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 …
Read More »Survey of Saba’s labor market
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 …
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Wilson announces Leerorkest pilot for Saba
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 …
Read More »Caribbean Netherlands airports only partially ICAO-compliant
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 …
Read More »Minister Carola Schouten calls the poverty problem in the Caribbean Netherlands “shockingly large”
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 …
Read More »Saba Youth Council travels back home
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 …
Read More »Battle of Islands being held in Statia and Saba
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 …
Read More »Cases of COVID•19 went down slightly on islands
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, …
Read More »Storytellers shoot scenes of action film “Invasion” on Saba
Filming for a new feature action film ‘Invasion’, by Storytellers will take place between July 13-19th, 2022. Saba was selected by Dutch film producers for its beautiful jungle scenes. The film is starring Tarikh Janssen, Gijs Blom, Fedja van Huêt and Gijs Scholten van Aschat. Director Bobby Boermans and producer …
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