The central government in The Hague has decided that all passenger flights from Europe to the BES Islands will be stopped as of Saturday, Mach 14, 8 pm (Dutch time). There will also be no more flights from Europe to St. Maarten, Curacao and Aruba. This restriction will be valid …

Dutch news agency NOS reports that, following Curaçao and Aruba, Bonaire has also closed its airport for incoming flights from Europe. The measure will apply until March 30. The decision was taken after consultation with various Dutch ministries. Cruise ships are also banned. This will apply for the next 30 …

Island Governor Jonathan Johnson, Public Health Doctor Koen Hulshof, Director of BFS & SHCF Joka Blaauboer, and Manager Client & Patient Care Lisette Riley addresses the public on the now pandemic COVID-19. Click the image to view the press conference. GIS Saba

Fire chiefs of the Caribbean Netherlands, the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten met on Saba on Thursday, March 12 and Friday, March 13 to further the cooperation between the fire departments within the Kingdom. In July 2018, the Ministers of Justice of the four countries in the Kingdom signed …

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Bruno Bruins, Mark Rutte and Jaap van Dissel at the press conference. Photo: ANP Sem van de Wal Dutch News reports that The Netherlands announced a new package of measures to combat the spread of coronavirus on Thursday but stopped short of ordering schools to close. In particular, the rise …

Faro Media reports that SEC’s energy network on Saba has been wide open for cyber attacks. Negligence in the installation of the solar system allowed malicious parties to take over the entire electricity grid. Not much was needed for this: entering “0000” when the password was requested, was sufficient. SEC …

For the first time since the existence of the Health Insurance Office Caribbean Netherlands (ZVK), on Tuesday March 10th, 2020 a number of medical referrals have taken place from St. Eustatius to Saba. This concerns medical referrals of insured persons who visited an optometrist for eye measurements, among other things. …

Dahlia Hassell, a well-known conservation­ist and native of Saba, has joined the staff of the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) Secretariat. She is the new Projects Officer, working closely with the park management organisations of all six islands to sup­port their conservation management actions. Hassell graduated with a Bachelor of …

Today, the World Health Organisation, WHO,  has called the COVID-19 infections a pandemic. The viral disease that has swept into at least 114 countries and killed more than 4,000 people is now officially a pandemic, the World Health Organization announced Wednesday. “This is the first pandemic caused by coronavirus,” WHO Director-General Tedros …

Several elements of the BES Healthcare Insurance Claims Regulation (Regeling Aanspraken Zorgverzekering BES) will change as of January 1st, 2020. The changes concern several new claims, and clarification and further requirements for existing claims and provisions. New Medical Devices The claims for medical devices have been expanded with wheelchairs, shower …

From the 2nd to 6th of March the National Knowledge Institute for Cultural Education & Amateur Art (Landelijk Kennisinstituut Cultuureducatie & Amateurkunst, LKCA) provided a train-the-trainer program for the Caribbean Netherlands to promote cultural education. The five-day program was organized by Fundashon Plataforma Kultural with support from the Fonds voor …

16 volunteer-projects have been registered and now we can still use some volunteers. Take this chance to do your share 🙂 Find out online at www.sabadoet.com which projects still need volunteers. More info? Visit www.sabadoet.com, email us at sabalionsdoet@gmail.com or check our Facebook at www.facebook.com/SabaDOET

A solution to accurately diagnosing dengue fever type 1 has just been invented, it’s inexpensive and simple. A multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM) in Argentina, has put together in record time a diagnostic kit that can detect dengue fever without requiring any specially trained professionals or …

Commissioner with responsibilities for Gender Affairs Rolando Wilson said he is “very much satisfied” with the programme of events planned and organ­ised by the Department of Community Development and Public Health for Inter­national Women’s Day 2020. “I want to encourage all women residing on our beau­tiful island to come out …