Today a meeting of the Island Council was scheduled to start at 2 pm. This meeting would be a follow-up to the meeting of the Central Committee that was held the previous day. For reasons he explained in an open letter to the Chairman of the Island Council (see below), …

On December 12th, 2022, the Minister of Justice and Security nominated Mr. Alwyn Braaf to the King to be appointed as the new Chief of Police of the KPCN. After careful selection, Mr. Braaf has been nominated for the position by the selection committee. Mr. Braaf has an extensive career …

Saba for the first time hosted an inter-island Netball Tournament on Friday, December 9, and Saturday, December 10, 2022, with the participation of St. Eustatius and St. Maarten. Saba’s netball team, the Saba Aces, welcomed two teams from St. Eustatius and St. Maarten at the Queen Juliana Sports Field for …

Everyone in the Netherlands is entitled to a bank account. Well, almost everyone. Banks are withdrawing on a large scale from the Dutch municipalities Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba. The last one is Rabobank. The proceeds would no longer outweigh the hassle that banking in the tropical Netherlands entails. Rabobank …

The Public Entity Saba has decided to intensify the bounty period to tackle free-roaming goats by using local capacity. This is Phase 2 of the bounty period. The decision to intensify the bounty period was made after a review of the first two phases of the goat project. The project …

The results of the Saba Tourism Master Plan 2023-2028 were presented to the tourism partners and the community during two individual sessions on Thursday, December 8. The elaborate document named three top priorities: increase accessibility to Saba, ensure resources for the Tourist Office and raise tourism awareness among the local …

From Emancipation to Awareness was the title of a most interesting lecture about Saba’s slavery past and the emancipation process, presented by a representative of the Saba Archeological Center (SABARC) Vito Charles on Wednesday evening, December 7. Charles spoke about the slavery times on Saba and its impact, the resistance …

Dutch residents will be allowed to vote again on the 15th of March, 2023 for candidates for the electoral colleges for the First Chamber in the Caribbean Netherlands. This is on the same day as the Island Council elections on Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. In 2023, the Dutch in …

New streetlights were installed in the Hell’s Gate Guts this week as part of the streetlights project of the Public Entity Saba to improve road safety. On Wednesday evening, December 7, the streetlights came on for the first time in an area that had been unlit until now. The materials …