State Secretary of Social Affairs and Labor Tamara van Ark and Commissioner of Social Affairs Rolando Wilson on Wednesday launched the pilot project to increase cooperation between the Public Entity Saba and the Social Affairs and Labor SZW unit of the National Government Department RCN. The agreement entails that for …

People born in the former Netherlands Antilles and Aruba and migrants partly choose other residential areas in St. Eustatius and Saba. Among migrants there is a difference in residential area preference between migrants from Europe and North America, and migrants from Central and South America. This is evidenced by the latest …

State Secretary of Social Affairs and Labor Tamara van Ark arrived on Saba Tuesday afternoon, June 25. On Wednesday morning, June 26, the State Secretary will visit the Sacred Heart Primary School for the school breakfast. After that she will go to the construction site of the Under the Hill …

Departing Commander of the Royal Dutch Marechaussee in the Dutch Caribbean Lt. Colonel Hans Vroegh and the incoming Commander Lt. Colonel Roland Scheltens visited Saba on Tuesday, June 25. Island Governor Jonathan Johnson received the Commanders at the Government Administration Building. Scheltens will officially succeed Vroegh per July 1. Vroegh …

The Island Council of Saba has provided an update on its recent working visit to the Netherlands where the delegation, consisting of Island Council Members Eviton Heyliger, Vito Charles, Hemmie van Xanten, Carl Buncamper and Esmeralda Johnson, and Island Registrar Akilah Levenstone attended a number of meetings and a large …

The Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has established the maximum rates for the distribution of electricity in the Caribbean Netherlands that come into force on July 1st, 2019. Saba For Saba the variable usage rate drops from 0.3516  of USD/kWh to 0.3278  USD/kWh. For the consumption of an average …

As part of the annual hurricane exercise HUREX, the Royal Netherlands Navy vessel HMS Pelikaan visited Saba on Monday, June 24. A group of 13 people of the so-called Rapid Infra Assessment Team explored the island and made an assessment of all possible infra-related structures. Also, a group of new …

Disaster Management Advisor Pauline Kauffmann of the Public Entity Saba attended the National Conference on Crisis Management in the Netherlands last week. Kauffmann, who started her new job on Saba in May this year, attended several workshops at the conference, which was officially opened by Minister of Justice and Security …

For the last five days, two independent researchers from Bonaire have been on St. Eustatius to find out what people thought of the information campaign prior to the European elec­tion last month. Given that for example on Statia voter turnout was less than nine per cent of registered vot­ers, feedback …

Dear Saba, The long wait is over and its official! Saba has a fully operational dental clinic right here on Saba! We are pleased to announce the grand opening of Brilliant Dental Care, a fully functional dentist office located at the Breadline Plaza on Saba. Brilliant Dental Care is ready …

Princess Juliana International Airport, will be offering high-speed Wi-Fi internet again for its passengers. Operations with Microtech Pro. The Wi-Fi is expected to be ‘up & running’ in about 6 weeks time. As Wi-Fi connectivity becomes increasingly important to the world-class travelers at the Princess Juliana International Airport – SXM, …

An installation ceremony for the incoming officers of the Saba Lions Club was held at Eugenius Johnson Centre in Windwardside on Tuesday. Lion Mary Thielman, who has been an active member of the club for the past four years, was elected Club President for 2019-2020. Lion Xiomara Coffie was elected …

~~Annual report: 900 cases filed in 2018~~ The Prosecutor’s Office of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba works increasingly and intensively with other par­ties to increase the effect of punitive intervention and to reinforce government action as a whole. The realisation of the Bo­naire Integral Safety Policy is an example of …

State Secretary Knops (Interior and Kingdom Relations) and State Secretary Van Ark (Social Affairs and Employment) will pay a working visit to St.  Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius from June 25th till 27th . The visit of State Secretary Knops on June 25th and 26th is dedicated to concrete results. …

From now on the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) will carry out the supervision of electricity and drinking water in the Caribbean from the European Netherlands. In the past years, the ACM worked with two employees in the Caribbean Netherlands on defining this supervision. Frequent consultations took place with …