On Saturday, May 29, a total of 12 members of Dutch Defense, stationed in Curaçao, will be arriving on Saba via St. Eustatius by boat for the annual HUREX hurricane training exercise. During their visit, they will help to clean Spring Bay. On Saturday afternoon, the Defense group will assist …

The corona-virus crisis support package for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba will continue in the third quarter of 2021, the Dutch government decided on Thursday. From the point of depar­ture that a similar approach is taken for the Caribbean Netherlands, taking the local situation into account, the Dutch government is …

Twelve participants of the daycare, afterschool care, and kindergarten on Saba are taking part in a two-week HighScope training, provided by HighScope trainer Karalyn Huey from Michigan in the US. In January last year, the group participated in the first part of the training. In October 2020, part two of …

Both on Bonaire and on Saba, boys between the age of 11 and 18 are on average more likely to report being happy than girls. The main leisure activity of young people on Bonaire is gaming, while Saba’s youth also likes to spend time outdoors with friends. On both islands, …

Officers of the Caribbean Netherlands Police Force KPCN held a scheduled traffic control on J.Z. Ridge Road in Saba in the early afternoon hours of Mon­day, May 24. In total, 25 vehicles were checked for valid driver’s li­cences and vehicle insurance certificates. One driver received a warning and was given …

A record number of persons has signed up for this year’s Saba DOET on Friday, May 28 and Saturday, May 29, the annual ‘make-a-difference’ event where volunteers help out in the community. Non-profit organizations on Saba were encouraged earlier this year to register their project, and a good many did …

Good day residents of Saba, The new phased opening of the island is going well so far, but as with all new procedures, there will be things along the way that we need to monitor and adjust. Today, May 24th, Saban residents no longer have to purchase insurance when traveling …

The 2021 Book Week, an annual event organized by the Queen Wilhelmina Library, was officially opened at the Sacred Heart Primary School (SHS) on Monday morning, May 24 in the presence of students and invited guests. This year’s theme is “The readers of today are the healthy minds of tomorrow,” …

In the first quarter of 2021, con­sumer goods and services in Bonaire were 3.2 per cent cheaper than one year previously. Prices also decreased in St. Eustatius and Saba, by 4.1 per cent and 1.3 per cent year-­on-year, respectively, CBS reported on the basis of the con­sumer price index (CPI) …

On Monday, May 17, International Telecommunications Day, Saba’s telecommunications provider Satel NV, which celebrated its 45th anniversary, honored its former director and telecommunications pioneer Chester Zagers by naming its main building after him. Satel befittingly utilized the occasion of International Telecommunications Day and the customer appreciation day for the company’s …