The official installation of Wingrove Baker as Saba’s Chief Basic Police Care of the Caribbean Netherlands Police Force KPCN on Tuesday morning, February 4 was deemed “historic” for he is the first Saba-born person to hold this position. Born and raised in The Bottom, Baker said that he accepted this …

Commissioned by the Directie Sanctietoepassing en Jeugd (Directorate of Sanctions Application and Youth), the Dienst Justitiële Inrichtingen (Dutch Custodial Institutions Agency), the Justitiële Inrichting Caribisch Nederland (Correctional Institution Caribbean Netherlands, hereinafter JICN) and Maatschap Antillen (Netherlands Antilles Partnership) entered a two-year project on February 1st, 2020 to realize placement under …

Recently, BES Reporter communicated that, contrary to the expectations raised about lower ticket prices for flights between the islands, there seems little hope that these will indeed materialize on the short term. Nearly a year ago, on March 5 2019, Minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen of Infrastructure and Water Management (I&W) …

In the near future, teachers from abroad, hired to work at one of Saba’s two schools,  will no longer be required to request a working permit. They will only have to apply for a residency permit. Dutch State Secretary of Social Affairs and Labour Tamara van Ark announced on Friday …

Windward Islands Airways International, Winair, has announced it will be rolling out an advance check-in service at its Philipsburg sales office starting on Monday, February 10. “With this advance check-in service, Winair will provide its customers the opportunity to check-in their luggage and receive their boarding passes one day in …

On Wednesday, January 29th , a traffic control was held from 5:30 PM on the JZ Ridge Road on Saba. A total of 15 vehicles were checked, of which two were given a fine for driving without a license and without valid insurance. KPCN

The Police Force Caribbean Netherlands KPCN is investigating a case of ill-treatment, that took place in Saba. Two suspects were arrested in Saba after a man was severely mistreated with a weapon. After further investigation one of the suspects was released later. The other suspect G.D.C. was transported to Statia. …

The water filling station in Windwardside has become operational. This means that water trucks can now fill up at this location to supply water to the villages of Windwardside and Hell’s Gate instead of having to fill up in The Bottom and making the drive uphill. The new filling station …

After years of complaints about the limited banking services in the Caribbean Netherlands, obstacles are being removed so residents and entrepreneurs of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba can open a bank account in euros at a Dutch commercial bank. Dutch Minister of Finance Wopke Hoekstra stated in a letter to …

The Joint Court of Justice sentenced a 28-year-old woman from Saba to three years, one of which was suspended, on two years’ probation, for having stabbed a man with a box-cutter during a fight near Scout’s Place in Windwardside, Saba, on August 19, 2017. The Appeals Court pronounced the verdict …

Department heads and managers of the Public Entity Saba on Monday, January 27, started a five-day Integrity and Leadership workshop. The workshop facilitator is Oene Bouman, who has provided many workshops and training in the area of integrity throughout the Dutch Kingdom. Honesty and integrity being two of the essential …

Members of the Saba Island Council and Executive Council on Friday, January 24, attended a presentation about the status of the Saba Cadaster by Head of the Planning Bureau Robert “Bobby” Zagers and Riency Holder of Cadaster Bonaire. The Saba Cadaster is in the process of upgrading. The Cadaster incorporates …

Thank you, everyone for making this event a successful one, Saba Cross Island Walk “Sea to sea”. The walk started off with the Island Secretary Mr. Tim Muller sounding of the conch shell. 75 participants took part in this walk and ALL made it to the end! Congratulations, you are …

The Executive Council of Saba on Friday, January 24, announced that Island Secretary Tim Muller will start as Island Secretary of Bonaire per May 1, 2020. Muller said that the decision to leave Saba and the Public Entity Saba was not an easy one. “Saba is home to me. After …

Researchers explored deepest and largest underwater sinkholes in the world From 5 to 20 December 2019, the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and Wageningen Marine Research organized an expedition to the Saba Bank, close to the Dutch island of Saba in the Caribbean region. Experts on board the …