Update Thursday, January 13th 4 new cases – 2 imported cases and 2 close contacts. 11 persons recovered. Update Wednesday, January 12th 9 new active cases – 7 close contacts, 1 end of quarantine, and 1 source unknown. 11 persons recovered. Update Monday, January 11th 12 new active cases – …
Read More »F3 Fun Free Fitness Center will soon open in The Bottom
James Granger, coming back to Saba after 4 years of studying and working in Bonaire at among other Bon Bida Gym, saw opportunities for a new gym on the island. “For a long while there was only one public gym on Saba and it was located in Windward side. When …
Read More »New Electricity Tariffs for 2022
The Saba Electric Company announced that in accordance with the Electricity and Drinking Water BES Law, the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has set the maximum tariffs for Saba Electric Company (SEC) for 2022. These new tariffs have gone into effect as of January 1, 2022. The new variable …
Read More »Animal Registration Fee 2022
The Executive Council of the Public Entity Saba would like to inform the public of the following: Based on the Island Ordinance Identification and Registration of Livestock and Pets 2004, all animal owners must pay an annual identification and registration fee. The Executive Council has mandated collecting the fee above …
Read More »New volcano measuring station on the whale’s tail
The KNMI wants to install two new measuring stations (GNSS) on Parish Hill near the whale’s tail. These measuring stations monitor the volcano by looking at tiny movements of the earth, giving an even more accurate picture of the volcano’s state. There are already three other comparable stations on Saba. …
Read More »Introductory video State Secretary for Kingdom Relations Alexandra van Huffelen
Introductory video State Secretary for Kingdom Relations Alexandra van Huffelen
Read More »Van Huffelen wants to visit islands soon
New State Secretary of Kingdom relations and Digitalising Alexandra van Huffelen said on Monday that she wants to visit the Dutch Caribbean islands as soon as possible. “I look forward to meeting the people in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom,” she stated on Twitter after the swearing in ceremony …
Read More »Alarming increase on islands, says RIVM
An “alarming increase” is how the Netherlands National Institute of Public Health and the Environment RIVM referred to the COVID-19 situation in the Dutch Caribbean. In its most recent epidemiological report of Friday, January 7, the RIVM stated that in the week of December 30 to January 5, a total …
Read More »Saba budget deficit solution is approved
Dutch caretaker State Secretary of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Raymond Knops has given the public entity Saba permission to cover the 2022 budget deficit from the general reserve. Knops stated this in a letter that he sent to the Saba Island Council on Thursday. Saba’s 2022 budget shows a …
Read More »PETITION AGAINST THE RAISE OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FEES ON THE BES-ISLANDS – Updated Monday, January 9th
Update by BES-reporter, January 9th Opinion: The Chamber of Commerce should not be a self feeding monster Opinion: Chamber of Commerce should not be a self-feeding monster Original post The businesses on the BES Islands have started a petion against the raise of the Chamber of Commerce fees. Check …
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