Saba News News and Information from Saba Island, Dutch Caribbean

On March 2, the groundbreaking ceremony for the new St. John’s Gym and Technical Center took place in the presence of Commissioner Eviton Heyliger, staff and students at the Sacred Heart School and the Saba Comprehensive School, as well as representatives of Public Entity Saba. During the general assembly at …

Athletes from across the region took part Saturday morning in the annual Saba Triathlon, an event that once again combined sport with the island’s distinctive terrain and strong community involvement. Participants completed a course consisting of swimming, cycling and running across various parts of the island. Volunteers and local organizations …

Dutch coalition partner D66 is de­manding solutions for a structural lack of personnel in the police and law enforcement system on Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba (so-called BES). The questions follow a call from their Island Governors to the House of Representatives and the Senate of Parliament and the new …

Arrest for death threats On Thursday, the 26th of February, around 5:30 PM, a 36-year-old man with the initials J.C.W.was arrested at the police station on Samuel A. Charles Street on Saba. The suspect wasarrested for death threats. The investigation into this case is ongoing. KPCN

Public Entity Saba recently organized a co-creation session to collectively shape plans for spatial improvements in The Bottom. The discussions were grounded in the project’s scope, enhancing livability through spatial interventions, and informed by the recent questionnaire results and sessions at the L.I.F.E. center and The Spot. Participants, primarily residents …

Koninkrijksrelaties.nl reported the following: What concrete steps has the government taken or planned to better protect residents of the Caribbean Netherlands from crime, among other things? Member of Parliament Heera Dijk (D66) wants to know this from State Secretary for Kingdom Relations Eric van der Burg and Minister of Justice …

The new cabinet must take urgent measures to improve the safety of citizens on the BES islands. This is the message from the governors of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba in an urgent message addressed to the House of Representatives and the Senate. “The desired and acceptable level of legal …

Members of Saba’s Island Council will travel to Bonaire today to join the BES Island Council Summit. The BES Summit serves as a key platform for the three Public Entities to jointly discuss developments, legislative processes, and shared priorities affecting the islands. The Island Councils of Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and …

The Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) has launched the 2024 National Accounts Survey in the Caribbean Netherlands, as part of its annual business survey aimed at mapping economic developments on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. In the coming months, businesses across the three islands will be contacted to participate …

The Saba Conservation Foundation (SCF), in partnership with the Public Entity Saba and the Saba Foundation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, carried out a decisive invasive species management project to make progress in protecting the island’s unique native wildlife. Saba’s remarkable biodiversity, including globally significant red-billed tropicbird breeding …

The Education Executive Agency (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs, DUO) will visit the Caribbean region from 9 to 27 March to open temporary service desks and organise information sessions about student finance. During the visit, special attention will also be given to a new online tool developed by the government to help …

This week, Commissioner Eviton Heyliger visited Sint Eustatius to attend the symposium on the landscape and cultural heritage of Saba and Sint Eustatius, hosted by the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE). During the symposium, Commissioner Heyliger was presented with the first copy of the Landscape Biography of Saba …

Arrest for Public Drunkenness On Thursday 19 February at approximately 23:50, a 36-year-old man with the initials A.O.H.was arrested on Thais Hill Road on Saba. He was arrested on suspicion of public drunkennessand for failing to comply with a lawful order. The suspect was behaving disorderly and provoking a disturbance …

Caribbean authorities are preparing for another difficult sargassum season as an unusually large Atlantic belt of floating seaweed continues to build and push westward, with heavy accumulations already affecting parts of the Mexican Caribbean and raising concerns about widespread impacts across the region as spring turns into mid-summer. Scientific monitoring …

Saba and St. Eustatius are two small islands in the Caribbean. Within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, they share the status of “special municipality” together with Bonaire. The history of Saba and St. Eustatius goes back thousands of years, and much of this past can still be seen in the …