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 …
Read More »Relief for tourism and hospitality sectors
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 …
Read More »“Island(er)s at the Helm” awarded with funding from the NWO Caribbean Research program
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 …
Read More »SABA COMPREHSNIVE SCHOOL CONCLUDES INFORMATION SESSIONS ABOUT TERTIARY EDUCATION
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 …
Read More »1,000 Sabans registered for COVID vaccination
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 …
Read More »Clyde van Putten: Saba and Statia need to be on Winair’s Supervisors board
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 …
Read More »Statia’s Island Council pushes for more airlift among BES islands
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, …
Read More »Funding for children’s activities at the library
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 …
Read More »‘Winair in principle a healthy company’
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 …
Read More »Update from Island Governor Jonathan Johnson, February 4, 2021
Update from Island Governor Jonathan Johnson, February 4, 2021 GIS.
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