Two motions were presented to the Island Council by Island Council Members Elsa Peterson and Vito Charles, both of the WIPM party, one motion addressing the continued urgency to establish the social minimum and a second motion on the minimum salaries of the Public Entity Saba with a cost-of-living adjustment. …

The Island Council on Thursday, July 13, approved the 2022 Year Report and the first 2023 budget amendment of the Public Entity Saba. During the Central Committee meeting one day before, Commissioner of Finance Bruce Zagers provided some background information. Saba was again able to achieve an unqualified audit opinion …

WINAIR announced the launch of its inaugural flight to Curaçao and Aruba this Friday July 14, 2023, utilizing their new ATR-500 series aircraft. This remarkable milestone marks a significant achievement for WINAIR, as it introduces a new level of comfort and luxury to their customers. In addition, WINAIR is now …

Today, the Island Council voted to adopt the Ordinance on the Restriction of Tobacco Use Saba.   This new ordinance will go into effect on September 1st, 2023. The ordinance regulates three areas with respect to the sale of tobacco and tobacco-related products. First, it will be prohibited to sell tobacco …

The Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance (DCNA) recently organized an Education Standards and Strategy Workshop, bringing together esteemed park and conservation authorities from the Dutch Caribbean region. The workshop focused on developing educational standards and devising effective educational strategies for park organizations, Aruba National Park Foundation, Saba Conservation Foundation, Nature Foundation …

The focus of digitisation in the com­ing period in the Carib­bean part of the Kingdom is on getting the necessary foundation in order. This means the introduction of the Citizen Service Number BSN in Bonaire, St. Eusta­tius and Saba, and giving Dutch Caribbean students a BSN prior to coming to …

In the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 11th, the Maritime Operation Center (MOC) received a report of a sailing vessel in need of assistance at Saba. The mooring rope broke loose and the sailing vessel ran aground on the west side of the island. Another sailing vessel nearby assisted …

Pensioners who live in the Caribbean Netherlands and receive AOV or AWW are kindly requested by the RCN unit Social Affairs and Employment (SZW) to drop by the SZW office in July or August for proof of life control. Bringing along an ID card is sufficient for this control; no …

Over 6 in 10 working parents in the Caribbean Netherlands with children under age 12 used formal childcare at least once every week in 2022. The children attended a nursery, preschool or out-of-school care. On average, 91 per cent of the parents aged 15 to 74 years with children under …

Small islands like Saba have limited land making conventional agriculture difficult. Therefore, the sea represents one of the most important resources for local food production and food self-sufficiency. Marine resources are also of critical value for the tourism industry of such small islands. Recognizing this high local importance of the …