Saba University School of Medicine (SUSOM), St. Matthew’s University School of Medicine (SMUSOM) in Grand Cayman and Medical University of the Americas (MUA) in Nevis further elevated their commitment to growth and expansion through their participation at the recently concluded ICEF Dubai 2022. ICEF Dubai is the leading student-recruitment networking event …
Read More »COVID-19 outbreak fades, on-island measures reduced
— St. Maarten lowest vaccination rate in Kingdom — The COVID-19 outbreak in the Dutch Caribbean is diminishing since late December 2021 with a sharp reduction in the number of new and active cases on all islands. According to Dutch Minister of Public Health, Wellbeing and Sport Ernst Kuipers, it …
Read More »Grid installed for RO water supply
The public entity Saba has worked on installing a water grid from the Fort Bay harbour to and through all villages on the island to distribute reverse osmosis (RO) water, making it more accessible to delivery truck drivers and for the supply of water to the bottling plant. This project, …
Read More »Trade deficits up in Bonaire and Saba, but down in Statia
The value of imports and exports of goods in Bonaire increased last year by one fifth relative to 2020. Both Bonaire and Saba saw their trade deficits rise. St. Eustatius, on the other hand, recorded a lower trade deficit compared to 2020, the Central Bureau for Statistics (CBS) reported. The …
Read More »Subsidies available for Count on Skills
Also this year, it is possible again for institutions in the Caribbean Netherlands to submit subsidy requests for the “Tel mee met Taal” (“Count on Skills”) programme of the Ministries of Education, Culture and Science OCW, Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations BZK, Social Affairs and Employment SZW and Public Health, …
Read More »Platform on Facebook for healthy lifestyle launched
The Public Health and Sports Department of the public entity Saba recently launched the Healthy Lifestyle Saba Facebook platform. Healthy Lifestyle Saba is an official informative and educational Facebook page that the entire Saba community can use as a reliable and integral source of information on living a healthy lifestyle. …
Read More »Saba scales down to alert level two
Five weeks after Saba moved to the coronavirus alert level three due to an increase in the number of persons who tested positive for the disease, the public entity Saba scaled down to alert level two from 6:00pm on Friday, January 28. Saba does not have any positive cases of …
Read More »Van Rij asked to explain tax hike
New Dutch State Secretary of Fiscality and the Tax Department Marnix van Rij will have to explain the sudden tax hike in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba to the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament. The Second Chamber’s Permanent Committee of Finance during a procedural meeting on Wednesday, January 26, approved …
Read More »Dutch bank account one step closer for islands’ residents
The securing of the legal right of residents of the six Dutch Caribbean islands to have a current account at a bank in the Netherlands is a step closer with the submitting of a law proposal to the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament. On Wednesday, Member of the Second …
Read More »State secretary asks to postpone debate
Pending her visit to the six Dutch Caribbean islands, new State Secretary of Kingdom Relations and Digitisation Alexandra van Huffelen has asked the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament to postpone a meeting scheduled for February 23. Van Huffelen sent a letter to the Second Chamber’s Permanent Committee for Kingdom …
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