Dear Editor, It is good to be back on Saba after two weeks of meeting your family and friends, official meetings, unofficial meetings, and the VNG congress. It is always great to see the relationship that has been established over the years with politicians who have become your counterpart. Entering …

Notarial services for residents of St. Eustatius and Saba have been restored effective today, Friday 8 July 2022, with the virtual swearing-in of Mrs. Marcia Bouterse, LL.M, currently working in St. Maarten, as acting civil law notary. Notarial and legal services have been a major challenge for St. Eustatius and …

The Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport VWS in The Hague is looking at making the medi­cal transport of patients from Saba and St. Eustatius to St. Maarten more effective, but for now, transport will still take place with a smaller air­craft. This can be concluded from the reply …

At the start of their last day of meetings in the Netherlands with sufficient energy, Commissioner of Youth Affairs Rolando Wilson treated the Saba Youth Council, the parents, and coaches to breakfast in The Hague on Thursday, July 7. Commissioner Wilson was very impressed with the packed program of the …

With the approv­al of the First Chamber (the Sen­ate) of the Dutch Parliament to change the Dutch Constitution, which enables establishing an Electoral Council for Dutch citi­zens abroad so this sizable group can indirectly vote for the Sen­ate, Foundation Dutch Citizens Outside the Netherlands SNBN booked a major victory. What …

The Youth Council is on a working visit in the Netherlands, and on Tuesday, July 5th, the delegation went to the Utrecht City Hall to meet their colleagues of the Utrecht Youth Panel, Young Minds Utrecht, In the company of their mothers and coaches, Lauren Risley and Gerald Simmons-de Jong, …

The care agreement between Eye Care Optical Saba and Care and Youth Caribbean Netherlands (ZJCN) is in full force under the same conditions and will remain in force until the 31st of December, 2022. After consultation with ZJCN it is agreed that Eye Care Optical Saba remains the number 1 …

As of August 1st, 2022, the intention is to make the Electronic Health Authorization Services (EHAS) more convenient by allowing vaccinated persons to receive immediate pre-approval, once the form is filled out in its entirety. The entry requirements will not change for the country, but by allowing an automated immediate …

Since February 2022 there have been reports of Long-spined sea urchins (Diadema) die-off from a number of islands in the Caribbean, including St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, Saba and Curaçao.  Marine Protected Area authorities within the Dutch Caribbean region are concerned these events could be echoing the massive die-off of sea …

Saba was represented at the Emancipation Day event at Arnhem’s Ronde Weide park on Thurs­day, June 30. Arnhem is the first city in the Dutch province Gelderland to bring such awareness of Emancipation Day and organise remembrance and celebratory events. Saba government advi­sor Gerald Simmons at­tended the event on be­half …