Platform on Facebook for healthy lifestyle launched

The Public Health and Sports Department of the public entity Saba recently launched the Healthy Lifestyle Saba Facebook platform. Healthy Lifestyle Saba is an official informative and educational Facebook page that the entire Saba community can use as a re­liable and integral source of information on living a healthy lifestyle. …

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Last year SCS students have not yet received their diplomas

The students of the Saba Comprehensive School academic year 2020-2021 completed Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams in June-July 2021 but did not yet receive their High School diploma. Instead, they only received a High School certificate. The problem seems to be related to the fact that, since 2020, a …

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Additional temporary parking space St. John’s

A new, temporary project will commence in St. John’s this Friday to create additional parking space near the schools for the time being. The temporary parking will be constructed on the vacant plot of land that was reserved to construct a new building for Childcare until the bypass road project …

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Police received a fake emergency call

On Tuesday, the 1st of February, the police station received a number of calls at around 7:40 PM in which someone coughed and became short of breath, after which the connection was broken. When they tried to call the number back according to the existing protocol, there was no connection. …

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Saba Executive Council also objects to new tax measures

Saba’s Executive Council on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 sent a letter to Dutch State Secretary of Fiscal Affairs and Tax Department Marnix van Rij in which it objected to the new tax measures per January 1, 2022 that are adversely affecting people’s income. In the letter to Van Rij, a …

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Enforcement starts on Single-Use Plastic Ban

On January 1st, 2021, Saba implemented a single-use plastic ban. This ban prohibits the sale or use of plastic bags, plastic single-use plates, single-use plastic containers, plastic utensils, and Styrofoam containers. Bioplastics are also banned. Although sourced from sustainable materials, they are still challenging to break down. By avoiding the …

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