The Executive Council of Saba wishes to inform the public of the recent visit of the Inspectorate of Education, which occurred from April 9th to April 16th, 2024. The delegation from the Inspectorate comprised of four members, including inspectors of primary and secondary education quality, and two financial inspectors. Confidential …

Update with results Statia’s Volleyball team has turned out victorious in the first match of the SSS School Games which were held in St. Eustatius on Sunday. The games were played best of 3 sets. St. Eustatius played St. Maarten in the first match, to which Statia’s team won 2-0. …

Journalists Robert Slagt and Nynke Brandsma of the Dutch newspaper NRC wrote an article about the goat challenges on the Windward Islands. The article below describes their observations on Saba: The battle for the goat: ‘Maybe today was one of the last times we could hunt’ Goat hunting Stray goats …

Parents residing in the Caribbean Netherlands are going to pay a lot less for daycare and afterschool programs. In a debate on Wednesday, April 17, most members of the Dutch Second Chamber of Parliament supported the draft law Childcare BES, but questioned the parental contribution, requirements and quality. Parents in …

Minister for Poverty Policy, Participation and Pensions Carola Schouten will pay a working visit to Saba and St. Eustatius from 22 to 26 April. Schouten will arrive on Saba on Monday. On Wednesday evening, 24 April, she will continue her journey to St. Eustatius. On both islands, the minister will …

Together with the “Parenting in Action” group and the Public Entity of Saba, we invite you this Saturday to a movie night starring three of Saba’s local families. This is part of our campaign ‘Raising our Future’ that is developed together with the Public Entity of Saba, St. Eustatius and …

From 2024 onwards, the central government will allocate €8.6 million annually to improve the ability of Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius to properly carry out their tasks as public entities. This is stated in the Spring Memorandum 2024 that has been sent to the Senate and the Second Chamber. In …

The Executive Council of the Public Entity Saba would like to inform the public of the following: The Youth Art Mural Project commenced on April 15th, 2024 at Well’s Bay Road. The location of the mural will be on the large wall at the entrance of the road leading to …

On Thursday April 4th, 2024, several individuals took part in a Saba Lace workshop, hosted by Peggy Barnes and organized by the Tourism Bureau, as part of the Saba Art Month 2024. Ms. Peggy Barnes is known for her extensive work with Saba lace as she started from the young …

“Better than we” is Ryan Espersen’s PhD thesis that aims to understand the materiality of Saba’s ideological landscape during its pre-emancipation colonial period. This is accomplished by understanding the dialectics, or inseparable relationships, between Saba’s geography, locally situated ideologies of class, race, and gender in Saba’s social environment, and the …