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Nurse Kenrick Lake asks the Doctors frequently asked questions that came forward from the questionnaire. If you have any further questions please call Saba’s COVID-19 Hotline (+599) 416 5373 View the interview The Saba Health Care Foundation will also be hosting a town hall meeting soon to answer any questions …

Because of the number of positive cases of COVID-19 in Bonaire, the public entity Saba moved that island from medium-risk to high-risk status. This means mandatory testing and ten-day quarantining for everyone coming from Bonaire, Island Governor Jonathan John­son said in a COVID-19 update on Thursday, January 7. Presently there …

We see that numbers are spiking again around us.  At the same time vaccinations have started in the different countries. This year still will not be a normal year, but we can have more hope for normalcy and perspective now. Because of the number of positive cases on Bonaire we …

Vaccina­tion of the population in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba cannot be done be­fore mid-February, accord­ing to Dutch Minister of Public Health, Welfare and Sport Hugo de Jonge. Mid-February is the fast­est achievable timeframe in which people can be vacci­nated against COVID-19, stated the minister during a plenary debate in …

During the annual consultation with the Caribbean part of the Kingdom, Ingrid van Engelshoven, the Minister of Education, Culture and Science, has announced that more than 7 million euros has been awarded to two projects within the NWO program Caribbean Research: a Multidisciplinary Approach. In this funding round, the emphasis …

Press release Public Entity Saba: There has been some misinformation with regards to volcanic activity on Saba, circulating on social media. This serves to clarify that the photo distributed was taken on 13 March 2020, describing a dead patch of vegetation about 35 feet wide on top of Mount Scenery. …

In January 2021 the online services of the Belastingdienst Caribisch Nederland move to MijnCN: the online platform for official services in the Caribbean Netherlands, which was announced earlier.  (www.belastingdienst-cn.nl) In this press release, it is outlined what users of the online services of the BCN can expect in the time …

J.C.J.C. (24) was arrested on Peak Street in Saba in the early afternoon hours of New Year’s Day, Friday, January 1, 2021, for assault. The male suspect had hit a man in his mouth with a bottle of whiskey. The victim sustained injuries, the Ca­ribbean Netherlands Police Force KPCN said …

The Foundation for Catholic Education Saba (SKOSABA), which is governing the Sacred Heart School, is recruiting board members. The mission statement of the Sacred Heart School is: To empower each child Intellectually, emotionally, socially, culturally, physically and spiritually in an environment conducive to self-motivated learning. The child will develop to …