As of February, the Caribbean Netherlands Tax Authority (“Belas­tingdienst”) BCN started sending out invitations for taxpayers in the Carib­bean Netherlands islands of Saba, St. Eustatius and Bonaire to file tax returns. This year, the tax return must be submitted to the tax authorities no later than May 16. Online declaration …

Dutch State Secretary of Kingdom Relations and Digitisa­tion Alexandra van Huffe­len shares the view of the Netherlands Human Rights Council that the differences in the protection of human rights between the Neth­erlands and the Caribbean Netherlands must be elimi­nated as much as possible. The state secretary wrote this on Tuesday …

Saba re­mains at the top of the list with the highest vaccina­tion level within the Dutch Kingdom, Dutch Minister of Public Health, Welfare and Sport Ernst Kuipers stated in a COVID-19 up­date letter to the Second Chamber of the Dutch Par­liament on Tuesday. In Saba, 93 per cent of the …

The renovation of the Johan Cruyff Court in The Bottom started last week. The turf will be replaced, the field levelled and the back wall reenforced. Later this month, a delegation from Saba will be travelling to Curaçao for a sport competition organized by the Student Sport Federation Dutch Caribbean. …

The Dutch Carib­bean Police Force KPCN, together with the Nether­lands police and the Inter­national Criminal Police Organisation INTERPOL, have taken a new, major step in its international co­operation with the forging of an agreement. The agreement means that the islands of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba are now in direct contact …

The Dutch National Ombudsman will keep track on the improve­ments that are necessary for Dutch Caribbean stu­dents in the Netherlands, he announced on Monday. In the year ahead, the National Ombudsman will continue to monitor prog­ress of the recommenda­tions that he has made in an earlier report with regard to …

Dutch State Secretary of Kingdom Relations and Digitisation Alexandra van Huffelen wants to work on improving the standard of living in the Dutch Caribbean, preservation of nature and the environment, achieving solid education and a more diverse economy. She announced the four main themes in the Kingdom on which she …

Saba booked a preliminary positive result of US $1.6 million over the budget year 2021 as a result of incidental additions to the free allowance, lower personnel cost and budgeted unforeseen expenditures that were not spent. The Committee for Financial Supervision CFT stated this in a letter to Island Governor …

This week the Public Health Department started with a movement program for the Laura Linzey Daycare. The program aims to stimulate more movement and exercise for the toddlers in a fun and creative way. The project is facilitated by Sport Coordinator Joelyn Robinson and Health Promoter Allan Carolina. They will …

Officers of the Caribbean Netherlands Police Force KPCN in Saba arrested a 47-year-old man around 9:30am on Tuesday, February 22. The police said Monday that the man C. A. P. was ar­rested in connection with the cultivation of hemp plants. KPCN did not provide more details about the arrest. KPCN.