Saba News News and Information from Saba Island, Dutch Caribbean
Reaction of Central Government on the report “Chains of the Past” – December 19th
SeaDream II visits Saba December 22
The small luxury cruise ship SeaDream II is scheduled to visit Saba on Thursday, December 22. Six more calls of the SeaDream I and II are planned for January, February and March 2023. Guests of the SeaDream II will be able to take an island tour, go on a guided …
Read More »Public Island Council Meeting rescheduled for Thursday, December 15th
Today’s Island Council Meeting had to be postponed due to lack of quorum
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), …
Read More »Alwyn Braaf appointed as new Chief of Police of the Dutch Caribbean Police Force
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 …
Read More »Saba hosts Inter-Island Netball Tournament
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 …
Read More »Banking on Saba? Just fly to St Eustatius!
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 …
Read More »Intensification bounty period goat control project, support for local agriculture
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 …
Read More »Saba Tourism Master Plan presented
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 …
Read More »From Emancipation to Awareness lecture by Vito Charles
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 …
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