A one-minute educational commercial about the Sea & Learn program and Saba as an environmental learning destination is featured during primetime hours on US national TV throughout July. Taking place during all of October, the annual event features an impressive line-up of hands-on activities, lectures and discussions all designed to …

Saba recorded 2.8-percent q-o-q price increase In Q2 2022, consumers on Saba paid on average 2.8 percent more for goods and services than in the previous quarter. This is reported by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) based on the consumer price index for the Caribbean Netherlands. Food prices rose by 3 percent …

The Public Entity Saba has contracted Ernst & Young Consulting (EY) to conduct a labor market survey to assess the current state of the labor market on Saba. The work by EY will comprise a detailed survey to get a comprehensive picture of the current state of the labor market …

A youth orchestra pilot will be launched at the beginning of the upcoming academic year on Saba, Commissioner of Culture Rolando Wilson announced on Wednesday, July 13. Commissioner Wilson and Franklin Wilson, board members of the Saba Association of Caribbean States Foundation, on Tuesday, July 12, met with Director of …

Manage­ment and maintenance of airports in Bonaire, St. Eu­statius and Saba are not in order, as a result of which these aviation facilities are not completely compliant, or threaten to be non-com-pliant, with International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) regulations. This is stated in a national safety assessment by Neth­erlands Aerospace …

Minister Carola Schouten (Poverty Policy) calls in a letter that she sent to the Second Chamber today a poverty problem in the Caribbean Netherlands “shockingly large”. And, she adds, “That has to change.” Schouten has included a separate chapter on Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba in her letter on the …

As the Saba Youth Council travelled back home, the delegation looked back on a wonderful week and good meetings in the Netherlands. The Saba Youth Council had high tea in Rotterdam with Tanja Fraai and Fou­zia Kassi of WeConnect on their last day, Thursday. Kassi and Fraai facilitated a workshop …

A group of 22 youths and adults from Saba arrived in St. Eustatius on Sunday, July 10, to compete in the Battle of the Islands event. The initiative is a collabo­ration of the St. Eustatius Health Department and A+ Academic and Pro­fessional Training Centre (APTC). The event will be a …

At a total of 4,688, the number of positive COVID-19 test results slightly decreased in the Dutch Carib­bean in June 2022. The vast majority of the number of positive test results, 3,551, was registered in Aruba. The num­ber of positive test results in the Dutch Caribbean was 4,949 in May, …