Alexandra van Huffelen, State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitalisation, and Commissioner Bruce Zagers signed the multi-year administrative agreement “Saba Package 2.0”. This contains concrete agreements between Saba and the Central Government about the further development of a sustainable and self-sufficient Saba. To achieve this goal, the agreement includes 4 …
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The Saba Bocce team traveled to the Netherlands to participate in the Special Olympics. They have been practicing every Friday for the competition and are ready to play! This is the first time this opportunity has been available and is a step in the right direction of making sports more …
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‘Samenwerkende Fondsen voor het Caribisch deel van het Koninkrijk’ (SFC) is a collaborative funding initiative by 4 funding agencies in the Netherlands, catering to NGOs throughout the Dutch Caribbean, with a focus on social projects. Recently a new micro grant procedure has been implemented to meet NGO funding needs on …
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On 9 July 2015, the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations sent an overview to the Second Chamber and the public entities of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba with a global breakdown of the income and expenditure per island in the Caribbean Netherlands. This overview showed that respectively 47.2%, …
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Monday 2 May On Monday morning, the delegation traveled to Saba. The visit to Public Entity Saba (OLS) started immediately after arrival at the airport with a presentation by the Saba Electric Company SEC about Saba’s commitment to renewable energy. Currently, 30-40% of the electricity on Saba is sustainable (solar …
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The Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten and of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba hereby informs the general public that there will be an opportunity for persons residing on Saba and Sint Eustatius to file their petitions in person. On June 15th 2022 from 9.00 a.m. to 1.00 …
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On the 9th of June 2022, the ministerial regulation will be published containing the new amounts for child benefit and assistance that the RCN-unit SZW will provide as of the 1st of July. As a result, families with children and those entitled to social relief who live independently will receive …
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Alexandra van Huffelen, state secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitalisation, and minister for Housing and Spatial Planning, Hugo de Jonge, will visit Saba, St. Eustatius and Bonaire from the 12th to the 18th of June. The minister and state secretary each have their own program, but in a number of …
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Windward Islands People’s Movement (WIPM) regrets Hemmie Van Xanten’s recent decision to become an independent member of Saba’s Island Council, the party said in a statement. “While his decision is regrettable to the party, it is his choice, and it is in keeping with what is an intrinsic element of …
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Take note of some important new traffic rules for Saba: Drive hands-free. Don’t hold your phone while driving. Don’t drive drunk (with a blood alcohol content exceeding 0.8 milligrams of alcohol per millimeter. an appropriate child or booster seat for children shorter than 1.30 meters. When driving a moped, motorcycle, or …
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