A volcanic eruption doesn’t suddenly happen: usually it is a process that evolves over a longer period of time which is accompanied by signals of the volcano’s increased activity. Volcanologist Elske de Zeeuw-Van Dalfsen of the Royal Netherlands Institute for Meteorology (KNMI) explains why people on Saba don’t have to …

Businesses in the hospitality and tourism sector will get additional relief from the Public Entity Saba for the period April through December 2020. The entrepreneurs don’t have to pay the various fees to the government that are normally due. The Executive Council recently decided to waive a number of local …

On January 7th Minister van Engelshoven of Education, Culture and Science of The Netherlands announced that the project Island(er)s at the Helm: Co-creating sustainable and inclusive solutions for social adaptation to climate challenges in the (Dutch) Caribbean is one of two projects awarded with funding from the NWO Caribbean Research …

In an effort to improve the quality and increase participation in school, the Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) reached out to its students, parents, staff members, school board, and the wider community to seek feedback on a variety of school related topics. This newly formed body is called the School Advisory …

So far, some 1,000 residents have registered for vaccination against the coronavirus COVID-19, Island Governor Jonathan Johnson said in an update. Based on communication from the Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport in the Netherlands, Saba will receive the vaccines next week. The Outbreak Management Team (OMT) and Saba …

Former PLP leader and Island Council member Clyde van Putten feels that St. Eustatius and Saba need to have a seat on Winair’s supervisory board. Van Putten made his remarks in reaction to the news that he had, as only Statia’s Island Council member, voted against a motion on Thursday …

The airlift -or better said the lack thereof- between Statia and its surrounding islands was a hot item in Thursday’s Island Council meeting on Statia. During the meeting, questions were also raised about the financial support provided to Winair by The Netherlands. “I heard the transport manager say last week, …

The Executive Council has approved funding to continue the after-school activities at the Queen Wilhelmina Library in The Bottom. Also approved was the funding for the annual Spelling Bee and the Book Week. The reading program, homework support, math support, and the Dutch, English, and Spanish classes can now continue …

An objec­tive assessment has shown that Windward Islands Air­ways International Winair is in principle a healthy company, but the conse­quences of the COVID-19 pandemic caused the air­line to have financial prob­lems. Dutch Minister of In­frastructure and Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen and State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations …

Update from Island Governor Jonathan Johnson, February 4, 2021     GIS.