Saba Electric Com­pany NV (SEC) is celebrat­ing its tenth year as a stand­alone electricity company, after being officially divided from NV GEBE on January 1, 2014. To mark the occasion, an official ceremony and gath­ering for the public was hosted outside SEC’s main office in The Bottom last Friday. SEC …

St. Maarten and Saba’s vibrant Caribbean culture, cre­ativity, and craftsmanship took centre stage during the first-ever Beer, Art and Music (BAM) Festival held at the Seaview Beach Hotel on January 19 and 20. The event, organised to showcase the best of locally made products and island talent, featured an impres­sive …

From Monday, January 29 to Saturday, February 3, a team from the Dutch Nation­al Ombudsman and the Om­budsman for Children will once again visit St. Eusta­tius and Saba. Here, they will hold walk-in sessions with residents, who are welcome to drop by free of charge with any questions or complaints …

The site Koninkrijksrelaties reports that the BES summit on Sint Maarten has turned out to be a complete fiasco for the delegation of Bonaire. After 3 long days of meetings, the delegations of St. Eustatius and Saba refused to sign the final declaration prepared by Bonaire. The more than 20 …

Sacred Heart School teachers posing for a photo after receiving their certificates. More than twenty teachers from Sacred Heart School (SHS), Saba Com­prehensive School (SCS) and Expertise Center Edu­cation Care EC2 received certificates last Monday for completing a training pro­gramme on inclusive edu­cation. The programme, facilitat­ed by trainers Lilian Feller …

On January 17, 2024, Form 2A of Saba Comprehensive School visited our Waste Facility to express their gratitude to the diligent staff through the presentation of Tokens of Appreciation. The visit was attended by Roxanne Simmons, Patrick Hassell, and a select team of dedicated personnel who were on duty. During …

Join us on Monday, January 29 at 7:00 PM for a town hall meeting about: What does the Kadaster do? Discover how our registrations of properties ensure legal security and facilitate decision-making. Representatives of the Kadaster will be present to answer any questions about the registrations. We look forward to …

Most retirees with pensions from the Ca­ribbean Netherlands Pension Fund PCN will receive their payments before this week­end, said PCN Chairman Harald Linkels on Thursday. There had been recent grumblings among PCN re­tirees, mostly in Bonaire, after the fund published a notice that payments this month would be on January …

Caribbean Netherlands Pension Fund PCN has indexed the pension plans of retirees and active partici­pants by 1.7 per cent as of January 1. This was announced in a press release on Thursday. “With this, the fund fully compensates participants and retirees for the increased cost of living between Septem­ber 2022 …

Dutch Members of Parliament (MPs) question the equal treatment of citizens in the Netherlands in terms of the increase of fuel tax on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. This be­cause the Ministry of Finance has agreed not to increase the fuel tax in the European Netherlands for 2024, whereas that …