The Saba Comprehensive School (the only school for secondary and vocational education on the island) and the Sacred Heart Primary School seek a Physical Education Assistant (1.0 FTE) Effective August 2023 As the assistant you should have good organization skills, good attention to details, ability to work alone and …
Read More »Saba Cares looking for Supervisory Board Member
Saba Aces netball team to Statia
The girls’ netball team Saba Aces went to St. Eustatius on Friday, February 17, for a tournament on the sister island. Twenty girls age 10 to 18 and five chaperones, including coaches Tevonille Dunchie and Telong Childs, left on the Makana ferry in the afternoon. “The girls are so excited …
Read More »Launch Committee to investigate social minimum in the Caribbean Netherlands
Minister Carola Schouten (Poverty Policy, Participation and Pensions) has commissioned an investigation into the social minimum on the islands of Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius. The Committee Social Minimum Caribbean Netherlands will start on the 1st of March 2023. The independent committee, which will be set up following a motion …
Read More »Draft law for good quality, safe, affordable childcare
The draft law for childcare in the Caribbean Netherlands (“Wet Kinderopvang BES”) was presented to the Dutch Parliament’s Second Chamber on Thursday, February 16. This proposal for a new law lays down the basic rules for the quality, supervision and financing of childcare on Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius. The aim …
Read More »2023 Create & Learn program runs from February – September
The first Create & Learn was a month-long program held in May 2018 with 12 artists of different skills. We are excited to re-launch this program in 2023 with a bit of a different approach! There will be 4 two-week events in 2023, a total of 20 artists with 5 …
Read More »The helping hand of Saba’s Social Work unit
The Social Work unit, which is part of the Community Development Department of the Public Entity, lends a helping hand in different areas of the social domain. There is financial assistance and practical assistance, but also emotional support and motivational empowerment. “Many people think that Social Work is only about …
Read More »KTK to assist with BES islands spill
Curacao’s tug services provider “Kompania di Tou Korsou” (KTK) and sister company “Kompania di Tou Bonaire” (KM) have won a public tender to provide support to Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (so-called BES islands) in the event of a maritime incident and form part of the Response Service Maritime Incidents …
Read More »Further decline in COVID cases in Dutch Caribbean
In line with the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of reported cases keeps going down in the Dutch Caribbean. In January 2023, there were a mere 253 reported COVID-19 infections, compared to 474 one month before. The number of new COVID-19-related hospital admissions in the Dutch Caribbean sharply …
Read More »Saba youth now has its very own sexual health website, SabaLovin
Young people on Saba now have a place they can find information and turn to with their questions about sexual health. SabaLovin, Saba’s first sexual and reproductive health website, was launched on Tuesday, February 14. It was no coincidence that the Public Health Department, which initiated this innovative website, chose …
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