Today a meeting of the Island Council was scheduled to start at 2 pm. This meeting would be a follow-up to the meeting of the Central Committee that was held the previous day. For reasons he explained in an open letter to the Chairman of the Island Council (see below), …

Dutch banks can, in principle, offer banking services in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, but are faced with legal and practical obstructions, ac­cording to Dutch State Sec­retary for Kingdom Rela­tions and Digitalisation Al­exandra van Huffelen. She stated this in response to written questions of Members of the Second Chamber of …

On December 12th, 2022, the Minister of Justice and Security nominated Mr. Alwyn Braaf to the King to be appointed as the new Chief of Police of the KPCN. After careful selection, Mr. Braaf has been nominated for the position by the selection committee. Mr. Braaf has an extensive career …

Saba for the first time hosted an inter-island Netball Tournament on Friday, December 9, and Saturday, December 10, 2022, with the participation of St. Eustatius and St. Maarten. Saba’s netball team, the Saba Aces, welcomed two teams from St. Eustatius and St. Maarten at the Queen Juliana Sports Field for …

Everyone in the Netherlands is entitled to a bank account. Well, almost everyone. Banks are withdrawing on a large scale from the Dutch municipalities Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba. The last one is Rabobank. The proceeds would no longer outweigh the hassle that banking in the tropical Netherlands entails. Rabobank …

The num­ber of positive COVID-19 test results in St. Maarten showed a sharp decline in November, reported the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment RIVM in its latest Dutch Caribbean update. In St. Maarten, there were a mere 23 positive test results up to and in­cluding November …

There does not seem to be a quick solu­tion to the issue of banking services in St. Eustatius and Saba. The problems are being addressed in a Task Force and in the agree­ments that the Netherlands made with the public enti­ties St. Eustatius and Saba. Dutch State Secretary for Kingdom …

The Public Entity Saba has decided to intensify the bounty period to tackle free-roaming goats by using local capacity. This is Phase 2 of the bounty period. The decision to intensify the bounty period was made after a review of the first two phases of the goat project. The project …

The results of the Saba Tourism Master Plan 2023-2028 were presented to the tourism partners and the community during two individual sessions on Thursday, December 8. The elaborate document named three top priorities: increase accessibility to Saba, ensure resources for the Tourist Office and raise tourism awareness among the local …

From Emancipation to Awareness was the title of a most interesting lecture about Saba’s slavery past and the emancipation process, presented by a representative of the Saba Archeological Center (SABARC) Vito Charles on Wednesday evening, December 7. Charles spoke about the slavery times on Saba and its impact, the resistance …