The Saba and St. Eustatius subdivisions of the Public Prosecutor’s Office Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (BES) have recently relocated to new premises. The new offices will be shared with the Probation Office CN.   Opening Saba On Tuesday October 23rd, 2012 the official ceremony for the opening will take …

Four employees from Bonaire, two from St. Eustatius and one from Saba have completed a training successfully in the last two weeks to become Metrology Inspector or Inspector of Weights and Measures, a press release from RCN Netherlands said. The training took place in The Netherlands and was given by …

Saba’s Shamiel Levenstone, age 17, will face Curaçao’s Porres Sarabia, 19 and Enoch Charles, 20, also from Saba, will face Kevin Lee, 21, from Aruba in the Boxing after Dark – Clash of the Titans Boxing Tournament at the Juliana’s Sports field in The Bottom October 27. The Saba Amateur …

Inflation was lower in the third quarter of 2012 than in the previous quarter on Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius, the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics reported this week. Lower cost for electricity on Saba and St. Eustatius helped to keep inflation low. On Bonaire inflation was 2.3 per cent, …

The Saba Lions Club celebrated World Lions Day on Sunday, October 14, by organizing an event at the Honourable Henry Every Home for the Aged. The Lions treated the elderly to celebratory cake and the entertainment was provided by the Occasionals’ band with their famed old Caribbean songs. In photo: …

Head of Economic Affairs in Saba Dave Levenstone together with representatives from St. Eustatius, Bonaire and Curaçao completed two weeks of training in metrology in Delft, The Netherlands, recently. The training consisted of “rigorous, theoretical and practical training” in weights and measurements, Levenstone said. The training, held by National Metrology …

Lobsters, the threatened economic boon of the local economy, and Lionfish, the feared invasive species for the entire region, were the subject of two complementary Sea and Learn presentations. Visiting scholar Mark Butler gave a presentation at Queen’s Gardens Resort on “The Tale of the Spiny Lobster: Homelessness, Pestilence and …

The alleged connections of Curaçao and St. Maarten with the mafia put pressure on relations in the Dutch Kingdom. If the countries want to do business with criminal elements, The Netherlands can no longer be responsible for them, said Member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament Ronald van …

Lessons learned By Rudy Dovale Every system that has engulfed this area has left lessons to learn. One lesson is to let the world “outside know how we are doing, what we have done in terms of safety and level of comfort.” It is somewhat confusing, when we talk about …

Chief of Police Herman Oosterveen confirmed that a vehicle had lost control and knocked down part of a road wall in the proximity of Mathew’s Dorms in The Bottom due to Tropical Storm Rafael. The driver had left the site and is asked by the police to come forth and …

“Times They Are a Changing – A Look at the Evolution of Saba’s Cloud Forest”. This is the title of a wonderful and informative presentation by Tom van ‘t Hof. Saba resident and founding father of Saba Marine Park and Saba Conservation Foundation Tom van’t Hof is responsible for a …

The third meeting of the Dutch Caribbean Committee on Marine Biodiversity and Fisheries, also known as the EEZ Committee, was hosted at Juliana’s Hotel in Windwardside, October 11 and 12. The EEZ Committee consists of delegates from Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba as well as The Netherlands. The Dutch Caribbean …

Over 75 people turned out at El Momo Cottages on Tuesday for Jennifer Rahn’s “Where’s the Beach?” presentation, providing an accessible scientific understanding of Saba’s elusive “wandering beach” phenomenon. Cartographer, coastal geo-morphologist and dive master Rahn is Director of the Environmental Studies Scholars Programme at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, …

Members of the Tax Office and Customs officers in St. Eustatius travelled to Saba to attend a one-day workshop on the sister island on Tuesday. The course members sailed to Saba on board “MV Waterman.” Acting Harbour Master Austin van Heijningen (left) was on board to see the party off …

In a joint press conference the Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Police Corps Caribbean Netherlands and the Royal Military Police Caribbean Area explained the seriousness of the first human trafficking case on Bonaire in detail. The Colombian women are to work in degrading circumstances considering the locally prevailing standards, values and …