The highest point of phase 2 of the Under the Hill social housing project was reached on Wednesday, February 23. Phase 2 consists of three buildings with 18 units of 1, 2, and 3-bedrooms. The Public Entity Saba assisted with the transfer of 18,000m2 of government-owned land to the Own Your …

‘‘Between us, it is nice to see a woman in charge for a change’’ said Jade Every, on behalf of the Youth Council Saba. The Saba Youth Council welcomed Dutch State Secretary of Kingdom Relations and Digitization Alexandra van Huffelen during a meet-and-greet event at Tropics on Tuesday evening, February …

Dutch State Secretary of Kingdom Relations and Digitization Alexandra van Huffelen arrived on Saba on Tuesday morning, February 22 for a two-day visit. The State Secretary came in with a charter flight of WINAIR from St. Eustatius and was met at the Juancho Yrausquin Airport by Island Governor Jonathan Johnson, …

Dutch State Secretary of Kingdom Relations and Digitization Alexandra van Huffelen arrived on Saba on Tuesday morning, February 22 for a two-day visit. The State Secretary came in with a charter flight of WINAIR from St. Eustatius and was met at the Juancho Yrausquin Airport by Island Governor Jonathan Johnson, …

Prospective stu­dents from the Dutch Caribbean as of next year will be able to get a citizen service number, a so-called BSN, when they go to the Netherlands to study. Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science Robbert Di­jkgraaf announced this during a debate in the Second Chamber of the …

The Public Health Department of the Public Entity Saba in collaboration with Kemaul Lee from FIT with Lee Last week restarted the healthy lifestyle program “Healthy Choices, Happy Kids“ for the Sacred Heart Primary School. The program, which started in 2020 but was temporarily stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic, aims …

Personnel of drinking water bottling plant Saba Splash last week completed a three-day training on important aspects in the production, bottling and distribution of drinking water. The training was done by Water Opleidingen from the Netherlands and Vitens Evides International (VEI) assisted with the coordination of the training. Plant manager …

In March 2022 the research agency Linkels & Partners, commissioned by the RCN unit and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment (SZW), will start a survey to find out how citizens experience the services of the RCN unit SZW. Good service provision on Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius is …

The Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-NL)  are pleased that protection for nature in the Caribbean Netherlands has been included in the budget by the cabinet for the coming governmental term. Last week it was announced that the government wants to allocate an …

Tuesday 22nd February 2022 sees the grand opening of an exhibition of new rainforest paintings by renowned artist and Saban resident of 36 years, Heleen Cornet. The collection is entitled “Finding Heleen” and, unsurprisingly for an exhibition held on 22.2.2022, it comprises 22 paintings. Having spent endless days and nights …