Saba’s iconic Juancho E. lrausquin Airport celebrated its sixtieth anniversary on Friday. “This historic milestone marks six decades of a strong and enduring rela­tionship between WINAIR and the people of Saba,” stated management of Windward Islands Airways International WINAIR, congratulating Saba on the airport’s accomplish­ments. The Juancho E. Irausquin Airport, …

Saba’s Juancho Irausquin Airport celebrat­ed its 60th anniversary on Friday with the unveiling of a new green and yellow International Air Transport Association (IATA) logo. In her address, Airport Manager Maegan Hassell, who is the granddaughter of Saba’s first airport man­ager George Leo Hassell, pointed out that the air­port began …

Saba and St. Eustatius have already adopted the execution plans as part of the Nature and En­vironment Policy Plan Carib­bean Netherlands (NEPP), but Bonaire still has to do so. Dutch caretaker Minister of Nature and Nitrogen Christi­anne Van der Wal-Zeggelink stated this in a letter that she sent to the …

With new principals at the helm of Sacred Heart School and Saba Compre­hensive School (SCS), the two institutions are work­ing together for all pupils/students to have a successful school year and to improve the transition from primary to secondary education. According to new Sacred Heart Principal Ildefon Verberne, the primary …

Marcia Bouterse was sworn in as perma­nent civil law notary for St. Eustatius and Saba on Tuesday, August 15. She had been working as a notary on these two islands for the past year, but only in an acting capacity. “I am happy to be appointed as the permanent civil …

The public entity Saba realised a pre­liminary surplus of US $1.7 million in the second quarter of 2023. The second quarter Execution Report showed $25.3 million in revenues and $23.6 million in expen­ditures. This includes $15.4 million in special grants from the Netherlands on both the revenues and expenditure side. …

A group of quick-thinking Sabans early Mon­day morning came to the rescue of four persons from Nevis whose boat had been drifting helplessly in the Ca­ribbean Sea since Sunday afternoon and had been la­belled as missing. A local passer-by who hap­pened to be at Saba’s har­bour around 6:00am Monday heard …

Based on the success of Saban pilots and Spectrum Airways Flight Training and Career College alumni Jozua and Avant Baker, this Canadian flight school based in Burlington, Ontario, is in the process of rolling out a special package to cater to the needs of Caribbean students. Called “Opportunity to the …

The focus of digitisation in the com­ing period in the Carib­bean part of the Kingdom is on getting the necessary foundation in order. This means the introduction of the Citizen Service Number BSN in Bonaire, St. Eusta­tius and Saba, and giving Dutch Caribbean students a BSN prior to coming to …

Caretaker State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitisation Alexandra van Huffelen expressed her regret over the fall of the Dutch gov­ernment, but assured that she in­tended to continue her effort for the Caribbean part of the King­dom. “Unfortunately, we were unable to bridge our substantive differ­ences this week. And that …