Saba’s leadership team concluded productive meetings with Dutch government counterparts this week, demonstrating tangible progress on the Saba Package development framework and Black Rocks Harbor infrastructure project during steering committee sessions on June 14.   Strategic Review of Saba Package Chaired by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK), …

The Dutch government has requested more time to respond to parliamentary questions regarding child abuse on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (BES islands), citing delays in gathering the nec­essary information. The same delay applies to questions about crimi­nal cases involving minors across the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom, including the autonomous …

Utilities providers from the so-called BES Islands (Bo­naire, St. Eustatius and Saba) gathered in Bonaire last week for a series of meetings with the Nether­lands Authority for Con­sumers & Markets (ACM), to focus on regulations and tariff policy for the coming years. Representatives from Sta­tia Utility Company Stuco, Saba Electric …

In its newly published advisory report ti­tled “Together Towards Bet­ter: Recommendations for National Policy on the Physi­cal Domain in the Caribbean Netherlands”, the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure RLI empha­sizes that Bonaire, St. Eusta­tius and Saba (BES islands) are often overlooked by the Dutch government when it comes to …

Eddie van Marum of the farmers’ party BoerBurgerBeweging (BBB) has been nominated by the outgoing Schoof Cabinet to succeed Zsolt Szabó as State Secretary for Kingdom Relations and Digitisation. Szabó stepped down from the post in the first week of June. Van Marum currently holds the position of State Secretary …

Police report of Monday, the 9th of June until Friday, the 13th of June 2025 On Wednesday, June 11, at approximately 9:30 AM, the central control room received a report of a diver experiencing a medical emergency near Saba. Police and ambulance services were immediately dispatched to Fort Bay harbor …

In a proud and symbolic milestone for the island of Saba, a newly commissioned Search and Rescue (SAR) vessel was officially transferred to the Public Entity Saba during a ceremony held at Habbeké Shipyard in Hoorn, the Netherlands. The vessel, named Prinses Catharina-Amalia in honor of Her Royal Highness, was …

The KPCN reports that on Wednesday, June 11th, at approximately 9:30 AM, the central control room received a report of a diver who had fallen ill near Saba. Police and ambulance services were immediately dispatched to Fort Bay Harbor in anticipation of the vessel’s arrival, which was transporting the individual. …

The healthcare commissioners of the Caribbean Netherlands, together with Zorg en Jeugd Caribisch Nederland (ZJCN), have concluded a productive working visit to partner hospitals across the region. The delegation engaged with key facilities, including: St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) Curaçao Medical Center (CMC) Hospital Nobo Otrobanda (HOH) and Instituto Medico …

Member of Parliament, Peter van Haasen (PVV), argued in the committee debate on the processing of the slavery past that there is a “revenue model for a subsidy-driven victim industry of institutions, interest groups and activists that run on government money and keep themselves talking with commemorations, advisory committees, workshops …