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“Parenting in Action” launched to empower Saba parents – Febr 8 at 6 pm
The Public Health Department of the Public Entity Saba recently launched the Parenting in Action …
Read More »Saba relaxes entry requirements
Saba has updated its entry requirements per Monday, February 7, and now also allows a …
Read More »Commissioner Wilson visits farming locations
Commissioner of Agricultural Affairs Rolando Wilson visited a number of farming locations on Friday, February …
Read More »Saba to begin cervical cancer screening
Population screening for cervical cancer on Saba will begin on February 7, 2022. Saba Cares …
Read More »Tropicbird research on Saba provides important data
With the assistance of numerous residents, Lara Mielke has been researching the Tropicbird on Saba, …
Read More »Subsidies available for Count on Skills
Also this year, it is possible again for institutions in the Caribbean Netherlands to submit …
Read More »Platform on Facebook for healthy lifestyle launched
The Public Health and Sports Department of the public entity Saba recently launched the Healthy …
Read More »Last year SCS students have not yet received their diplomas
The students of the Saba Comprehensive School academic year 2020-2021 completed Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate …
Read More »Additional temporary parking space St. John’s
A new, temporary project will commence in St. John’s this Friday to create additional parking …
Read More »Police received a fake emergency call
On Tuesday, the 1st of February, the police station received a number of calls at …
Read More »State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen visits the Caribbean part of the Kingdom
State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen of Kingdom Relations will pay a working visit to Curaçao, …
Read More »Saba Executive Council also objects to new tax measures
Saba’s Executive Council on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 sent a letter to Dutch State Secretary …
Read More »Public Health Department created Healthy Lifestyle Saba Facebook page.
Welcome to the Healthy Lifestyle Saba Facebook page. Healthy Lifestyle Saba will be an informative …
Read More »Enforcement starts on Single-Use Plastic Ban
On January 1st, 2021, Saba implemented a single-use plastic ban. This ban prohibits the sale …
Read More »Police report of Friday, the 28th of January until Monday, the 31st of January 2022
Brawl On Saturday, the 29th of January, the police station received a report about a …
Read More »Entrepreneurship workshop for Saba students starts Febr. 7 in the Queen Wilhelmina Library
The Queen Wilhelmina Library (QWL) in collaboration with the Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) will be …
Read More »Free consultation hours with the National Ombudsman and Children’s Ombudsman on February 7
From February 7 to 12, 2022, a Team of the National Ombudsman and the Children’s …
Read More »Saba scales down to alert level two
Five weeks after Saba moved to the coronavirus alert level three due to an increase …
Read More »Van Rij asked to explain tax hike
New Dutch State Secretary of Fiscality and the Tax Department Marnix van Rij will have to …
Read More »Covid-19 update from Island Governor Jonathan Johnson – Friday, January 28th;
Today marks five weeks since we moved to alert level three. I want to commend …
Read More »Royal Netherlands Marechaussee looks back on border control in 2021
Although the COVID restrictions continued to affect international travel in 2021, it was still busy …
Read More »Dutch bank account one step closer for islands’ residents
The securing of the legal right of residents of the six Dutch Caribbean islands to …
Read More »Vaccination Saba children starts on February 1
Children on Saba between the age of 5 and 11 will be receiving a COVID-19 …
Read More »Seedling trials start at Intensive Horticulture project
The Showroom Intensive Horticulture Pilot has completed construction and seedling trials have started. Jim Garza …
Read More »Data Protection Day Focusing on Data Breaches
On International Data Protection Day, the Data Protection Authority BES (the Authority) will be focusing …
Read More »Online income tax returns already possible
Online income tax returns for 2021 can already be submitted. Since last year, this has …
Read More »New uniforms for Dutch Customs staff presented on International Customs Day
The World Customs Organization (WCO) has declared the 26th of January as ‘International Customs Day’ …
Read More »Old Power Plant at Fort Bay to be converted to Marine Research Station
On January 17th, 2022, Mark Zagers, Managing Director of the Saba Electric Company (SEC), officially …
Read More »Bank may apply foreign surcharge as EU considers BES Islands “Overseas Territories”
The Financial Services Complaints Institute (Kifid) in The Netherlands has rejected a complaint by a …
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