Patrick Hassell is the new supervisor at Saba’s Waste Management Facility per Tuesday, February 21. He takes over from Arnold Hassell, who has been supervisor for the past 7 years. Arnold will stay on a few more months during the transition before going on a well-deserved pension, several years after …

Did you submit a complaint and it has not been handled by ZJCN and do you still want it to be handled? The ZJCN invites all insured of Saba and Statia that didn’t receive any reaction on their complaints to please inform. ZJCN calls on residents of Saba and Statia …

The ‘Be your own Icon’ program for youngsters on Saba has just gotten bigger and better with the addition of basketball for girls, soccer for boys and two mentors. Until now, the program offered only basketball for boys. Saba is the first in the Dutch Kingdom to add girls to …

The girls’ netball team Saba Aces went to St. Eustatius on Friday, February 17, for a tournament on the sister island. Twenty girls age 10 to 18 and five chaperones, including coaches Tevonille Dunchie and Telong Childs, left on the Makana ferry in the afternoon. “The girls are so excited …

Minister Carola Schouten (Poverty Policy, Participation and Pensions) has commissioned an investigation into the social minimum on the islands of Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius. The Committee Social Minimum Caribbean Netherlands will start on the 1st of March 2023. The independent committee, which will be set up following a motion …

The draft law for childcare in the Ca­ribbean Netherlands (“Wet Kin­deropvang BES”) was presented to the Dutch Parliament’s Second Chamber on Thursday, February 16. This proposal for a new law lays down the basic rules for the quality, supervision and financing of childcare on Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius. The aim …

The Social Work unit, which is part of the Community Development Department of the Public Entity, lends a helping hand in different areas of the social domain. There is financial assistance and practical assistance, but also emotional support and motivational empowerment. “Many people think that Social Work is only about …

Cura­cao’s tug services provider “Kompania di Tou Korsou” (KTK) and sister company “Kompania di Tou Bo­naire” (KM) have won a public tender to provide support to Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (so-called BES islands) in the event of a maritime incident and form part of the Response Service Maritime Incidents …

In line with the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of reported cases keeps go­ing down in the Dutch Ca­ribbean. In January 2023, there were a mere 253 re­ported COVID-19 infec­tions, compared to 474 one month before. The number of new COV­ID-19-related hospital ad­missions in the Dutch Ca­ribbean sharply …

Young people on Saba now have a place they can find information and turn to with their questions about sexual health. SabaLovin, Saba’s first sexual and reproductive health website, was launched on Tuesday, February 14. It was no coincidence that the Public Health Department, which initiated this innovative website, chose …