A representative of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) denied allegations from Saba residents and businesses on Friday, that the bank’s system was overcharging customers and blocking employees’ pay. Patricia Borger, a regional marketing manager for RBC, said bank employees were “working full force to…look after our clients [and] make sure …

BREADLINE PLAZA/Saba- As of this month Saba will have its first on-island optical specialist. Marie Luise Ameen the proprietor of EYE CARE OPTICAL SABA is Saba`s new Optometrist. Originally from Germany, Mrs. Ameen, who is also referred to as “Mrs. Lucy” studied Optometry in Stuttgart where she obtained her certification …

  Saba University School of Medicine (SUSOM) students assisted the Saba Lions Club members in packing the Hurricane Season baskets for the club’s annual food bank. The beneficiaries are mostly elderly residents who need help especially during the often challenging hurricane season. The groups of student volunteers are current members …

A new Dutch-style bakery opened this week in Windwardside. “Bizzy B” bakery is housed in the newly erected Breadline Properties complex. The owner and manager is Rachel Thijssen, known locally for her management of “The Eden Bakery” since 2008. Thijssen took over the Eden bakery from the owners of a …

Update July 7, 2013: read the acceptance speech of Mr. Zaandam at the end of this article. StatiaNews reports the dismissal of Mr. Koos Sneek as commissioner. The decission has been taken in the Island Council meeting of July 6. Mr. Sneek is replaced by Mr. Reginald Zaandam (UPC). The …

Graduating Saba teens spent last week in workshops that helped prepare them to study abroad. Instructors talked to the students about social skills and budgeting during VOBESS, which means Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba Students’ Preparation. They also discussed sexuality and drug use. The courses were designed to address the …

Sacred Heart primary School (SHS) held a graduation ceremony celebrating pupils’ advancement to the Saba Comprehensive School. The ceremony was held Saturday afternoon in the new building auditorium of the Saba University School of Medicine in The Bottom. A substantial number of family, friends and teachers turned out for the …

TelEm Group announced this week that it would be carrying out “fine-tuning” work on the 2G and 3G mobile networks for the next three weeks to further improve service to customers throughout St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius. “There has been a tremendous improvement in the overall network performance since …

Saba has been working for nearly eight years to decide how to split the shares of NV GEBE, formerly a central government- owned utilities company. The Island Council Friday unanimously approved the proposal to shift Saba’s stake in GEBE to that island. The government said the company plans to invest …

The labor participation rate in the Caribbean Netherlands in 2012 ranged from nearly 73 percent on Bonaire to more than 64 percent on Saba. The unemployment rate in the Caribbean Netherlands was slightly lower than in the European Netherlands. These are the results from the Labor Force Survey Caribbean Netherlands …

The Financial Intelligence Units of St. Maarten and the BES Islands (Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba) held a joint training session about identity and document fraud at the Sonesta Maho Beach Resort and Casino last week Thursday. The training was geared towards fighting money laundering and terrorism financing and was …

Police on Saba helped lead a sea-rescue mission Sunday after a boat carrying the island’s softball team was stranded with engine failure. A passenger aboard Dawn II reported a problem about 6:45pm that evening, alerting the police. Officers phoned in helped from St. Maarten’s Coast Guard unit, which deployed a …

Charles “Charlie” Smink is the new chief of The Netherlands Police Force Saba (KPCN-Saba). Smink takes over for Heleen Prins who had run the island’s police. Smink and Prins had worked together on the motorbike patrol in the Royal Military Constabulary (KMAR) in Amsterdam. That was in the 90s. Smink’s …

People on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba who have been fined by the police for traffic violations, not paying motor vehicle tax or driving uninsured are urged to avoid a hearing in court by paying up. In a press release, the Public Prosecutor’s office for the Caribbean Netherlands explained that …

According to Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Winair Georges Greaux, the airline has posted a modest operational profit in 2012, quite a turnaround from the period before October 2010, when the airline booked accumulated operational losses of US $16.8 million and accumulated a sizable debt, resulting in a US …