Saba News News and Information from Saba Island, Dutch Caribbean

The first week of April, the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance hosted a sea urchin (Diadema Antillarum) restoration workshop on Saba. This workshop was led by University of Applied Sciences Van Hall Larenstein (VHL). During the workshop experts and representatives from the Dutch Caribbean and Jamaica came together to join forces towards coral reef restoration. …

Last week Thursday, April 21, the Public Health Department streamed the second session of the Parenting in Action (PIA) Program live via its Facebook page. The topic of the session was: Healthy Choices, Happy Kids: Supporting your child’s health. The session was hosted by Carol Irvine–Skinner of Saba Comprehensive School …

On Wednesday, March 13 the Saba Heritage Center and the family of Carmen Simmons successfully presented her second memoir to members of the community. This is Simmons’ second book and is titled “A Life of Service; The Volunteer Life of Carmen Simmons”. This book focuses on the many organizations Mrs. …

Young people in Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba have entered into a con­versation with the National Coordinator against Racism and Discrimination about rac­ism and discrimination. The youngsters discussed their experiences and under­standings with national coor­dinator Rabin Baldewsingh, the dialogue’s initiator, on April 11. The conversations, in which the youngsters talked …

The process to draft the Saba Tourism Plan 2023-2028 has started. The Tourism Master Plan is being researched and conducted by the Dick Pope Sr. Institute for Tourism Studies, the research arm of the University of Central Florida (UCF) Rosen College of Hospitality Management. During a first information session, which …

A number of measures to mitigate COVID-19 in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba will be scrapped from the tempo­rary regulations that gave the island governors, or the government commissioner in St. Eustatius, the author­ity to impose measures in certain areas during the pandemic. Dutch Minister of Pub­lic Health, Wellbeing and …

— Second Chamber in debate with state secretary — Equality in the rela­tions between the Netherlands and Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba is important and requires continuous working on. That was emphasised during a de­bate of the Permanent Committee for Kingdom Relations of the Sec­ond Chamber of the Dutch Parlia­ment …

Former Kalinago chief Irvince Nanichi Auguiste from Dominica visits Saba for the first time to rekindle the connections of the past, break down borders and celebrate the Indigenous Caribbean population. Archaeological research suggests that the first Indigenous peoples arrived on Saba 3800 years ago and were part of an extensive …

On Saturday morning April 9, the community attended the Saba Health Fair 2022. The organization of the Health Fair was a collaboration between Saba Cares, the Public Health Department, Saba Pharmacy, volunteer students of Saba University School of Medicine (SUSOM), Body, Mind & Spirit (BMS) and Gezondheid Farms. The Health …

Carmen Simmons, in collaboration with the Saba Heritage Center (SHC), will launch her second book on Wednesday, April 13 from 5:30 – 7pm at the SHC headquarters in Windwardside. The book, entitled “A Life of Service: The Volunteer Life of Carmen Simmons”, was written by the author over a two-year …

This year, Labour Day falls on a Sunday. According to the Labour Law (Arbeidswet 2000 BES), this means Labour Day is celebrated on the next working day. This is on Monday the 2nd of May. This means that most public offices and services will be closed on the 2nd of …

Dutch State Secretary of King­dom Relations and Digitisation Alexandra van Huffelen confirmed her commitment to the Caribbean Netherlands on Friday in a letter to the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament in anticipation of a debate about governance on the islands on April 14. “The Dutch govern­ment wants the Carib­bean …

From big litigation to renovations for their new sea lab, 2022 promises to be a banner year for the Saba Conservation Foundation (SCF).  SCF recently presented at the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA)  Board Meeting, highlighting exciting new projects on the horizon. Just over five years ago, a 48-meter superyacht, …

On Thursday, April 7, 2022, the Saba Heritage Center hosted a community session on research currently being carried out in Saba by the Island(er)s at the Helm program. Researchers Dr. Jaime Pagán Jiménez and Dr. Kees Nooren presented their research plans and initial findings. Participants were also invited to share …

The roof of Block C of the Under the Hill housing project has been completed. During a visit to the site earlier this week, Commissioner of Social Housing Rolando Wilson, Maarten Koster of Bazalt Wonen, Zoubeir el Atmani of Van Boekel, Eviton Heyliger of Own Your Own Home Foundation, and …