Officials of the Ca­ribbean Netherlands Cus­toms department, the Roy­al Marechaussec KMar, the Caribbean Netherlands Police Force KPCN and the Coast Guard held addi­tional and extensive checks at Fort Bay harbour in Saba on Friday, September 9. During the inspections, luggage of passengers and the cargo on board the ferry Makana …

Walter Kupers will be the new Chief Prosecutor for the Caribbean Netherlands. The Kingdom Council of Ministers decided on Friday to nominate him for appointment on the proposal of Minister of Justice and Security Dilan Yesilgöz-Zegerius. As of October 1, Kupers will start as chief of the Pros­ecutor’s Office for …

Former Commissioner of Saba Will Johnson and his legal counsel attorney-at-law Michiel Bijkerk from Bonaire have lost a procedure with the United Na­tions Human Rights Council for payment of the old age pension AOV to be equal to the AOW pension in the European Nether­lands. Johnson, a pensioner himself, submitted …

DCNA has been actively promoting a nature focused agenda both within The Netherlands and internationally. Whether it’s championing the Yarari Marine Mammal and Shark Sanctuary, establishing new partnerships or pushing for a Climate Action Plan, 2022 has been a banner year for improved nature conservations efforts within the Dutch Caribbean. …

A total of 2,547 COVID-19 in­fections were reported in the Dutch Caribbean in the month of July, Neth­erlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM stat­ed in its monthly update which was recently pub­lished. The number of COV­ID-19 cases went down considerably in July com­pared to June, when …

The public entity Saba in the first half of 2022 realised a negative result of US $1.6 million, but the budget remains balanced because of finan­cial contributions from the Dutch government. This can be deduced from a letter that the Commit­tee for Financial Supervi­sion CFT sent to the Saba government …

Lawyer Michiel Bijkerk, through his Gold Meand Society (GMS) foundation in Bo­naire, is pursuing the right to free inter-island migration. GMS is sponsoring a lawsuit that aims to open the borders between the is­lands for residents with Dutch na­tionality. The case is based on the argument that all citizens with …

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 …