The Chamber of Commerce of St. Eustatius and Saba wants to actively assist in setting up a direct airline service between Colombia and St. Eustatius, with onward service to Saba, and to get a shipping company interested in transporting goods from the South American country and the Windward Islands. St. …

The first Legal Desk opening in Windwardside on February 23rd was a success with a good turnout of eight people. Nathalie Tackling, a legal professional from St. Maarten who runs the Saba Legal Desk, has already received requests from seven people for an appointment at the next Legal Desk opening …

On Thursday, March 7, the Public Entity Saba bade farewell to Margaret Child as she began her well-deserved retirement. Margaret served as Day Care Manager on Saba for the last 23 years and began working there when the facility opened in October 1996, then called the Care Bears Day Care …

The Public Entity Saba is progressing in the area of sustainability within the government organization, but there are still areas with room for improvement. Tom van Haaren, architect specialized in sustainability in a built environment, arrived at that conclusion during his five-month stay on Saba as trainee. Van Haaren looked …

A small delegation from the Public Entity Saba attended the 39th annual Heineken Regatta in St. Maarten last week to promote Saba as a tourist destination. Desiree Johnson of the Saba Tourism Bureau and policy advisor of the Public Entity Saba Nicole Johnson hosted a booth at the Heineken Regatta …

The decision to start with charter flights directly from Saba to St. Maarten vise versa as of March 4th stems from grievances filed by both our insured clients, as well as the medical practitioners on Saba and St. Maarten regarding the frequently occurring situation of non-availability of seats on Winair.  …

Subsidised flights between the islands seems the only way to guarantee reliable air transport within the Dutch Caribbean. This can be deduced from a report by the Social Economic Research SEO unit at the University of Amsterdam on the problematic air connec­tions in this part of the Kingdom of the …

The Public Entity Saba laments the fact that it has not been informed beforehand about two important decisions of the Caribbean Netherlands Health Insurance Office ZVK that have an impact on the Saba people in regards to the transport of patients on island and off island. The Saba Government was …

As of now entrepreneurs can file their General Expenditure Tax (ABB) and Payroll taxes (LH) online  The Belastingdienst/CN has now digitised this tax return process and this has some major advantages for entrepreneurs. Simpler process The process is simpler, quicker and less prone to errors both for  the entrepreneurs and …

The issue of falling rocks as a result of erosion, in particular the Fort Bay Road, has the attention of Commissioner of Public Works and Infrastructure Bruce Zagers. Considering the importance of the Fort Bay Road for the accessibility of the harbor, Zagers said on Monday that an expert will …

Wa­geningen University in the Neth­erlands recently published an alarming report on the threat­ened natural resources in Bo­naire, Saba and St. Eustatius. Dutch Caribbean Nature Alli­ance (DCNA), together with lo­cal park organizations, urge the islands and the Dutch govern­ment to take measures to save nature above and below water. Loss of …

  This report in the CBS series Statistische Trends presents the labour market situation for the inhabitants of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St Eustatius and St Maarten, in the age group 15 to 74 years. How many people are in paid work on the islands and how high is the …

Three artists from Saba will be travelling to Curaçao this month to participate at the Plein Air Festival 2019, with the financial support of the Prince Bernhard Cultural Fund Dutch Caribbean and the Saba Lions Club. Heleen Cornet, Mary Thielman and Angelita Peterson were invited to take part in the …

“Right now is a great and important time in history to do everything possible to help forge a more gender-balanced world. Women have come a long way, yet there’s still more to be achieved.” Visit www.internationalwomensday.com. The International Women’s Day website is the go-to hub for everything IWD and provides …

When calculating the allowance for living on their own AOV beneficiaries in the Caribbean Netherlands, eligible from 1 January 2020, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment made a mistake. Last week, State Secretary Tamara van Ark announced that the surcharge on Bonaire will be $ 116 per two weeks, …