Saba News News and tourist information from Saba Island, Dutch Caribbean
Additional closing of Government Offices 2022
November 30, 2022
Police report of Friday, the 25th of November until Wednesday, the 30th of November 2022
Fight with wounded persons On Saturday, the 26th of November, a brawl took place at an entertainment…
November 30, 2022
Island Council Members visit Bonaire & Curaçao hospitals
During their working visit to Bonaire and Curaçao from Thursday, November 17 to Wednesday, November …
November 30, 2022
Successful 2022 Saba Children’s Rights Week
Saba celebrated the 2022 Children’s Rights Week from November 19 to 25 November with a program packe…
November 29, 2022
Saba’s Memory Trail or The Composite of Time: A collaborative public project with artist Sara Ramo for the new fire station.
The island of Saba keeps countless stories among its people, of past and present times intertwine. P…
November 29, 2022
Opinion: The drama of the transfer from WIB bank to MCB – Bonaire
Dear Editor, It is since November 1st that the transition took place from the accounts of all client…
Recent News
Subsidy for support Caribbean students and starters on the labour market
The WeConnect foundation will receive an annual subsidy until 2027, for the support of Caribbean students and starters on the labour market. In 2023, it concerns an amount of about 200,000 euros. The Netherlands is making this amount available through the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, to help …
Read More »Saba comes down a peg or two: “the complaints about ZJCN were perhaps too sharply formulated”
The letter from the Executive Council of Saba about dissatisfaction among the population about the functioning of the VWS branch in the Caribbean Netherlands ZJCN does not seem to have been well received in The Hague. State Secretary Maarten van Ooijen apparently finds it important to recall in a letter …
Read More »Amounts minimum wage and social benefits in the Caribbean Netherlands as of the 1st of January 2023
As of the 1st of January 2023, the minimum wage and all benefits in the Caribbean Netherlands will increase. The Minister for Poverty Policy, Participation and Pensions announced the concrete amounts today. The minimum wage will be increased by 18.2 percent on Bonaire, 14.3 percent on St. Eustatius and 15.0 …
Read More »Program Saba Day 2022
