Saba News News and Information from Saba Island, Dutch Caribbean

The ques­tion of whether residents of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba are treated equally to residents of the European Netherlands was a central theme during a Tweede Kam­er (House of Representatives) debate on the Canbbean part of the Kingdom. Member of Parliament (MP) Mikal Tseggai of the PRO party, a …

Public Entity Saba has taken note of RBC Royal Bank’s announcement that it will permanently close its physical branch on Saba in January 2027. While the eventual departure of RBC was not entirely unexpected given the ongoing developments of its own operations and surrounding the intended arrival of ING, the …

Public Entity Saba has taken note of RBC Royal Bank’s announcement that it will permanently close its physical branch on Saba in January 2027. While the eventual departure of RBC was not entirely unexpected given the ongoing developments of its own operations and surrounding the intended arrival of ING, the …

De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) wants residents to know about the fees that may apply when withdrawing cash at the new ATMs. These fees are charged by your bank and are currently not shown on the ATM screen, so it’s worth knowing the costs before you withdraw. Fees for locally issued …

Representatives of the Dutch Caribbean Hospital Alliance (DCHA) visited Saba on October 6th as part of a regional roadshow on healthcare cooperation. Acting Governor Shamara Nicholson and Executive Assistant Jayaira Windfield-de Groot welcomed them. Local healthcare professionals, government representatives, and the delegation used the visit to exchange information and discuss …

Electricity has been restored across Saba following the power outage on Tuesday, October 6, 2026. Saba Electric Company N.V. (SEC) has released further details on what happened and on the urgent repairs now being arranged at the power plant. What happened on Tuesday According to SEC, the outage began with …

Cheryl Pantophlet-Valies, Country Manager for Sint Maarten & Saba, shared the decision in a notice to clients, stating that the move was not made lightly. Until the final closing date, the Saba branch will maintain its current operating hours on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and …

RBC Royal Bank has announced that its branch and ATM on Saba will permanently close on January 27, 2027, following what the bank describes as “careful consideration.” The bank acknowledges that the decision will require adjustment from its Saba clients and says it is committed to supporting them throughout the …

An island-wide power outage affected Saba on Tues­day afternoon, plunging of­fices, stores and restaurants into darkness for more than four hours. Residents reported that elec­tricity first went off around 1:15pm. The lights came back on several times over the next hour, but only for a few min­utes before going dark …

Representatives from the Caribbean pub­lic entities of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (BES) and the five Wadden Is­lands Texel, Vlieland, Ter­schelling, Ameland and Schiermonnikoog gathered on Texel on October 1 and 2 for a two-day work pro­gramme. These eight islands are united in the so-called E8 partnership. E8 serves as …