Many of you know that we currently have clusters of cases affecting the Saba Comprehensive School and Daycare. We understand that this may be worrying for many, but let us remember that we are a highly vaccinated and boosted population. (The vaccine and booster help to protect against severe disease …

The unique natural world of the Caribbean part of the Kingdom plays the leading role in a special cinema film entitled WOW!. This was announced during the SMILE event at the University of Sint Maarten at a press conference by 360º of Innovation from Aruba and M&N Media Group from …

The Public Entity Saba announced the upcoming renovation and upgrade to the Government Administration Building. Initially, the roof will be repaired, followed by excavation work to create additional workspaces. They constitute the red elements in the drawing. More work will follow, that will be announced in due course. The phased …

Hotel, bar and restaurant Scout’s Place in Windwardside, Saba is a unique establishment, with a long and rich history. It is well-known and loved by both locals and tourists. Following the acquisition in 2020, we have now completed the renovation and reconstruction design process with services from St. Maarten-based consultants. …

Last week representatives of the Public Entities, school boards, trade unions and the educational staff of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba signed a new employment conditions agreement. It has been laid down in the new agreement that salaries were raised by 4.2%. This pay rise will come into effect retroactively on …

The Second Chamber of the Dutch Parlia­ment finds it important the thirty­million-euro structural envelope that the new Dutch government is allocating for the Caribbean Netherlands is spent in consulta­tion with the public entities Bo­naire, St. Eustatius and Saba to the benefit of the people on the islands. This became clear …

A four-person delegation of the Public Entity Saba paid a visit to the Municipality Alkmaar on Monday, March 21. Saba and Alkmaar already have a good working relationship and this visit served to further strengthen these ties. Focal areas during the one-day visit were organizational development and several projects in …

Minister for Climate, Rob Jetten, intends to take ‘substantial steps’ to make electricity production on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba largely more sustainable. He writes that today to the Second Chamber: In this letter, I first inform your Chamber about the reason for and the core of the TNO advice …

As of February, the Caribbean Netherlands Tax Authority (“Belas­tingdienst”) BCN started sending out invitations for taxpayers in the Carib­bean Netherlands islands of Saba, St. Eustatius and Bonaire to file tax returns. This year, the tax return must be submitted to the tax authorities no later than May 16. Online declaration …

Dutch State Secretary of Kingdom Relations and Digitisa­tion Alexandra van Huffe­len shares the view of the Netherlands Human Rights Council that the differences in the protection of human rights between the Neth­erlands and the Caribbean Netherlands must be elimi­nated as much as possible. The state secretary wrote this on Tuesday …