Children and their parents this week are taking part in a fun-filled program of the Children’s Rights Week which is organized on Saba every year in November. This year’s theme is: Reimagine a better future for every child. The annual Children’s Rights Week started on Monday, November 15 with the …

There might be some challenges with the hydroponics farm, but Jim Garza of Gezondheid Farms keeps working diligently to make this project a success, keeping the focus on developing an intensive horticulture greenhouse facility that will feed many families on Saba.  “I am committed to seeing this through.” With funding …

The Saba Lions Club on Wednesday, November 17, donated a set of dictionaries to secondary education students of the Saba Comprehensive School (SCS). Saba Unspoiled Leo’s Club President Vernisha Robinson, Secretary Kimson Guerrier, and Leo Advisor Lion Mary Thielman met a group of students of form 1 and ‘praktijk onderwijs’ …

The Daily Herald reports that a diver has gone missing off the coast of Saba since Monday, No­vember 15. It concerns a 70-year-old woman from the United States who was visiting Saba as a tourist. The Police Force Carib­bean Netherlands KPCN received notice of a miss­ing diver on Monday. “At …

In October, Child Focus, in collaboration with Saba Conservation Foundation (SCF) and St. Eustatius National Parks Association (STENAPA), organized a trip for children of Saba’s Junior Rangers and Snorkel Club to Statia . On October 15, a group of 38 children, accompanied by coordinators, parents and teen volunteers, went to …

The Carib­bean Netherlands Police Force KPCN has partially ex­ecuted the recommendations of the National Ombudsman with regard to the handling of complaints by citizens. KPCN has executed five of the 10 recommendations of the report that National Ombudsman Reinier van Zutphen published in Febru­ary 2021, titled “Handling of Complaints by …

As of Wednesday, November 17, the Netherlands will be upscaled to the very high-risk category due to the high number of COVID-19 infections in that country. This means that there will be additional measures for travelers arriving from this destination, the Public Entity Saba announced on Tuesday. Placing the Netherlands …

Member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament Jorien Wuite of the Democratic Party D66 wants to know if there was any coordination between the ministries in The Hague about the logis­tics of the new ferry service between St. Maarten, St. Eustatius, Saba and St. Kitts. The Member of …

The Saba Island Council last week sent a letter to the Ministry of Justice and Security (JenV) in The Hague to ask for exploration in the Caribbean Netherlands to harmonize the soft drugs policy and regulations so they are in line with the rest of the Netherlands. The Opium Act …

Member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament Aukje de Vries of the liberal democratic party VVD is seeking clarity on the delay of the new ferry service between St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba. The Member of Parliament (MP) sent questions to no fewer than two ministers and …

The Netherlands is pressing ahead with what prime minister Mark Rutte has described as ‘a short, sharp shock’ to drastically reduce contacts between people and hopefully limit the spread of coronavirus. The new rules come after the number of new infections in the Netherlands soared to over 16,000 a day …

The Island Council on Wednesday, November 10, adopted an island ordinance granting the Island Governor special powers to protect public safety on Saba. The law regulates four special powers: camera surveillance, administrative detention, security risk area, and an area ban. The power to implement camera surveillance in a public place …

Arrest for driving under influence In the afternoon hours on Thursday, 11th of November, two men were arrested for failing to comply with police claims and for driving under the influence on Airport Road on Saba. It concerns a 45-year-old man with the initials S.B.v. H. and a 60-year-old man …

The Landsloterij team travelled to The Bot­tom in Saba for a one-minute grocery run. On October 31, Landsloterij surprised the winner of the eleventh drawing of the year 2021, Ewald E. Sumter, with a minute of free shopping. Sumter’s daughter, Marit­za M. Riley, rolled through Unique Supermarket in Windwardside, pushing the …