Agriculture, growing fresh produce, plays an important part in Saba’s culture and daily life. It is also a sector that the Public Entity Saba continues to invest in. The Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) is doing its part by having added an agricultural class to its curriculum for practical education. Under …
Read More »Construction prefab housing daycare progressing well
Construction of the prefab housing units at the Laura Linzey Daycare Center is going according to schedule. The prefab housing, which will serve as a temporary provision until the new permanent location for childcare is constructed in The Bottom, is scheduled to be ready this summer. The 18 prefab units …
Read More »Medication administration training for Daycare staff
Eight staff members of the Laura Linzey Daycare Center took part in a basic medication administration training provided by the Public Health Department on May 9. In principle, the daycare does not administer medication to children, but sometimes children have prescribed medication that needs to be used several times per …
Read More »Saba works on Water Vision
With the input of local stakeholders and the assistance of Dutch water operators Vitens Evides International (VEI), the Public Entity Saba has started the process to develop a Water Vision. Two persons of VEI, Fred Elgers, and Eric Adamse, were on Saba earlier this month to meet with the stakeholders …
Read More »ZJCN, SMMC, SEHCF and Saba Cares join forces during the seminar “Medical Referrals” on St. Eustatius
In order to address the challenges with medical referrals for the residents of Saba and Sint Eustatius and also the general sentiment among residents of Saba and Sint Eustatius about care on the island, ZJCN organized a seminar together with colleagues from Sint Maarten Medical Center (SMMC), Sint Eustatius Health …
Read More »Lower special allowances for Caribbean Netherlands
The amounts that the Dutch government is making available in special allowances for Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba is going down in the coming years. This seems to be in contravention of the promise of The Hague to invest more in the islands. The Rutte IV government announced in its coalition …
Read More »Island Council attends course in Bonaire
Members of the Saba Island Council left for Bonaire on Monday, May 16. The main goal of the trip to Bonaire is to attend a three-day course on ‘Open Governance’, facilitated by the Bonaire company Konsiliare BV. Also on the program this week are meetings with the Caribbean Netherlands Police …
Read More »“The Unspoiled Teens” – a magazineof the Public Health Department
This week the Public Health Department started with the distribution of The Unspoiled Teens magazine at the Saba Comprehensive School. The Unspoiled Teens is a health promotion project specifically aimed at the target group of teenagers and young adults on Saba. The healthy lifestyle magazine was created by health promoter …
Read More »Real estate tax assessments are coming
The Tax Office CN will send out the real estate tax assessments for 2021 this month. The real estate tax is levied on owners of immovable properties such as a second home and company buildings on Bonaire, Saba, and Saint Eustatius. The property used by the owner as his or …
Read More »Triathlete Pigeon: Saba is very special for me
Gregory Pigeon of St. Martin has been coming to Saba to participate in nine editions of the annual triathlon. Out of those nine, he won eight. The Daily Herald asked him after his very successful race on Saturday what he loves about Saba’s Hell’s Gate Triathlon. “Saba is very special …
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