Last week, Warner Bros, the renowned production company behind Discovery Channel’s iconic programming, was filming segments for the highly anticipated Shark Week, set to air this July. While the popular series has captivated audiences for over 35 years and highlighted many Caribbean destinations, this marks the first time it will …
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New Bus Stops in St. John’s and Hell’s Gate to be completed in Q2
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Inflation down on Bonaire, up on St Eustatius and Saba
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New Protection Code Provides Support for Domestic Violence
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Last week, Warner Bros was filming segments for Shark Week on Saba (Updated)
Last week, Warner Bros, the renowned production company behind Discovery Channel’s iconic programmin…
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Public Entity Saba Announces Increase in Water Tariffs
The Public Entity Saba informs the community that the temporary reduction in water prices for 2024, enabled by an additional subsidy from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, will conclude on January 31st, 2025. This subsidy was part of the Ministry’s 2024 purchasing power package for the Caribbean Netherlands, …
Read More »DUO to refund allowances not given from 2015-2023
Dutch study financing agency DUO has disclosed the amount that current and former students will be refunded for allowances that were not given under the loan system. This applies to those who were enrolled, for at least one year, in a college or university in the Netherlands between September 2015 …
Read More »Saba Electric announces the Jan-Jun 2025 tariffs
In accordance with the Electricity and Drinking Water BES Law, the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has set Saba Electric Company N.V. (SEC) ‘s new variable distribution tariff for January through June 2025. The variable distribution tariff has been set at 0.3797 USD/kWh and went into effect as of …
Read More »Clarification: only the bounty program for controlling the free-roaming goat poopulation ends on Jan 31st
The title of our recent article on the removal of free-roaming goats has caused some confusion. As explained in the article, it is actually only the bounty program that ends on Jan 31st. This means that local hunters will no longer be compensated for culling free-roaming goats after Jan 31st. …
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