The Bottom, Saba– Repair work on the Saba harbor will commence as of this weekend. The repairs have become necesary after the passing of hurricanes Irma and Maria. Especially the latter caused quite some damage to the facilities at Fort Bay Harbor. For the past weeks, the Public Entity has been in close contact with… [Read more]
Saba and Statia get scheduled ferry service to St. Kitts
The Bottom, Saba– Saba and St. Eustatius will get a scheduled ferry service with neigboring St. Kitts and, in the case of Saba, also with Sint Maarten. The service to St. Kitts will be provided 3 times per week, while there will be a direct connection between Saba and Sint Maarten 2 times per week… [Read more]
Excessive profit margins not main cause of high prices on Statia and Saba
The Hague- The high food prices on St. Eustatius and Saba cannot be blamed on excessive profit margins made by the supermarkets on the islands. This is one of the conclusions of a study into the causes of high food prices on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, commissioned by Minister Henk Kamp of Economic Affairs…. [Read more]
MPs to Plasterk: “Please stimulate local food production”.
Kralendijk/The Hague- Members of the permanent second-chamber committee Kingdom Relations would like to see (much) more attention for local food production on the islands, especially agriculture and animal husbandry. The comments about local food production were made on Wednesday this week in the debate that the MPs had with Minister Ronald Plasterk of Interior and… [Read more]
Temporary measures at RCN-unit SZW in regard to the results of hurricane Irma
The RCN Unit of Social Affairs and Labour will, in regard to the results of hurricane Irma, take several temporary measures for a number of groups of inhabitants of Saba and St. Eustatius, and evacuees of St. Maarten. The measures concern the right to assistance and child benefit and in addition on work permits. State… [Read more]
Kingdom Representative visits Statia and Saba
Kingdom Representative Gilbert Isabella visited St. Eustatius and Saba last weekend. The purpose of the visit was to take note of the situation on the islands after the passage of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Isabella arrived on St. Eustatius on Friday, September 22th, the first stop of his visit to the Windward Islands. He was… [Read more]
CBS reports increased flight movements on Bonaire and Statia
Kralendijk- The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) said that the three islands Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba together have seen more flight movements in the second quarter of 2017. A closer look reveals that both Bonaire and St. Eustatius received more flights, while there was a decrease in Saba. Airplanes flew 5,190 times from and… [Read more]
Saba: continued hurricane conditions over next few hours
The Bottom- In an update sent out on 11 PM on Tuesday night, September 19th, the KNMI warns that Saba will continue to see hurricane conditions over the next few hours. According to KNMI, the effects of Hurricane Maria have by now lessened on St. Eustatius. At 1100 PM AST (0300 UTC), the center of… [Read more]
Winair busy preparing to restart flight operations
Basseterre- Windward Islands Airways International (Winair) is making all possible efforts to start back some of its routes after the severe damage caused to both Winair’s main flight base (PJIA) and their main office on the airport road. The company, in a press statement issued today, stated they could not provide concrete details as of… [Read more]
Red Cross in Bonaire coordinates help efforts for Sint Maarten
Kralendijk- The Red Cross on Bonaire will coordinate the efforts of citizens who want to contribute with the donation of goods for the victims on the Windward Islands and especially the heavily affected island of Sint Maarten. This is stated in a press release by the Bonerian Red Cross organization, issued last night. Today, September… [Read more]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- Next Page »