Members of the Island Council raised several issues during the Central Committee meeting on Tuesday, September 26, such as the water supply, the gasoline interruption, the Makana ferry, the reforestation project, the vision for Saba, and transparency in government. Present for Tuesday’s Central Committee meeting, which was chaired by Elsa …

Saba Conserva­tion Foundation (SCF) launched the first-ever Saba Bird Fest with a bird­themed family fair on the grounds of Harry L. John­son Museum on Tuesday. The five-day awareness festival runs September 26-30. SCF’s Pauline Rainbault said the festival, which is funded by BirdLife Nether­lands and supported by the Dutch Caribbean …

Seeing the useful work that it has done thus far and the importance of implementing the plans that have been drafted, Dutch caretaker State Sec­retary of Kingdom Rela­tions and Digitalisation Alexandra van Huffelen has decided to continue the Task Force Bottlenecks Ca­ribbean Netherlands. The state secretary con­firmed this in a …

Saba Cares hosted a community update meeting on Friday, September 22nd to inform residents about its building project, the construction and expansion of a care institution, including a new nursing home. Demolition work of the Saba Cares administration and physical therapy buildings on Oranje Straat starts October 2nd. As this …

The Marine Squadron Caribe from Aruba visited Saba from September 15 to 23 to get to know the island, for physical activities and to assist in a good cause. The Marine Squadron Caribe came to Saba in three rotating troops each about 28 persons. Each troop stayed for a few days. …

The Saba Volleyball Team left for Dominica last week Wednes­day and played their first match in the Eastern Carib­bean Volleyball Association U23 Female Championship on Thursday. They were up against Team St. Lucia, who emerged as the victors 75-23. Com­menting on their first match Team Manager Kemaul Lee said, “We …

D66 Party Leader Rob Jetten (right) received the draft elec­tion programme in The Hague on Friday from caretaker Minister for Mining Hans Vijlbrief (centre) and Chair­person of the Permanent Programme Committee Fleur Gräper-van Koolwijk. (D66 photo) The Dutch Democratic Party D66 wants to give new energy to the collaboration within …

Nine students received their “Certificate Nederland als vreemde taal” (CnAVT) Dutch A2 certificates from Saba Reach Foundation on Wednesday evening. A total of 11 students had registered for the course; however, nine were successful. Saba Reach Foundation conducts the Dutch language examinations in collaboration with Taal Unie and University of …

Member of the Dutch Second Chamber of Par­liament Sylvana Simons of the BM party, during a plenary meeting on Wednesday about the draft 2024 budget, brought up what she called the unequal rela­tions within the Kingdom. Simons said that in the relations, the Netherlands held the reins, while the six …

The introduc­tion of almost-free childcare in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba will most likely be postponed un­til 2027. Dutch caretaker Minister of So­cial Affairs and Labour Karien van Gennip and Minister for Poverty Policy, Participation and Pensions Carola Schouten allud­ed to this in their reply to written questions submitted by Members …