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Saba News Archive: News Items

Saba, Statia, St.Maarten police undergoing advanced training

Police officers from St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius will be better equipped to carry out their duties, thanks to “rigorous” three-day training on Situational Oriented Policing that they are currently undergoing, reports The Daily Herald. The classes began on May 9 and will continue until May 14. Officers from …

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Saba Roads and Construction to start resurfacing Fort Bay road

Saba Roads and Construction B.V. (SRC) will commence with resurfacing of the Fort Bay Road on Monday, May 16, 2016. This project consists of the full resurfacing of the road approximately 1250 meters uphill. The scope of this project also includes the construction of 2 cisterns and installation of 3 …

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Successful Search & Rescue on North Coast trail

On Monday morning around 8.00 AM the Dutch Caribbean Police Force (KPCN) on Saba was notified that 4 persons (one female and three males) were feared missing. A preliminary investigation showed that the four hikers of American and Canadian origin were missing since Sunday. The Dutch Caribbean Police Force in …

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Successful Search & Rescue

On Monday, May 9th a call was received that four persons (one female and three males) hadn’t returned from a hike on the North Coast Trail. The hikers had left on Sunday afternoon and up to Monday morning their families hadn’t heard from them and contacted the relevant authorities. Immediately …

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Zika registration mandatory in Caribbean Netherlands

Formal registration of the Zika virus will become mandatory for Bonaire, St. Eustatius, Saba and the Netherlands as of September 1, but not for all Zika patients. Dutch Minister of Public Health, Wellbeing and Sports Edith Schippers stated this in a letter that she sent to the Second Chamber of …

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2016 Heritage Photo Contest open for entries until May 31

People of all ages are invited to showcase St. Martin heritage, and their talent, in the 2016 Heritage Photo Contest, now officially open for entries. The annual Heritage Photo Contest and Exhibition was developed by the Les Fruits de Mer Association to give tourists and residents alike an opportunity to …

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New US Consul General for Dutch Caribbean

Margaret Hawthorne has been appointed as the new United States Consul General to Curaçao, and Chief of Mission to Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, St. Eustatius and St. Maarten. Hawthorne is a career member of the US Foreign Service with 25 years of experience as a diplomat; assumed her duties as …

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May 4th 2016 wreath laying

  Government officials on Saba gathered at the monument in The Bottom dedicated to those who lost their lives during World War II. Members of the Island and Executive Councils as well as the Police Force laid wreaths at the monument. The laying of the wreaths was preceded by a …

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Join the Nurses for this year's Nurses Day events on May 12

Nurses United Saba A Force for Change – Nurses Day 2016 Join the Nurses from Public Health Department Saba, Benevolent Foundation Saba, and Saba Health Care Foundation for this years Nurses Day Events! The celebrations have been spread over several days leading up to International Nurses Day; May 12th, a …

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Basic quality for entire primary school education in Caribbean Netherlands

All 12 schools for primary education in the Caribbean Netherlands meet basic quality. This was established by the inspectors of the Education Inspectorate’s Caribbean Netherlands team following (quality inspections and) progress meetings which took place on St. Eustatius, Saba and Bonaire during the past two weeks. State Secretary Sander Dekkers …

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Saba Reach hosts exchange with Turkish High School

Saba Reach Foundation (SRF) hosted a cultural and educational exchange between a group of twelve Saban participants and their three group leaders and a group of twelve Turkish participants and their group leaders. The participants were a mix of students from SRF’s Youth Opportunity Path Programme, Saba Comprehensive School (SCS) …

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