behaviour, the police arrested one male suspect for …

Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) is currently fully engaged in carrying out the Budget Survey 2013 on Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius, writes The Daily Herald. This budget survey is considered an indispensible source of data on spending, used by CBS for the production of inflation figures and other data. …

Corrected version: Public Notice The Central Committee of the Public Entity Saba will meet on Tuesday August 6, 2013 at 9:00 am at the Government Administration Building. The agenda for said meeting is as follows: 1.  Opening 2.   Approval of the agenda 3.  Approval of the  Minutes from the Central …

The Daily Herald announces that the Saba University School of Medicine’s Women Medical Student Association will be holding the first-ever Colour Cross- Fit in The Bottom today, Thursday, at 5:30pm. The event combines a colour run with several sports challenges integrated along the track. The start line will be as …

Saba’s main business centre and mailing-services provider Island Communication Services (ICS) celebrates its tenth anniversary within the newly opened offices at Breadline Plaza in Windwardside.Both ICS owners and managers, Alida Heilbron and her life and business partner Bob Morgan, have been involved with The Daily Herald since 1996, initially contributing …

To complement earlier announcements that Winair will lease an ATR-72 aircraft to extend its range and offer new routes, the airline also revealed on Facebook and in The Daily Herald  that it would be servicing the Dominican Republic and Tortola soon with hints that more routes would be announced soon. …

The Daily Herald published that TelEm Group mobile provider TelCell made a big impression during Carnival 2013, having successfully sponsored a night of entertainment featuring 3-Cylinder Band from Antigua and Grand Masters from St. Kitts. According to TelCell representatives Angel and Melvin Richardson, the special night of entertainment was much …

Students from Saba University School of Medicine (SUSOM) supported Body, Mind and Spirit Foundation (BMSF) by distributing condoms throughout Carnival 2013. The Daily Herald wrote that each evening, groups of volunteers participated in the various shows and parades handing out beads with condoms to revellers. They also provided goodie- bags …

Saba and St. Maarten Lions Club members joined about 40,000 others in Germany this month at an annual convention reports the Daily Herald Nine Lions from Saba and St Maarten spent five days with other club members at sessions that featured a world-renowned singer, a former NBA star and a …

“Jump and Scream” Carnival 2013 set itself apart with colourful costumes and foreign music bands that entertained the local crowd, writes The Daily Herald. Asked about this year’s Carnival highlights, Commissioner for Culture Bruce Zagers mentioned the “really good music bands all week long, with internationally recognized performers.” He particularly …

On Friday,  Otti Thomas reported in the paper Amigoe that the Dutch government, also on behalf of Curaçao, Aruba and St. Maarten, has taken many measures  since 2010 in the crusade against discrimination and racism in all four countries of the Kingdom. The recommendations of the UN-committee against racial discrimination …

DutchNews.nl writes on Saturday that expats living in The Hague, are fed up with Dutch people immediately switching into English when they hear their accents.Although the Dutch may think they are being courteous, expats are irritated at not being able to practice their Dutch in cafes and shops, according to …