The Joint Court of Justice on Thursday announced the opening hours of its new courthouses in St. Eu­statius and Saba, as well as the scheduled hearing dates between January and July. The St. Eustatius branch of the Joint Court will be open on Tuesdays from 8:00am to 12:00pm and 1:00 …

The Saban community is in uproar after an off-duty police officer drew his service weapon and allegedly pointed it at anoth­er man during a party at Ocean Club around 4:00am January 1. There were at least two off-duty officers at the party, according to eyewitness reports. The officers were said …

Residents of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (the BES islands) will receive a postal code in 2026. “Unfortunately, a quicker implementation is not possible because the postal code is not separate from the address registra­tion,” said Dutch caretaker State Secretary of Kingdom Relations and Digitisation Alexandra van Huffelen. The necessary …

Saba Reach Foundation handed out certificates on Wednes­day to thirteen students who completed English language courses offered by the local non-profit or­ganisation. Seven passed the foun­dation’s Al-level English course and another six passed the B1-level Eng­lish course. The 12-week courses were taught by Allan Carolina this year. Dur­ing the certification cer­emony, …

A group of Saban girls spent Monday afternoon be­ing encouraged to become the best version of themselves in a modelling workshop facilitated by Stacy Ann Taylor of St. Maarten-based modelling agency Taste of Fashion. The event, called “Kids Empowerment Modelling Work­shop”, was the brainchild of mother and local entrepreneur Janelie …

On Thursday, 14 December 2023, the unions in the sector consultation (ABVO, ACOM, NAPB and STrAF) and the RCN director, on behalf of the Minister of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK), reached a negotiation result on the  employment  conditions for civil servants in the Caribbean Netherlands for a three-year …

Saba is the most expensive island in the Caribbean Netherlands, according to a re­cent study by Statistics Nether­lands CBS, which compares the relative prices of consumer goods of St. Eustatius and Saba to those of Bonaire. The study found that life on both Saba and St. Eustati­us is becoming increasingly …

~ Island council members question Executive Council ~ With Christmas just weeks away, well-placed sources report that at least eleven staff members of Sacred Heart School (SHS) and Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) have been laid off because of the schools’ financial constraints. Saban parents and three members of the Island Council have …

Dear Editor, The Hispanic and Latino people on Saba most were not born here. We come here. We not illegal. We are resi­dents. We have papers. We pay taxes. We work hard and we love Saba. I know English to write this letter but our children in the schools do …

— Receives applause for her efforts for Caribbean — On Tires-day, December 5, 79 Mem­bers of Parliament (MPs) left the Dutch Second Chamber of Parliament following the recent elec­tions. Jorien Wuite, former St. Maarten Minister Pleni­potentiary and first-ever Dutch MP of St. Maarten descent, was one of them. In her …