Last week representatives of the Public Entities, school boards, trade unions and the educational staff of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba signed a new employment conditions agreement. It has been laid down in the new agreement that salaries were raised by 4.2%. This pay rise will come into effect retroactively on …

The Second Chamber of the Dutch Parlia­ment finds it important the thirty­million-euro structural envelope that the new Dutch government is allocating for the Caribbean Netherlands is spent in consulta­tion with the public entities Bo­naire, St. Eustatius and Saba to the benefit of the people on the islands. This became clear …

A four-person delegation of the Public Entity Saba paid a visit to the Municipality Alkmaar on Monday, March 21. Saba and Alkmaar already have a good working relationship and this visit served to further strengthen these ties. Focal areas during the one-day visit were organizational development and several projects in …

Minister for Climate, Rob Jetten, intends to take ‘substantial steps’ to make electricity production on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba largely more sustainable. He writes that today to the Second Chamber: In this letter, I first inform your Chamber about the reason for and the core of the TNO advice …

As of February, the Caribbean Netherlands Tax Authority (“Belas­tingdienst”) BCN started sending out invitations for taxpayers in the Carib­bean Netherlands islands of Saba, St. Eustatius and Bonaire to file tax returns. This year, the tax return must be submitted to the tax authorities no later than May 16. Online declaration …

Dutch State Secretary of Kingdom Relations and Digitisa­tion Alexandra van Huffe­len shares the view of the Netherlands Human Rights Council that the differences in the protection of human rights between the Neth­erlands and the Caribbean Netherlands must be elimi­nated as much as possible. The state secretary wrote this on Tuesday …

Commissioner Bruce Zagers and Island Secretary Tim Muller recently met with several Members of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament during their visit to The Hague. Among the Members that Zagers and Muller met with was Chairperson of the Second Chamber’s Permanent Committee for Kingdom Relations Mariëlle Paul. The …

Public Notice The Executive Council of the Public Entity Saba would like to inform the public of the following: In connection with the School Renovation and Expansion Project, the Executive Council is looking into developing a Bypass Road on St. John’s, as shown in the attached drawing (1). This projected …

With the easing of entry for day-trippers, the luxurious cruising company SeaDream has added some calls to Saba for 2022. SeaDream II is scheduled to visit Saba on March 22, April 5, April 13, April 20 and December 22 this year, if weather permits. SeaDream I will visit the island …

The Pension funds Caribbean Netherlands (PCN) would like to inform the public of Saba that their representative Ingra Bennett will be on Saba from March 28th -31st, 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 …