The members of the WIPM Faction of the Island Council today sent in questions to the Executive Council requesting clarity into the financial challenges at the Saba Comprehensive School and Sacred Heart School. Council Members Rolando Wilson, Elsa Peterson, and Vito Charles say that they were ‘shocked’ to read in …
Read More »CBS: Saba most expensive island in Caribbean Netherlands
Saba is the most expensive island in the Caribbean Netherlands, according to a recent study by Statistics Netherlands CBS, which compares the relative prices of consumer goods of St. Eustatius and Saba to those of Bonaire. The study found that life on both Saba and St. Eustatius is becoming increasingly …
Read More »At least 11 school staff in Saba laid off just before Christmas
~ Island council members question Executive Council ~ With Christmas just weeks away, well-placed sources report that at least eleven staff members of Sacred Heart School (SHS) and Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) have been laid off because of the schools’ financial constraints. Saban parents and three members of the Island Council have …
Read More »FXDC Post and ICS: “Strategic Alliance in the benefit of postal services on Saba”
Flamingo Express Dutch Caribbean N.V. (FXDC Post) has the concession for all postal services in the Caribbean Netherlands since January 1, 2014. This concession has been recently extended by the Ministry of Economic Affairs for another 3 years. After a thorough evaluation, FXDC-Post decided to make some changes to take …
Read More »Cybercrime department of the KPCN warns against ‘Sextortion’
Recently, the cybercrime department of the Caribbean Netherlands Police Force has received several reports about ‘Sextortion’. What is Sextortion? Sextortion is extortion with a sexually explicit photo or video of the victim. This may be a nude photo or video of the victim, but it may also be that webcam …
Read More »Indexation of wages on January 1st 2024
Letter to the Editor: Music more important than English on Saba
Dear Editor, The Hispanic and Latino people on Saba most were not born here. We come here. We not illegal. We are residents. We have papers. We pay taxes. We work hard and we love Saba. I know English to write this letter but our children in the schools do …
Read More »Aerial photography of BES islands started
last Thursday, the first flights were flown over St. Eustatius to take high-quality aerial photos of the island. Several flights will be operated in December and January to take aerial photos and altitude measurements of St. Eustatius, Saba and Bonaire. The Public Entities and the Ministry of the Interior and …
Read More »Santa Parade December 17th
Paternotte succeeds Jorien Wuite in the Committee for Kingdom Relations.
D66 member Jan Paternotte is returning to the House of Representatives Committee for Kingdom Relations. He succeeds Jorien Wuite, who said goodbye to politics in The Hague yesterday. The new House of Representatives was sworn in today. Paternotte took over the committee chairmanship from Alexander Pechtold in March 2017 as …
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