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Saba’s school boards’ members resign after education inspection

All the members of Sa­ba’s two school boards have re­signed following a visit by Dutch government education inspectors April 9-16, according to state­ment issued by Saba’s Executive Council on Monday. This comes about four months after eleven staff members of Sacred Heart School (SHS) and Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) were …

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1.5 million Increase in Free Allowance for Saba

As of 2024, a total of 8.6 million euros have been structurally added to the free allowance of Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba, with 1.5 million going towards Saba. This proposal comes after research conducted by Ideeversa which revealed that over the years, the funding that the public entities have …

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Council of State: Recovery islands conceals weaknesses

The Dutch Council of State is critical about the strong economic recovery of Aruba, Bo­naire, Curacao, Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten as it argues that the islands depend too much on tour­ism. This was stated in the council’s annual report, published last week. In this 2023 report, the council …

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Saba Greens and Artisanal Treasures officially opened

Saba Reach Foundation (SRF) celebrated what it called the “evolution” of its social workplace and the launch of a new branch of the organisation when it officially opened the Saba Greens and Artisanal Treasures shop last week Friday. “With the opening of our new shop, we are not just creating …

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Culling of stray goats on Saba

Journalists Robert Slagt and Nynke Brandsma of the Dutch newspaper NRC wrote an article about the goat challenges on the Windward Islands. The article below describes their observations on Saba: The battle for the goat: ‘Maybe today was one of the last times we could hunt’ Goat hunting Stray goats …

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