Ministry of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations senior policy advisor Hendrik Kats will be visiting Saba June 7-9. He will meet with the Executive and Island Councils and also wishes to meet with interested parties from the public, the business sector and non-governmental organisations. Kats will hold a general information …
Read More »Police report from Friday, June 2nd until Monday, June 5th 2023
Traffic control In the morning hours on Sunday, June 4th , a scheduled traffic control was held in several neighborhoods on Saba. This involved checking cars for the required percentage of light transmission of tinted car windows. A total of 5 cars were stopped and checked. The drivers were ordered …
Read More »Start application for school supplies allowance SZW
This year also, parents or guardians of school-going children in the Caribbean Netherlands may qualify for an allowance for the costs of school supplies such as uniforms, shoes and stationery. For children going to secondary school (after the upcoming summer holidays), parents or guardians on Bonaire and Sint Eustatius can …
Read More »Saba Island Council on working visit in the Netherlands
The Island Council starts its two-week working visit today, Monday, June 5. The program is very diverse and will take the Island Council to meetings in The Hague and Amsterdam, attending a congress in Groningen and visiting Schiermonnikoog. All five Island Council Members, Vito Charles, Rolando Wilson, Elsa Peterson, Saskia …
Read More »Next stage of the Implementation of the new Traffic Ordinance is at hand
The next stage of implementation of the new traffic ordinance is at hand. The ordinance was passed by the Island Council in May 2022. Since then, the ordinance has been implemented slowly by the Public Entity Saba and KPCN. From the 15° of June, people can also expect to be …
Read More »Winair acquired a Next Generation DHC-300 “Twin Otter” aircraft with “Glass Cockpit”
WINAIR is pleased to announce the acceptance of the cutting-edge DHC-300 aircraft, equipped with the state-of-the-art Garmin 950 glass cockpit, revolutionizing aviation technology. This aircraft was accepted by WINAIR from Unity Aviation Company in Calgary Alberta Canada. Replacing the outdated systems of the past, the Garmin 950 glass cockpit marks …
Read More »Medical pre-evacuation exercise on 6 of the Kingdom’s islands
On Friday, the 2nd of June, an exercise took place that involved organizations from the 6 islands in the Caribbean region of the Kingdom. The aim of the exercise was to practice the pre-evacuation of patients from Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten in the event of a hurricane-related crisis. …
Read More »Saba Electoral College votes for First Chamber
Saba’s Electoral College on Tuesday, May 30th voted for the Dutch First Chamber. All five votes went to Labor Party (PvdA) Senator Jeroen Recourt. PvdA and the green left party GroenLinks have combined their forces in the Senate. Three of the five Members of the Electoral College, Elsa Peterson, Rolando …
Read More »Special Envoy Rijna visits Saba
Edison Rijna visited Saba on Monday, May 29 in his new role as Special Envoy for the Caribbean Netherlands for the European Union (EU), United Nations (UN) funds and economic development with Latin America and the Caribbean and economic development. Rijna served nine years as Island Governor of Bonaire when …
Read More »Ombudsman announces report on islands’ poverty – Updated
National Ombudsman Reinier van Zutphen, together with the Children’s Ombudsman, will publish his vision this year on the poverty issue in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. The National Ombudsman announced this in the 2022 annual report which he presented to Chairperson of the Dutch Second Chamber of Parliament Vera Bergkamp …
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