In the first six months of 2022, the number of visitor arrivals by air on  Saba was one and a half times as high as in the same period last year. At the same time, air visitor arrivals on Bonaire tripled; the number was 10 percent up in the first …

  On the 19th of October 2022, during the Sector Consultation between trade unions (ABVO, STrAF, ACOM and NAPB) and the Director of Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland, Jan Helmond, an agreement was reached on a supplement to the current employment conditions. It was agreed that from the 1st of January, 2023, all …

In Q3 2022, consumer goods and services on Saba rose from 8.2 percent in Q2 to 9.7 percent in Q3 2022. The rising prices of food, electricity and motor fuels were the main cause of the inflation increase on the island. Eggs more expensive on Bonaire and Saba In Q2, …

Zorg en Jeugd Caribisch Nederland (ZJCN, Care and Youth Caribbean Netherlands) falls under the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS). The organization is the result of a merger between the Zorgverzekeringskantoor (ZVK, Health Insurance Office) and the Jeugdzorg en Gezinsvoogdij (JGCN, Youth Care and Guardianship Council). RCN

A lot has changed over the past 2 years when it comes to youth care on the BES islands. Youth care now falls under the program directorate of the ministry of VWS, Care and Youth Caribbean Netherlands (ZJCN). Maideline Martijn, Head of Youth at ZJCN, explains the structure of Youth …

While preparatory work for the new harbor project at Black Rocks continues, it was announced that the first phase of upgrading the existing Fort Bay harbor will start in January 2023. Once the new harbor at Black Rocks is constructed, the Fort Bay harbor will remain in use as a …

Are you finding it difficult to budget in these financially trying times when all prices have gone up? Are you having trouble finding a balance between the frustrations of living from paycheck to paycheck and planning ahead? This reality for many on Saba will be the focus of a budget …

Saba Commissioner of Agriculture Rolando Wilson is in Curaçao this week to attend the agriculture congress Dutch Caribbean Visioning Process together with colleague commissioners and ministers of the other Dutch Caribbean islands, and with the participation of the Netherlands. Commissioner Wilson on Monday morning attended the opening of the three-day …

Historic involvement in slavery is a very painful, significant, and – until recently – underexposed part of our shared history. As of next year, extra attention will be paid to this history throughout the Kingdom: the Slavery Memorial Year will run from the 1st of  July 2023 until the 1st …

In the first eight months of its existence, the Makana ferry has transported more passengers be­tween St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba than the air­lines have. Dutch State Secretary of Kingdom Relations and Digi­tisation Alexandra van Huffelen reported this fact in an update that she sent to the Second Chamber …