On the afternoon of Wednesday, December 4, 2024, Saba experienced an island-wide power outage. This was caused by one of SEC’s generators unexpectedly going offline, compounded by other systemic issues. Our team worked swiftly and diligently to address the problem, and power was successfully restored later that afternoon. In response …

The site DossierKoninkrijksRelaties reports that the mapping of positive and negative effects of the recommendations of the Committee for the Social Minimum of the Caribbean Netherlands is hampered by a lack of data. For this reason, Statistics Netherlands has carried out a baseline measurement. Inducement In October 2023, the Committee …

Arrest driving under the influence On Tuesday, the 3rd of December, around 9 PM, the central control room received a report of a collision on Samuel A. Charles Street on Saba. Upon police arrival, it could be observed that a car had collided with a parked scooter near a restaurant. Following the “botsen …

The Court of First In­stance on Wednesday acquitted a Saba woman accused of brib­ing three people to vote for her uncle in the 2023 Island Council election. Alicia Wilson (38) was also found not guilty of pressuring an­other 10 to sign away their ballots via the proxy system, which al­lows …

The site DossierKoninkrijksRelaties reports that as of 1 January, low-income residents in the Caribbean Netherlands will no longer pay taxes on their wages or benefits, thanks to a unanimously adopted “reparation motion” by the Second Chamber this afternoon. The motion was introduced to mitigate the unintended consequences of a previous …

The Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment will adjust the amounts for minimum wage, child benefit, and social security benefits in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba as of January 1, 2025, based on 2024 inflation figures. The statutory minimum wage will be indexed across all three islands. For Bonaire, …

Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) held its graduation ceremony on Saturday evening for the 15 graduates of the class of 2023-2024, who sat the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE), Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examina­tions, and final examinations of the Vocational and PRO streams. Some of the graduates could not attend …

In 2021, approximately 9 in 10 residents of the Caribbean Netherlands rated their lives at 7 or higher on a 10-point scale, reflecting widespread life satisfaction. St. Eustatius had the highest percentage of satisfied residents (93%), followed closely by Saba and Bonaire at 88% each. However, this overall contentment exists …

Join us this Sunday December 1st at the Artisanal Holiday Market from 3-5pm at Tropics Cafe, free for all to visit. Meet The Potters from HOT Art Studio and admire their Art Display. `See all the entries of the latest Pottery Throwdown Season 2 and vote for your favourite. There …