The Public Health Department of the Public Entity Saba in collaboration with Kemaul Lee from FIT with Lee Last week restarted the healthy lifestyle program “Healthy Choices, Happy Kids“ for the Sacred Heart Primary School. The program, which started in 2020 but was temporarily stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic, aims …

Personnel of drinking water bottling plant Saba Splash last week completed a three-day training on important aspects in the production, bottling and distribution of drinking water. The training was done by Water Opleidingen from the Netherlands and Vitens Evides International (VEI) assisted with the coordination of the training. Plant manager …

In March 2022 the research agency Linkels & Partners, commissioned by the RCN unit and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW), will start a survey to find out how citizens experience the services of the RCN unit SZW. Good service provision on Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius is …

The Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-NL)  are pleased that protection for nature in the Caribbean Netherlands has been included in the budget by the cabinet for the coming governmental term. Last week it was announced that the government wants to allocate an …

Tuesday 22nd February 2022 sees the grand opening of an exhibition of new rainforest paintings by renowned artist and Saban resident of 36 years, Heleen Cornet. The collection is entitled “Finding Heleen” and, unsurprisingly for an exhibition held on 22.2.2022, it comprises 22 paintings. Having spent endless days and nights …

All Caribbean students who continue their studies in the Netherlands will receive a citizen service number (Burgerservicenummer, BSN) starting next year. Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Robbert Dijkgraaf, announced this today during a debate in the Second Chamber about bureaucratic obstacles that have a negative effect on the study …

From Friday, February 18th, Saba will enter a new entry phase and on-island measures required for persons traveling to Saba. The decision to move to this new phase is based on the vaccination and booster rate. The dominant circulating strain of covid-19 is Omicron, which, although highly transmissible, the hospitalization …

St. Johns parking lot The new parking lot in St. Johns next to the schools was finished this weekend. Parking alongside the road between the no parking signs creates dangerous situations, and emergency vehicles cannot pass. Please be aware that parking between the no parking signs is prohibited and can lead to a warning …

Students of the Sacred Heart recently visited the horticulture project at Rendez-Vous to learn how to conduct a soil analysis. In the second week of a five-week course to inspire 6th graders to seek interest in agricultural curriculums, Principal of the Saba Comprehensive School Anton Hermans wanted to spark the …

The Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) released the first edition of Bionews Kids. BioNews Kids is a free, printed, and online nature magazine for children of ages 9-11 on the six Dutch Caribbean islands. It was designed based on increasing reading, sparking curiosity, and educating kids about the extraordinary nature …