Former Netherlands Antilles Minister Leo Chance on Tuesday, November 8 was honored with a Visionary Award on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Capt. Leo A.I. Chance Pier at Saba’s Fort Bay Harbor and Chance’s 90th birthday. https://www.facebook.com/PublicEntitySaba/videos/831246434748639 On Tuesday, November 8, it was exactly 50 years ago …
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Pension funds Caribbean Netherlands (PCN) Would like to invite all active participants, benefit recipients and past participants to a meet & greet. Come meet the PCN board, ask questions and be informed. Drinks and snacks to follow. Place: Eugenius Johnson Center, Windwardside Saba Date: Thursday November 17, 2022 Time: 7:00 …
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Winair will enter into a codeshare agreement with American JetBlue as of 10 November. This makes it easier for travelers to transfer from one airline to another under one booking and one baggage drop-off at the departure airport. With the agreement, the destinations of both airlines can be booked on …
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A country of six will never be revived, but the six islands of the former Netherlands Antilles should unite in a different way, according to Golden Meand Society, a think tank for human rights issues and sustainable socioeconomic development spearheaded by attorney Michiel Bijkerk. “Changes in our Kingdom constitutional structure are …
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The Department of Public Order and Safety of the public entity Saba will be coordinating two exercise training scenarios. One of the scenarios was a tsunami exercise, which took place on Monday, November 7. During this exercise, lower parts of Saba were evacuated for a brief period of time. The second …
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National Institute for Professional Advancement (NIPA) is expanding its programme offerings to Saba and St. Eustatius, starting with a modified level three programme for Social Pedagogical Work (SPW). This was announced in a press release on Monday. Starting today, November 8, 20 childcare professionals, six on Saba and 14 on …
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On Friday, November 4th, the festive signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for the Teacher’s program in Saba and Sint Eustatius took place between OCW Caribbean, the University of St. Martin (USM) and the University of the Virgin Islands (UVI). The three institutions confirmed their cooperation to offer the Bachelor …
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Over the next three years, the government will make a total of 5 million euros available to invest in the library network on Bonaire, St Eustatius, and Saba. State Secretary Gunay Uslu (Culture and Media) announced this after the Council of Ministers. The contribution is part of the tens of …
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Coordinating Minister van Huffelen (Kingdom Relations and Digitalisation) presented today the working agenda for a safe, inclusive, and promising digital society. In this first working agenda, the cabinet has further elaborated and specified the themes ‘digital foundation’ and ‘digital government’ from the outline letter of the 8th of March, recently. …
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Four control room employees of the Dutch Caribbean Police Force (KPCN) and two employees of the Dutch Caribbean Fire Department (BKCN) recently completed an intensive course. The course aimed to certify the new colleagues of the control room for the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands as dispatchers. Over the course …
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