The number of COVID-19 infections in the Dutch Caribbean went down in the week August 19 to 25, except for St. Maarten, according to the Netherlands Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM. In its weekly update, released on Friday, the RIVM reported that in the week of August …

Tropics Café in Windwardside was the venue of a well-attended event, jointly hosted by Tropics Café / Juliana’s Hotel and the Saba Conservation Foundation (SCF). The evening started with a presentation on the new “Visual Identity” of the foundation. According to Managing Director, Kai Wulf, after more than 30 years, …

Searches were conducted at a property in The Bottom and another in Zion’s Hill in Saba on Wednesday morning, Au­gust 25, in connection with an ongoing fraud investigation. Under the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, the National Detectives (“Rijksrecher­che”) have, for some time, been …

The more careful handling of victims, in particular victims of sexual offences, was central during a theme day organised by the Office of the Attorney General of Curaçao, St. Maarten, Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba OM Carib. Partners within the judicial chain of the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of …

A water leak at the Government Administra­tion Building in The Bot­tom led to a closure of the facility. The water leak occurred Tuesday in the server room at the Government Administration Building. As a re­sult, the network had to be turned off so as to not burn the equipment and …

The renovated Saba Tourist Bureau in Windward-side was officially reopened on Sunday. “Farewell” was said to former Director of Tourism Glenn Holm at the event and his successor Ma­linda Hassell was welcomed. There was much praise and many words of thanks for Holm, who retired re­cently after a career of …

July 31st – August 7th, 2021 – For the first time on the Saba Bank, an expedition team was able to successfully assess the shark diversity by attaching five satellite tags and confirming pregnancy stages by ultrasound of two species of sharks. This research advancement resulted in assessing 56 sharks, …

An update from Island Governor Jonathan Johnson for August 24th As you know, on May 1st, we began reducing some measures and opening up the island little by little. After being in our own bubble for over a year, with very restrictive travel measures, these more relaxed measures are something …

On Thursday, August 26 at 6 pm sharp, the SBA will hold its Annual General Meeting and election of the Board. All members of the SBA are invited to attend and postulate themselves for a position on the board if they so wish. The past year has been a tumultuous …

As part of the Nature and Environment Policy Plan for the Caribbean Netherlands, the Public Entity Saba continues to remove free-roaming goats for its goat control project. The method to remove free-roaming goats is through shooting. For this, the Public Entity Saba has appointed invasive species experts, Mr. Peter Haverson …