Saba News News and Information from Saba Island, Dutch Caribbean
Additional closing of Government Offices 2022
Subsidy for support Caribbean students and starters on the labour market
The WeConnect foundation will receive an annual subsidy until 2027, for the support of Caribbean students and starters on the labour market. In 2023, it concerns an amount of about 200,000 euros. The Netherlands is making this amount available through the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, to help …
Read More »Saba comes down a peg or two: “the complaints about ZJCN were perhaps too sharply formulated”
The letter from the Executive Council of Saba about dissatisfaction among the population about the functioning of the VWS branch in the Caribbean Netherlands ZJCN does not seem to have been well received in The Hague. State Secretary Maarten van Ooijen apparently finds it important to recall in a letter …
Read More »Amounts minimum wage and social benefits in the Caribbean Netherlands as of the 1st of January 2023
As of the 1st of January 2023, the minimum wage and all benefits in the Caribbean Netherlands will increase. The Minister for Poverty Policy, Participation and Pensions announced the concrete amounts today. The minimum wage will be increased by 18.2 percent on Bonaire, 14.3 percent on St. Eustatius and 15.0 …
Read More »Program Saba Day 2022
Island Council discusses banking issues with MCB management
A delegation of the Saba Island Council had a meeting with the management of the Maduro & Curiel’s Bank (MCB) in Curaçao earlier this week to discuss banking services on Saba and the challenges for Saba clients as a result of the transition from the Windward Islands Bank (WIB) to …
Read More »Fire Department pays special tribute to Reid Barnes Jr.
The Saba Fire Department held its annual commemoration for deceased firefighter Reid Barnes Jr. on his birthday Friday, November 25. This year’s event was extra special with the naming of the new body breathing apparatus workstation after Reid Jr. Fire Chief Commander Julio Every explained that the workstation at the …
Read More »Police report of Sunday, the 20th of November until Friday, the 25th of November 2022
On Wednesday, the 23rd of November, a traffic control was held at the Samuel A. Charles Street on Saba from 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM. During the control, it was checked for having a valid driver’s license, valid insurance papers, the condition of the car, and the smoothness of the …
Read More »Minister promises to cut poverty on islands in half
Dutch Minister for Poverty Policy, Pensions and Participation Carola Schouten confirmed on Wednesday that she has the intention to halve poverty in general and poverty among children in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. “I have the ambition for the Caribbean Netherlands, just as for the European part of the Netherlands, …
Read More »Pre-Saba Day Jam this Saturday, November 26
As a kick-off event for the Saba Day celebrations, the public entity Saba is organizing the Pre-Saba Day Jam this Saturday. This year’s theme is “Love & Unity in My Unspoiled Queen, Saba.” The event takes place at the Princess Juliana Sports Field in The Bottom and starts at 12:00pm …
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