Chris Meijvogel

Chris Meijvogel

Dutch monitor rates for air traffic control

The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management “moni­tors” the rates of air traffic control in Curacao, as can be read in the updated Imple­mentation Agenda Aviation Memorandum of the ministry in the Netherlands. “Every year we check whether the tickets from Bonaire to Curacao are not rising too much. …

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State secretary lists measures to alleviate poverty on islands

Dutch State Secretary for King­dom Relations and Digi­tisation Alexandra van Huffelen said in a response to the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights that the organisation was right to be concerned about poverty in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, but in her letter she mostly listed the measures that The Hague is …

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Saba increases its liquidity position

The public entity Saba increased its liquidity position in 2022 to US $64.3 million by late December and booked a surplus of $1.4 million. Of this amount, $61.6 mil­lion is earmarked as special allowances from the Dutch government. This means that the public entity Saba has $2.7 million in freely …

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Saba to World Skills Talents competition

Two students of the Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) will be travelling to the Netherlands this weekend to participate in the finals of the World Skills Talents competition. Next Thursday, March 23, the students, Anthonio Suares and Dillon Diaz, will compete in the area of carpentry at the competition which will …

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Voting Bureau approves reports polling stations

The Voting Bureau Public Entity Saba came together on Thursday morning to check the reports (‘processen verbaal’) of the two polling stations ahead of the publication of the election results. The Voting Bureau found no discrepancies in the reports and subsequently approved them. Acting Island Governor Amelia Nicholson, as Chairperson …

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Handmade on Saba store officially open

The Handmade on Saba store officially opened its doors to the public on March 11. Handmade on Saba, located at the Breadline Plaza in Windwardside, is an artist collaboration that was established late 2023. Different artists and crafters came together to create a platform to teach and inspire, while also …

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WIPM 3 seats in Saba elections, PEP 2 seats

The Windward Islands People’s Movement (WIPM) of Bruce Zagers won Saba’s Island Council elections on Wednesday with three seats. The new Party for Progress, Equality and Prosperity (PEP) of Saskia Matthew secured two seats in the Island Council. In total, 1,040 valid votes were cast for the Island Council, of …

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Saba is ready for today’s elections

Saba is ready for the March 15 elections when the people will vote for a new Island Council and for the Electoral College. The two polling stations, one at the Sunny Valley Youth Center in The Bottom and one at Eugenius Johnson Center in Windward-side, were prepared on Tuesday afternoon. …

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Another successful SABA DOET

The 5th edition of SABA DOET 2023, an initiative of the Oranje Fonds with the support of the Saba Lions Club, on March 10 and 11 was a big success with 19 projects and some 270 volunteers helping to further improve and beautify Saba. There was a wide variety of …

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Sufficiently ready for disaster in Caribbean

Should the Caribbean part of the Kingdom be hit again by a (natural) disaster, the Netherlands is sufficiently prepared to assist, accord­ing to the Dutch Council of Ministers. The Rutte IV Cabinet discussed results of an investigation into the relief and reconstruc­tion effort in the Windward Islands after Hurricanes Irma …

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