During their working visit to Bonaire and Curaçao from Thursday, November 17 to Wednesday, November 23, Saba Island Council Members Carl Buncamper and Vito Charles visited Bonaire’s Mariadal Hospital and the Curaçao Medical Center (CMC). Accompanied by Island Council Registrar Akilah Levenstone, Buncamper and Charles traveled to Bonaire right after …
Read More »Successful 2022 Saba Children’s Rights Week
Saba celebrated the 2022 Children’s Rights Week from November 19 to 25 November with a program packed with activities. The activities started on Saturday, November 19 with a sparkling talent show in collaboration with the United Nations Children Fund UNICEF Nederland. Earlier this year, UNICEF carried out a quality time …
Read More »Saba’s Memory Trail or The Composite of Time: A collaborative public project with artist Sara Ramo for the new fire station.
The island of Saba keeps countless stories among its people, of past and present times intertwine. People from different parts of the world have come together to form a very special and unique community. In the context of the construction of Saba’s New Fire Station, the Rijksvastgoedbedrijf commissioned Brazilian-Spanish artist …
Read More »Opinion: The drama of the transfer from WIB bank to MCB – Bonaire
Dear Editor, It is since November 1st that the transition took place from the accounts of all clients of Windward Islands Bank Ltd on Saba and Statia to Maduro & Curiel’s Bank Bonaire. This transition and especially the way it has been carried out has disrupted the life of many …
Read More »PCN visiting Saba on Thursday, December 1st
Pension funds Caribbean Netherlands (PCN) Would like to inform the public of Saba that their representative Ingra Bennett will be on Saba on Thursday December 1st, 2022 to answer questions, listen to concerns or handle issues pertaining to a PCN pension. To schedule an appointment please contact PCN office on Statia at …
Read More »Additional closing of Government Offices 2022
Subsidy for support Caribbean students and starters on the labour market
The WeConnect foundation will receive an annual subsidy until 2027, for the support of Caribbean students and starters on the labour market. In 2023, it concerns an amount of about 200,000 euros. The Netherlands is making this amount available through the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, to help …
Read More »Saba comes down a peg or two: “the complaints about ZJCN were perhaps too sharply formulated”
The letter from the Executive Council of Saba about dissatisfaction among the population about the functioning of the VWS branch in the Caribbean Netherlands ZJCN does not seem to have been well received in The Hague. State Secretary Maarten van Ooijen apparently finds it important to recall in a letter …
Read More »Amounts minimum wage and social benefits in the Caribbean Netherlands as of the 1st of January 2023
As of the 1st of January 2023, the minimum wage and all benefits in the Caribbean Netherlands will increase. The Minister for Poverty Policy, Participation and Pensions announced the concrete amounts today. The minimum wage will be increased by 18.2 percent on Bonaire, 14.3 percent on St. Eustatius and 15.0 …
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