The members of the WIPM Faction of the Island Council today sent in questions to the Executive Council requesting clarity into the financial challenges at the Saba Comprehensive School and Sacred Heart School. Council Members Rolando Wilson, Elsa Peterson, and Vito Charles say that they were ‘shocked’ to read in …

Saba is the most expensive island in the Caribbean Netherlands, according to a re­cent study by Statistics Nether­lands CBS, which compares the relative prices of consumer goods of St. Eustatius and Saba to those of Bonaire. The study found that life on both Saba and St. Eustati­us is becoming increasingly …

~ Island council members question Executive Council ~ With Christmas just weeks away, well-placed sources report that at least eleven staff members of Sacred Heart School (SHS) and Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) have been laid off because of the schools’ financial constraints. Saban parents and three members of the Island Council have …

Flamingo Express Dutch Caribbean N.V. (FXDC Post) has the concession for all postal services in the Caribbean Netherlands since January 1, 2014. This concession has been recently extended by the Ministry of Economic Affairs for another 3 years. After a thorough evaluation, FXDC-Post decided to make some changes to take …

Recently, the cybercrime department of the Caribbean Netherlands Police Force has received several reports about ‘Sextortion’. What is Sextortion? Sextortion is extortion with a sexually explicit photo or video of the victim. This may be a nude photo or video of the victim, but it may also be that webcam …

last Thursday, the first flights were flown over St. Eustatius to take high-quality aerial photos of the island. Several flights will be operated in December and January to take aerial photos and altitude measurements of St. Eustatius, Saba and Bonaire. The Public Entities and the Ministry of the Interior and …

D66 member Jan Paternotte is returning to the House of Representatives Committee for Kingdom Relations. He succeeds Jorien Wuite, who said goodbye to politics in The Hague yesterday. The new House of Representatives was sworn in today. Paternotte took over the committee chairmanship from Alexander Pechtold in March 2017 as …

— Receives applause for her efforts for Caribbean — On Tires-day, December 5, 79 Mem­bers of Parliament (MPs) left the Dutch Second Chamber of Parliament following the recent elec­tions. Jorien Wuite, former St. Maarten Minister Pleni­potentiary and first-ever Dutch MP of St. Maarten descent, was one of them. In her …

Although Saba fire­fighters have been working in the new fire station at Juan­cho E. Yrausquin Airport since July, the official inaugu­ration ceremony was held on Tuesday afternoon in front of a large crowd. Saba Fire Chief Julio Ev­ery said the new building had been made possible by the input of …