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Saba News Archive: News Items

Saba Snack has outgrown its name

Whenever we land on Saba, it feels like coming home a bit. During the three years when we lived and worked there, the island’s friendly people and its beauty stole a bit of our hearts. And of course their warm welcome embraces and sincere inquiries after our health strengthen this …

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Delegations walk out of meeting with Dutch civil servants

The delegations of St. Eustatius, Saba and Bonaire also met with the Ministry of Finance during their visit to The Hague for consultations with the Ministry of Interior Affairs and Kingdom Relations. However, when it became clear that the Ministry refused to provide information on the 2011 tax revenues, the …

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Agreement reached about electricity companies

Saba and St. Eustatius Commissioners of Energy Chris Johnson and Koos Sneek, respectively, also met with the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation EL&I to discuss the progress of the division of NV GEBE during their visit to The Hague for consultations with the Minister of Interior Affairs and …

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Full house for Lt. Governors in Scheveningen

The Lt. Governors of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba drew a full house in Scheveningen, The Netherlands on Wednesday evening. A crowd of some 150 people attended the informative session organised by the Antillean and Aruban organisation OCaN. All seats were taken, leaving standing room only for persons who came …

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Suspect arrested for break-ins

Saba’s Chief of Police Lt. Durk Hiemstra said investigations into two recent attempted burglaries and one home invasion had resulted in the arrest of a twenty-six year-old suspect. The suspect is a Dominicano man residing in The Bottom. The first incident took place during the night of March 5, in …

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Johnson questions The Hague’s loyalty

Saba Commissioner Chris Johnson is questioning The Hague’s loyalty towards the Dutch “public entities” Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius by wanting to include a permanent differentiation clause for the islands in an amended Dutch Constitution. “We have come to a point where we ask whether we are truly part of …

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No commitment to raise islands’ free allowance

The Reference Framework report (referentiekader rapport) might have established that the free allowance (vrije uitkering) for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba is too low, but The Hague cannot commit as yet to a possible increase. If the sole purpose of the trip of the delegations from Bonaire, St. Eustatius and …

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RCN launches intranet

On March 15 the Kingdom Service Caribbean Netherlands RCN launched its own intranet. The launch was made known by workers with a special video clip. RCN wants to use this modern communication tool to bring its workers closer together and keep them abreast of all sorts of matters within the …

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Extraordinary Island Council meeting for late Peter Granger

An extraordinary public meeting of the Island Council of the Public Entity of Saba took place at the Government building in The Bottom, March 13, in memoriam of the late Peter Leicester Granger. Not all Island Council members were able to attend the meeting called on short notice. The meeting …

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St Maarten seeks resignation of GEBE Supervisory Board

The Council of Ministers (COM) of St Maarten has dispatched a letter to the GEBE Shareholding Foundation Chairman Ralph Richardson requesting that the foundation seek the immediate resignation of GEBE’s Supervisory Board members. The letter was dated March 12 and signed by Prime Minister Sarah Wescot- Williams on behalf of …

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RCN lost court procedure landing fibre optic cable on St Maarten

Kingdom Service Caribbean Netherlands (RijksdienstCaribisch Nederland (RCN)) has lost the court procedure in its quest to obtain a fibre optic cable landing permit in St. Maarten, Judge René van Veen of the Court of First Instance said Wednesday. RCN has started laying fibre optic cables in Saba, St. Eustatius and …

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