Wednesday, February 17, was a special day for a Saba fam­ily with three minor children who were finally reunited after they won their appeal case filed against the Immigration Department’s denial of a residence permit for the father, Akeem Isiah Winston, their attor­ney Remco Stomp said. The father was raised in …

The Executive Council and the Saba Business Association (SBA) are again seeking attention for the shortcomings in the commercial banking facilities for Saba residents and businesses. The Executive Council on Monday, February 15 sent a letter to Minister of Finance Wopke Hoekstra, accompanied by the SBA letter. The SBA earlier …

The first batch of coronavirus COVID-19 vacci­nations for the Caribbean part of the kingdom left on a Royal Dutch Airlines KLM flight from Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport to Bonaire and Aruba on Tuesday. This is the start of a series of transports to the Dutch Carib­bean islands. Today, Wednesday, the first batch …

The Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) recently released its Disaster Risk Mitigation Manual to be used by the Park Management Organizations to lessen the impacts of weather-related disasters on nature protected areas. The Manual, developed by contractors Nature2 and Parks Work, is a result of the experiences had by the Park Management …

In 2020, all three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands recorded a year-on-year decrease in their goods trade deficit. St Eustatius saw the sharpest decline, followed by Bonaire and Saba. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) reports this based on newly released figures. The islands of the Caribbean Netherlands have structural trade deficits. This means …

The Dutch government last week de­cided to again extend the economic support and re­covery package for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. The measures of the so-called emergency package 4.0 for the Caribbean Netherlands will be valid until mid-2021. In a letter he sent to the Second Chamber of the Dutch …

The islands are ready: the necessary equipment is there, the staff has been trained, but nothing has been done yet in the Ca­ribbean part of the kingdom. “Due to a logistically com­plex operation,” the vaccines have still not been sent, the NOS reports. The Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and …

Update from Island Governor Jonathan Johnson. Vaccination starts February 22. Saba should receive the vaccines on Friday the 19th. From Monday the 22nd, we will start our week-long vaccination campaign. We have close to 1200 registered for the vaccine; I am happy with this as it shows we Saban’s have …

The Public Entity Saba had the recreational areas, the Johan Cruyff Court, and Princess Juliana’s sportsfield upgraded over the past four months. Saba Roads installed lights at the Johan Cruyff Court and the Public Works Department upgraded Princess Juliana’s Sportsfield with brand new basketball equipment and lined the court. “We …

It was a joyful event at ED. Roosevelt Airport in St. Eustatius on Sunday, February 14, when dialysis patients from St. Eu­statius and Saba disembarked from a chartered EZ Air air­craft. Many family members and friends were on hand to welcome the returning pa­tients after their absence of almost ten …