From René Caderius van Veen
on
Saba attends Kingdom workshop on EU funding
The EU published:
“The Commission’s renewed Strategy for the EU’s outermost regions puts people first and unlocks their potential
The EU outermost regions – Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion and Saint-Martin (France), the Azores and Madeira (Portugal) and the Canary Islands (Spain) – are nine EU regions located in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, in the Caribbean basin and in South America.”
Again: Not for the Dutch Caribbean???!!!
I started lobbying for changes in the relation between the EU and the Dutch Caribbean 12 years ago but the Dutch government refused to listen!
2023/04/25 at 11:28 am
From René Caderius van Veen
on
Saba attends Kingdom workshop on EU funding
From Cristian Hassell Feliciano
on
New Saba Island Council installed and Commissioners appointed
The entrance of the PEP (Party for Progress, Equality and Prosperity into the island Council of Saba certainly is a sign of Change with Mr. Hemmie Van Xanten. The addition of change within the WIPM established Party embody by Ms. Elsa Peterson who ran a very Professional and Outstanding Campaign is also great and dynamic Change for Saba , Jewel most Precious in the Caribbean Sea!!! She studied International Law and Human Rights a great asset and enrichment to the the Saba island Council! I admired the way in which Ms. Elsa Peterson gave out a speech during her campaign of the historical facts of the Participation of the Netherlands in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the role that the Netherlands needs to play to redeem itself from this great Evil and Injustice towards people of African Descent in the Dutch Kingdom!!! The Dutch Government and Prime Minister Mark Rutte need to also pass Laws to protect Cultural Diversity in the Netherlands and in the Dutch Kingdom. Respect towards Race and Culture, Rich Or Poor, Black or White, Indian or Asian, Latino or Filippino, Immigrant or Not, Foreign or Native we all are One People and we all deserve an Equal Treatment!!! Saba also needs to grow, Tourism needs to be expanded!!! Enough of keeping Saba Small and Stagnant!!! Island Council Member Ms. Elsa Peterson also was Dynamic in stressing on the importance of Leadership!!! “The Leader is not only the one who manages a human group, but the one who knows how to lead it and straighten its crooked cells.” Dr. Jose Francisco Peña Gomez. I encourage all the five island Council Members of Saba to and the Two Commissioners Eviton Heyliger and Bruce Zagers to please stand up for Progress, Equality and Prosperity on Small Saba like the PEP Party!!! I close in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that!
Cristian Hassell Feliciano
2023/03/30 at 10:38 am
From H Rops
on
WINAIR & KLM FLYING BLUE FREQUENT FLYER COOPERATION
Nice to hear this cooperation. Maybe they can cooperate also to realize that we can book on line extra luggage when we are traveling with KLM from Amsterdam to Saba. Now I can not book on line extra luggage by KLM.
2023/03/28 at 10:38 am
From Cris Feliciano
on
Voting Bureau approves reports polling stations
The PEP Party has the Right solely to send it’s Party Leader to lead in the island Council. It sounds like someone is dubiously afraid of Hemmie Van Xanten!!! Let PEP handle it’s own affairs!!!
2023/03/22 at 9:47 pm
From Chris
on
Voting Bureau approves reports polling stations
The votes have been counted, the results are known and the law then determines which candidates will receive a council seat.
In the case of PEP, it is very unreasonable that Simmons, J.J. with the amount of votes he received, is not one of them.
It would be to PEP’s credit if they changed that and gave Simmons the second council seat.
This can be achieved when, successively, Van Xanten, Holm, Every and Thielman decline a nomination, Simmons is then the next to be appointed.
It is that simple.
2023/03/16 at 11:19 pm
From René Caderius van Veen
on
WIPM 3 seats in Saba elections, PEP 2 seats
Will Saskia Matthew become a new member of the Island Council or will she keep her job as a civil servant?
The combination of both is prohibited.
2023/03/16 at 9:26 am
From Dave Levenstone
on
WIPM 3 seats in Saba elections, PEP 2 seats
The law does permit her to take a leave of absence from her civil servant job. She does not have to resign her job.
2023/03/23 at 10:31 am
From Annemarie Bok
on
Another successful SABA DOET
Congratulations! Saba DOET makes a beautiful island even more beautiful!
2023/03/15 at 9:54 am
From Lisa
on
Saba to plant 5,000 trees under reforestation project
Could olive trees grow decently at lower altitudes on Saba with low maintenance once the initial period of needing to water and otherwise care intensively for the olive trees has passed?
If so, how can Saba get seeds or saplings free of invasive insects to get olive trees growing on Saba?
Could okra grow decently near the new trees once the trees (whichever type of trees that might be) get going and provide enough soil and moisture around them?
Can goats be trained from a young age to eat coralita leaves and flowers?
2023/03/10 at 6:32 am
From Jim Garza
on
Saba to plant 5,000 trees under reforestation project
Lisa, Olive trees grow in sandy loam soil, which is what is mostly 12″ under the ground on Saba. However, there is no nitrogen and way too much potassium in the soil, so you will need to add nitrogen with no phosphorus or potassium in it, like a 15-0-0 straight mixture on the bag. Read more here on Olive Tree health and management. https://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/edibles/fruits/olives.html#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20most%20important,the%20expense%20of%20fruit%20production.
2023/03/10 at 2:02 pm
From Lisa
on
Saba to plant 5,000 trees under reforestation project
Thank you so much Jim for this information! Maybe pulses such as red lentils or chickpeas might work to input nitrogen and extract potassium and provide local non-animal protein. If anyone has grown pulses with good luck on Saba I’d like to hear what works and what doesn’t.
2023/03/21 at 9:24 am
From Ellen Lockhart
on
Saba to plant 5,000 trees under reforestation project
I have been growing fruit trees, shrubs, and vines since my husband and I came to live on Saba four years ago. Sharing these plants has been a great pleasure.
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From René Caderius van Veen on Saba attends Kingdom workshop on EU funding
2023/04/25 at 11:28 amFrom René Caderius van Veen on Saba attends Kingdom workshop on EU funding
2023/04/25 at 10:17 amFrom Cristian Hassell Feliciano on New Saba Island Council installed and Commissioners appointed
2023/03/30 at 10:38 amFrom H Rops on WINAIR & KLM FLYING BLUE FREQUENT FLYER COOPERATION
2023/03/28 at 10:38 amFrom Cris Feliciano on Voting Bureau approves reports polling stations
2023/03/22 at 9:47 pmFrom Chris on Voting Bureau approves reports polling stations
2023/03/16 at 11:19 pmFrom René Caderius van Veen on WIPM 3 seats in Saba elections, PEP 2 seats
2023/03/16 at 9:26 amFrom Dave Levenstone on WIPM 3 seats in Saba elections, PEP 2 seats
2023/03/23 at 10:31 amFrom Annemarie Bok on Another successful SABA DOET
2023/03/15 at 9:54 amFrom Lisa on Saba to plant 5,000 trees under reforestation project
2023/03/10 at 6:32 amFrom Jim Garza on Saba to plant 5,000 trees under reforestation project
2023/03/10 at 2:02 pmFrom Lisa on Saba to plant 5,000 trees under reforestation project
2023/03/21 at 9:24 amFrom Ellen Lockhart on Saba to plant 5,000 trees under reforestation project
2023/03/08 at 8:22 pm