The Public Entity Saba has contracted the Dutch engineering firm Witteveen+Bos (W+B) to further assist in the preparatory works to construct a new harbor at Black Rocks and the upgrading works at Fort Bay Harbor. W+B will assist with the remaining reference design activities and the preparation of the tender …

On November 22, the Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Sport (VWS) launched an internet consultation on the proposed Besluit maatschappelijk ondersteuning en bestrijding huiselijk geweld en kindermishandeling BES (Social Support and Combating Domestic Violence and Child Abuse BES Decree). There are currently no regulations regarding assistance and support for people …

Some 80 sports enthusiasts took place in the second edition of the annual Saba Strongest competition at the Johan Cruyff Court on Thursday, December 1. This year, there were more teams, more individual participants, a new segment, and added elements. A well-received addition this year was the Power Hour, a …

Saba Cares and the St. Eustatius Health Care Foundation (SEHCF) have both joined the Dutch Caribbean Hospital Alliance (DCHA) as a member. The DCHA was officially established in June 2022 with the hospitals of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, and St. Maarten. Recently, Saba and St. Eustatius joined as medical centers. Joining …

The Saba Tourist Bureau, in collaboration with the Rosen College of Hospitality Management in Florida, will be presenting the Saba Tourism Master Plan 2023-2028 to the tourism partners and to residents in two separate events on Thursday, December 8. The Tourism Master Plan will be presented to the stakeholders in …

The prefab units of the Laura Linzey Day Care Center (LLDCC) were recently officially opened. Island Governor Jonathan Johnson, BES(t) 4 Kids project leader Rosa Johnson, Daycare Manager Tessa Alexander, project coordinator Esther van Woudenberg, caretaker Samuela Charles, and a few children were present at the ribbon cutting. The ribbon …

By 2030, the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands (Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba) are expected to count a total population of 31.8 thousand. This is 15 per cent more than in 2022. Just as in 2022, over half of the population will have been born either in the Caribbean Netherlands …

Forty participants on Saturday morning December 3 took on the strenuous task of running or walking from Cove Bay to the top of Mount Scenery in the annual Sea to Scenery race. The group gathered shortly after 6:30 am at Cove Bay to receive their racing number and to listen …

Since 2018 Wageningen University & Research and Carmabi cooperate in bringing together historical and recent data on vegetation composition and plant species distribution on the six Dutch Caribbean islands. Plant observations from this CACTUS database are now online available through the Dutch Caribbean Biodiversity Database (DCBD) website http://speciesdistribution.dcbd.nl.  A lot …