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Tender for construction of Black Rocks harbor is published

Today the tender for the construction of Black Rocks Harbor on Saba was published on TenderNed. At the end of October, the Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management granted the permit for the operation and construction of the new harbor. The permit was available for public inspection until early December. …

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BES islands will receive BSN and login digital government

The Council of Ministers, on the proposal of State Secretary Van Huffelen (Kingdom Relations and Digitalisation), has endorsed the bill to introduce the Citizen Service Number (BSN) and digital government login tools in Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba. The law aims to strengthen the digital government and society in the …

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Empowering Saba’s Residents through Mango Tree Grafting

On Friday, December 15 and Saturday, December 16, the Public Entity Saba’s reforestation project hosted its first mango tree grafting class as part of the local food production component of the project. The goal of this class was to inspire and empower island residents to start producing their food by …

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Most important 2024 changes in governmental taxes

Since the 10th of October 2010, the islands Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba are known as the Caribbean Netherlands and are public entities of the Netherlands. Since this new constitutional status, the Dutch government is responsible for taxation and fiscal policy. Therefore, a new tax system was introduced in 2011, …

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13 students receive English certificates

Saba Reach Foundation handed out certificates on Wednes­day to thirteen students who completed English language courses offered by the local non-profit or­ganisation. Seven passed the foun­dation’s Al-level English course and another six passed the B1-level Eng­lish course. The 12-week courses were taught by Allan Carolina this year. Dur­ing the certification cer­emony, …

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