Saba News News and Information from Saba Island, Dutch Caribbean

The Joint Court of Justice on Thursday announced the opening hours of its new courthouses in St. Eu­statius and Saba, as well as the scheduled hearing dates between January and July. The St. Eustatius branch of the Joint Court will be open on Tuesdays from 8:00am to 12:00pm and 1:00 …

The Saban community is in uproar after an off-duty police officer drew his service weapon and allegedly pointed it at anoth­er man during a party at Ocean Club around 4:00am January 1. There were at least two off-duty officers at the party, according to eyewitness reports. The officers were said …

UPDATE The Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint-Maarten (CBCS) apologizes for the wrong date mentioned in the original article below. They now confirm the official introduction date of the Caribbean Guilder to be March 31, 2025. …….. The Caribbean guilder will be introduced in Curaçao and St. Maarten during the …

Police report of Friday, the 29th of December 2023 until Wednesday, the 3rd of January 2024 Incident with weapon during New Year’s celebration On the night of Sunday, the 31st of December to Monday, the 1st of January, an incident took place in a catering establishment on Saba during which …

BES Reporter writes that there has been concern during the New Year’s celebration over the display of weapons by at least one off-duty officer of the Caribbean Netherlands Police Force (KPCN), who pulled out his service weapon in an entertainment venue in the early morning of January 1. Reportedly, there …

Residents of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (the BES islands) will receive a postal code in 2026. “Unfortunately, a quicker implementation is not possible because the postal code is not separate from the address registra­tion,” said Dutch caretaker State Secretary of Kingdom Relations and Digitisation Alexandra van Huffelen. The necessary …

The restart of Air Antilles, which was declared bankrupt a few months ago, is taking longer than expected. The Guadeloupe-based airline now believes that flights can only start at the end of the first quarter, instead of early 2024. The restart, led by French holding company Cipim and the government …

Pensions will be paid out today, December 29, at the Post Office between 10 am and 1 pm. The post office manager would like to wish all a very Happy New Year and would like to remind the public that the post office will have irregular hours the first week …

  The community of Saba can again look forward to a professional fireworks display at the airport this year. The annual fireworks show will occur on Thursday, December 28, at 7:00 pm. The event is especially for families, children, and the elderly who otherwise might not see the fireworks display …

Today the tender for the construction of Black Rocks Harbor on Saba was published on TenderNed. At the end of October, the Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management granted the permit for the operation and construction of the new harbor. The permit was available for public inspection until early December. …

The Council of Ministers, on the proposal of State Secretary Van Huffelen (Kingdom Relations and Digitalisation), has endorsed the bill to introduce the Citizen Service Number (BSN) and digital government login tools in Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba. The law aims to strengthen the digital government and society in the …

WINAIR is delighted to announce the fulfillment of its commitment to the Dutch Government by making the final payment towards the USD 4,500,000 loan received during the challenging period of the COVID-19 Pandemic. This significant milestone marks a moment of gratitude towards the Dutch Government for the invaluable support provided. …

On Friday, December 15 and Saturday, December 16, the Public Entity Saba’s reforestation project hosted its first mango tree grafting class as part of the local food production component of the project. The goal of this class was to inspire and empower island residents to start producing their food by …

Since the 10th of October 2010, the islands Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba are known as the Caribbean Netherlands and are public entities of the Netherlands. Since this new constitutional status, the Dutch government is responsible for taxation and fiscal policy. Therefore, a new tax system was introduced in 2011, …

From the end of 2025, population screenings for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer will also be offered on Bonaire, St. Eustatius, and Saba. Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport Kuipers writes this to the Second Chamber: Since 2021, the RIVM Centre for Population Screening has been working with a local …