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 …

The Testing Center in The Bottom is still open for pre-travel tests, symptomatic testing, household, and close contact testing, and confirming self-tests from 7:30 am to 10:00 am. *PCR tests only for pre-travel when a travel requirement, *please bring a passport or ID. For same-day results, PCR tests must be …

Delegations of Saba Cares and the Public Entity Saba, including Commissioner of Public Health Rolando Wilson and Head of the Planning Bureau Bobby Zagers, met late January to discuss the purchasing of two plots of land situated in The Bottom for a new Nursing Care Facility. The land is bought …

During the next months, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) will carry out a survey among companies in the Caribbean Netherlands: the National Accounts Survey 2020. The survey aims to show the economic development of the three islands. Companies on Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba will be approached by CBS to complete the …

Software updates initiated by the Central Bank van Curacao en St. Maarten lead to a situation where local transfer of funds from one bank on Saba to the other now requires expensive international wire transfer costs. The Saba Business Association has sent a complaint to the Central Bank. Open Letter …

The central government is considering offering compensation to citizens in the Caribbean Netherlands for the significant loss of purchasing power they experience due to the cancellations of subsidies on water and electricity and general price increases. “Due to a confluence of circumstances, purchasing power in the Caribbean Netherlands is now …