A majority of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament on Tuesday adopted three separate motions to speed up the process to restore democ­racy in St. Eustatius, to allocate the thirty-million-euro envelope for the Caribbean Netherlands in consultation with the islands and to structurally add US $1.5 mil­lion to Saba’s …

Youths 12-17 years old can now receive the booster vaccination. If your child is between the age of 12-17 years old they can receive their booster on April 8th, 2022 at the Public Health Department. You can walk in between the hours of 1:00-4:00 pm or contact the vaccine hotline …

On Monday, April 4, Saba Cares received formal approval from the Ministry of Public Health, Wellbeing and Sport (VWS) for the project to build a new nursing home and residential facilities. Deputy Secretary-General of the Ministry of VWS Abigail Norville during her visit to Saba Cares personally handed over a …

In our Continued efforts to protect individuals from the effects of Covid-19 a repeat vaccination would be offered to persons 60+. A repeat vaccination (also referred to as a second booster vaccination) is an extra dose of vaccine administered 3 months after the last booster vaccination. This booster vaccination improves …

The Saba delegation on Thursday, March 31 wrapped up a successful working visit to the Netherlands which included talks with members of the Dutch Government, Members of Parliament and meetings with the ministries in The Hague. On the agenda of the different meetings were topics such as the free allowance, …

Representatives of three ministries in The Hague last week Thursday, March 31, attended a presentation about the Saba harbor project. The Saba delegation, headed by Commissioner Bruce Zagers, gave a presentation to the Ministries of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations (BZK), Economic Affairs and Climate (EZK), and Infrastructure and Water …

Whenever this is needed and requested, the Dutch Caribbean islands can count on the assistance of the Netherlands and the Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sport VWS to mitigate COVID-19 in the long term. Dutch VWS Minister Ernst Kui­pers assured this in a lengthy let­ter to the Second Chamber …

A delegation of the Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) will pay a working visit to The Netherlands from April 15-22. Several practical education schools will be visited, and there will be an Esports training. During the mid-term break this month, a small delegation, consisting of SCS Director Anton Hermans, Madelyn Johnson, …

On Wednesday, March 30th, the newly appointed chief prosecutor for the BES, Mr. Guillano Schoop, together with Mr. Gerald Simmons from the Public Entity Saba, gave a presentation to forms two, three, and four of the Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) on different careers in law and the teenagers also participated …

Coral reef restoration methods are showing promising results in supporting regional efforts for restoring degraded coral reefs in the Dutch Caribbean. Therefore, the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) organizes a reef restoration workshop led by the University of Applied Sciences Van Hall Larenstein (VHL) between April 5th and 6th on Saba. This …