Dear Editor, I just watched with great pleasure the video on YouTube of Cheryl Hernandez with Commissioner Bruce Zagers about the new harbor project on Saba to realize a real marina. How wonderful it is that Saba can finally be visited with your own motor or sailing yacht that can …
Read More »Opinion: Urgent concerns regarding school board negligence and mismanagement
Dear Editor, I am writing this letter anonymously to bring attention to the alarming issues surrounding the current state of affairs at Saba Comprehensive School and Sacred Heart School on Saba. It is with a heavy heart that I express my concerns about the apparent lack of oversight from the …
Read More »Opinion: An ominous cloud hangs over the educational system on Saba
Dear Editor, In the heart of Saba, a pressing concern grips the community as the education system faces tumultuous times. Over the past two months, Sacred Heart School and Saba Comprehensive School have witnessed disruptions due to the negligence of the now-resigned School Boards Executive Director. However, his lingering influence …
Read More »Opinion: School Boards’ rampant incompetency continues
Dear Editor, please allow me some space in your news cycle. Good governance needs proper checks and balances. The utter lack of this at the Sacred Heart School and Saba Comprehensive School’s upper echelons has become very much apparent. The Executive Director has resigned, and it seems that the Supervisory …
Read More »Letter to the Editor: Music more important than English on Saba
Dear Editor, The Hispanic and Latino people on Saba most were not born here. We come here. We not illegal. We are residents. We have papers. We pay taxes. We work hard and we love Saba. I know English to write this letter but our children in the schools do …
Read More »Opinion: The drama of the transfer from WIB bank to MCB – Bonaire
Dear Editor, It is since November 1st that the transition took place from the accounts of all clients of Windward Islands Bank Ltd on Saba and Statia to Maduro & Curiel’s Bank Bonaire. This transition and especially the way it has been carried out has disrupted the life of many …
Read More »Opinion: SabaElectric has some great plans for the future.
Dear Editor, SabaElectric is planning to support the introduction of the generation of more renewable energy on Saba. Their plans were communicated to the community through three townhall meetings in The Bottom, Windwardside, and Hell’s Gate. The events were streamed on Facebook so that the world, including me, could learn …
Read More »Opinion: Modernization or pacifier?
Dear Editor, The social security system of the Netherlands is aimed at guaranteeing (a sufficient degree of) subsistence security for its inhabitants. However, there is a different system in the Dutch Caribbean than in the European Netherlands. It is sad but true: the system of the Dutch Caribbean is not …
Read More »Opinion: Hemmie van Xanten reflects on the recent mission of the Island Council to The Netherlands
Dear Editor, It is good to be back on Saba after two weeks of meeting your family and friends, official meetings, unofficial meetings, and the VNG congress. It is always great to see the relationship that has been established over the years with politicians who have become your counterpart. Entering …
Read More »Opinion: ARAWAK Hotel welcomes visitors and guests from May 6th
Letter to the Editor: Dear People of Saba, It was a pleasure working hand in hand with the local community, our Saba Government, and Island Counsels. With the encouragement of our friends here in Saba we started the hotel project two and half years ago, overcame pandemic delays, and successfully …
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