Friday , March 29 2024

Saba News Archive: News Items

US report cites lack of corruption control

The Daily Herald writes that Curaçao, St. Maarten, Aruba and the BES-Islands (Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba) are doing very little to fight corruption. However, Aruba could serve as an example for Curaçao and St. Maarten on how to combat international drug trafficking, according to the US International Narcotics Control …

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Women’s Day celebration on Saba

A cross section of over 125 women from the community turned out to attend the International Women’s Day Celebration on Saturday. An affair for women only, the reception was hosted at the Island Governor’s Residence Jonathan Johnson. The theme of this year’s Women’s Day was “Inspiring Change” Island Governor Jonathan …

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Tax info session triggers political reaction

The Daily Herald writes that the Chamber of Commerce (CoC) and Industry of St. Eustatius and Saba issued a press release following a tax information session held at the Saba Tax Department office on Tuesday, March 4. The “customer panel” discussions were facilitated by the Caribbean Netherlands Tax Department BCN …

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Commission for Personal Data Protection BES islands appointed

The Commission’s monitoring of the Data Protection BES islands Bonaire , Sint Eustatius and Saba is April 1, 2014 started with a chairman and two members . Mr G.A.E. Thode is President of the Commission , which must ensure that the processing of personal data complies with the Data Protection …

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Team of Comprehensive School will visit Caribbean Examinations Council

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) will host a two-member team from Saba Comprehensive School for a threeday visit from 10-13 March, writes The Daily Herald. The members of the team are Constance Patricia Clement, Deputy Principal and Department Head of the Academic Stream, and Jill Yearwood, Career Guidance Counsellor at …

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“Include human rights in islands evaluation”

The Daily Herald writes that the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights in an advice to the Dutch Government stated on Thursday that constitutional evaluation of the public entities Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba in 2015 should include the guarantee of a minimum level of human rights with focus on a …

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Law firm launche new team for Governance, Risk and Compliance

The Daily Herald writes that Law firm Van Eps Kunneman Van Doorne is launching a specialised team in Governance, Risk and Compliance. The firm engages Robbert Kroon of The Galan Group as Counsel for this purpose. Together with Frank Kunneman, Kroon will be the face of the new practice group. …

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Prosecutor’s Office is to “push the envelope”

There is a lot of organised serious crime on the islands and to combat such the Public Prosecutor’s Office is to push the envelope, new Attorney General for Curaçao, St. Maarten and the BES (Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba) Guus Schram told the Amigoe newspaper. After his official swearing in …

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Handling Bosman proposal in parliament postponed

The Daily Herald writes that the much-anticipated handling of Member of the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament André Bosman’s law proposal to regulate the residency of new immigrants from Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten was postponed at the last moment Wednesday evening. The plenary handling in the Second Chamber …

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Canadian trail building volunteers back

Canadian Volunteers are back on Saba to help the Saba Conservation Foundation with trail building, reports The Daily Herald. The group started work on the West Coast Trail last week. They helped with clearing vegetation and are currently active with building steps and consolidating the trail. The current group is …

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SabaFit “Drink Water” campaign targets youth

The Daily Herald writes that the SabaFit community program co-coordinators La-Toya Charles and James Granger oversaw the implementation on Saba of The Netherlands based JOGG (Youth at a Healthy Weight) program which targets the prevention of childhood obesity. The two SabaFit events were held on Monday at Sacred Heart Primary …

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Collision between pickuptruck and motorcycle

The police, KPCN, announed that on Tuesday, March 4th , at 2.15 PM , a collision took place between a pickup truck and a motorcycle on the Tys Hill Road near Lolipops. The pickup hit the motorcycle from behind when the bike suddenly stopped on the road. There were no …

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Kayaking Endurance Challenge St. Maarten-Saba-Statia

A film crew of five and representatives of the Inspired by Nature Foundation were in Saba last week filming a promotion trailer for, what is expected to be, a kayaking endurance race between St. Maarten, Saba and St. Eustatius. Following in the footsteps of Saba’s recent Hell’s Gate Triathlon held …

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SCF holds annual public meeting

The Daily Herald writes that the Saba Conservation Foundation (SCF) presented its achievements in 2013 and its goals for 2014 during its annual public meeting held Friday at Eugenius Johnson Center in Windwardside. The meeting was attended by some fifty persons. Managing Director Kai Wulf outlined the need to update …

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