Many people paid their last respects over the past weekend to “Icon of Saba” Harriet Carmen Sim­mons-Nicholson, who passed away on July 21. Born on De­cember 21, 1931, she leaves to mourn her six daughters, two sons, two stepdaughters, one stepson and one foster daughter, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren too …

Journalism Week Journalism, which was postponed in June, will now take place in the Caribbean Neth­erlands August 16-22. With a programme full of activities for the public and the press, the week will focus on the importance of the media in the functioning of a democracy. The week kicks off …

Researchers from Van Hall Larenstein, Wageningen University and Wageningen Marine Research have developed a new approach to assist Diadema sea urchins’ natural recovery.  In collaboration with the Saba Conservation Foundation, researchers provided an additional substrate for settlement on the reef, increasing sea urchin recruitment and thereby demonstrating the importance of …

Three children who reported to Queen Beatrix Medical Centre in St. Eustatius with fever and skin rashes have been asked to remain in isolation while St. Eustatius Health Care Foundation (SEHCF) carries out tests in a bid to rule out chick­enpox and monkeypox. The three have been swabbed and the …

Every resident age 12 and older in the Dutch Kingdom, including the Caribbean islands, will have the opportunity to get a booster COVID-19 vaccination as of the second half of this year. Dutch Minister of Public Health, Wellbeing and Sport Ernst Kuipers informed the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament …

Member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament Jorien Wuite of the Democratic Party D66 on Thursday reminded the Dutch government of the fact that it needs to involve the Caribbean Netherlands in its policy. On July 8 this year, the Dutch government installed the Social Minimum Committee which …

As a result of recently adapted legislation, students from the Caribbean Netherlands will have more possibilities to apply for the European Netherlands healthcare insurance during their studies in the European Netherlands. Until recently, this was only possible for students with a side job. In the future this will also be …

Four Saba residents took the oath and accepted their new task as special enforcement officers (“buitengewoon agent van politie”) for the Public Entity Saba on Tuesday, July 26. They will be known as ‘BavPol enforcers.’ Bobby Zagers, Justin Yu and Thompson Thomas are employees of the Public Entity Saba while …

The burden of the steep, more than 30% increase in the electricity price since last year for consumers on Saba will be reduced to 10% thanks to a subsidy that the Public Entity Saba will be making available to the Saba Electricity Company (SEC). Due to higher fuel prices on …

During the second quarter of 2022 consumer goods and ser­vices in Bonaire were 9.4% more expensive than a year before. The inflation rate had still been 9.2% in the previous quarter. The in­crease is mainly prompted by rising food prices and airfares, reported the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) …