Rene Zwart has announced that he will stop the website “Koninkrijksrelaties.nu” immediately. The site has been an excellent source of background information about what is happening behind the scene. He reported about those issues that otherwise would have never seen the daylight. Although the site published in Dutch, it had …

The renovation works at the Sacred Heart Primary School (SHS) and the Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) went well, as did the project to construct a parking lot next to the schools at St. John’s. Commissioner of Education, Finance and Public Works Bruce Zagers said there only remained some work to …

Weather Saba & Sint Eustatius Tropical Cyclone Bulletin TROPICAL CYCLONE BULLETIN NO. 1 INFORMATION MESSAGE NO. 1 Date: Tuesday September 17, 2019  Time: 11:42 local time Key Messages / Watches and warnings: -Tropical depression Ten (1250 mi ESE of Saba/Statia) will develop and is expected to move as a Hurricane …

Jerome Mathew, Philbert Ryner, both of the Public Works Department, and Head of Economic Affairs of the Public Entity Saba Dave Levenstone successfully completed an extensive weights and measurements training facilitated by the Radio Communications Agency (‘Agentschap Telecom’) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (EZK). The training took …

The Stichting Katholiek Onderwijs Saba Board of Sacred Heart School is exploring the possibility of a local Bachelor in Education course in co-operation with teacher training institute IPA (Instituto Pedagogico Arubano). Brief description local Bachelor of Education course program: • The language of instruction will be English • The course …

The Public Entity Saba organized a crisis management training on Thursday, September 12, with local authorities and members of the European Union Civil Protection Team EUCPT. During the so-called table top training, titled the Caribbean Coast Evacuation Saba, participants discussed the many logistic aspects that are involved in the event …

Invasive species specialist Pete Haverson from England is currently on Saba to help with the drafting of a goat controlling plan. Haverson, who arrived on Saba on Wednesday, September 11 and will stay on the island until Sunday, September 15, has been requested by the Public Entity Saba to assist …

Member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament At­tje Kuiken of the Labour Party PvdA is seeking clar­ity from the Dutch gov­ernment on the alarming report of the National Om­budsman about the severe poverty situation of many elderly persons in the Ca­ribbean Netherlands. Kuiken submitted written questions to State …

On Thursday September 12, a European Union Civil Protection Team (EU CPT) will be on Saba for a training in case of an emergency on the island. In the morning hours of September 12, the team members will be performing damage assessments during an exercise. They will be clearly visible, …

Elderly who live on or below the poverty threshold in the Caribbean Netherlands face several problems. They have too little money to cover their basic needs, there are too few (care) facilities and they do not know which ar­rangements they are eligible for. That is the conclusion of National Ombudsman …

Officials of the Caribbean Netherlands Health Insurance Office ZVK met with the Executive Council and Island Council on Monday, September 9, 2019. The future merger of ZVK with the Caribbean Netherlands Youth Care and Family Guardianship JGCN, the upcoming townhall meeting on Saba and logistical matters were discussed. ZVK Director …

“Sharing is caring” has been the ada­gio of the network in voca­tional education between St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba in the past three years. The network has already resulted in two inter-island conferences at which profes­sionals in vocational educa­tion shared their experiences and gained inspiration. The C-vet committee, con­sisting …

The Caribbean Netherlands once again recorded a rise in consumer purchasing power in 2017. With a median 2.6 percent increase, the highest gain was on St Eustatius. Mainly low-income households benefited there, due to the additional increase in minimum wages and social benefits in 2017. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this …

The Red Cross branch on Saba has a new board. Antonio Hughes and Janet Wilson welcomed three new members on the board. Mark Zagers joined as its treasurer, Marva Simmons as the new secretary and Gerald Simmons–de Jong as its new chairman. Hughes and Wilson will stay on as board …

On Tuesday, September 3 and Wednesday, September 4, some 20 employees of the Public Entity Saba took part in a short customer service course which focused on how to deal with difficult people and situations. The course, which covered two half days, was facilitated by Dr. Natasha Gittens and Catherine …