News from Bonaire, St. Eustatius & Saba
The Bottom, Saba - Pupils of Saba’s Sacred Heart School took part in the King’s Games on Tuesday morning, April 26. About 100 school children participated in the traditional potato sack races, lime on a spoon races and relay races. The event was officially ... Lees verder
THE BOTTOM- Saba has exported more than 1 million US pounds in recyclables in 12 months, from March 2021 until March 2022. The recyclable materials were exported to the United States and handled at a waste management facility there. Combined with the ... Lees verder
In the first week of April, the Dutch Caribbean Nature Alliance, has organized a workshop about the growing of sea urchins (Diadema Antillarum) on Saba. The workshop was led by Van Hall Larenstein University of Applied Sciences (VHL). During the workshop 21 ... Lees verder
THE BOTTOM- Starting May 1, 2022, Saba will discontinue the pre-travel COVID-19 testing, the Electronic Health Application System (EHAS) forms, and the day 4 post-arrival testing, Island Governor Jonathan Johnson announced on Monday, April 25. Based on the ... Lees verder
The Bottom, Saba - Last week Thursday, April 21, the Public Health Department streamed the second session of the Parenting in Action (PIA) Program live via its Facebook page. The topic of the session was: Healthy Choices, Happy Kids: Supporting your child’s ... Lees verder
THE BOTTOM- The process to draft the Saba Tourism Plan 2023-2028 has started. The Tourism Master Plan is being researched and conducted by the Dick Pope Sr. Institute for Tourism Studies, the research arm of the University of Central Florida (UCF) Rosen ... Lees verder
The Bottom, Saba - On Thursday, April 7, 2022, the Saba Heritage Center hosted a community session on research currently being carried out in Saba by the Island(er)s at the Helm programme. Researchers Dr. Jaime Pagán Jiménez and Dr. Kees Nooren presented their ... Lees verder
THE BOTTOM- The Saba Conservation Foundation (SCF) fears that it will end the current year with a significant operating deficit. “Although the Nature and Environment Policy Plan (NEPP) for the BES islands foresees new projects to drastically improve the ... Lees verder
THE BOTTOM - Four plots of land will be purchased to construct new building of the Laura Linzey Daycare in The Bottom. Not in St. John’s as initially planned. The Steering Committee agreed to this, during a meeting with representatives of the Public Entity ... Lees verder
The Bottom, Saba -The roof of Block C of the Under the Hill housing project has been completed. During a visit to the site earlier this week, Commissioner of Social Housing Rolando Wilson, Maarten Koster of Bazalt Wonen, Zoubeir el Atmani of Van Boekel, Eviton ... Lees verder
The Bottom - As part of their mission to assist the Public Entity Saba to acquire EU Budget Support, consultants, Dr. Sergio Ugarte and Mr. Sef Maessen conducted a training on the requirements of this program for the staff of the public entity as well as that ... Lees verder
The National Ombudsman and the Kinderombudsman remain concerned about the chance that children, especially of single parents, continue to grow up in poverty on Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba. Local and national governments must quickly come up with ... Lees verder
The Bottom, Saba - The hydroponics farm at Saba’s Rendez-Vous uses a lot less water to grow fresh produce compared to conventional farming. This way, Saba contributes to making use of water in a sustainable manner, a topic that received attention during the ... Lees verder
ORANJESTAD- Acting Secretary General of the Ministery of Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS), Abigail Norville is visiting St. Eustatius and Saba as part of a working visit to get to know the islands better. The Acting SG also addressed the tragic ... Lees verder
THE BOTTOM- The resurfacing of the Johan Cruyff Court in The Bottom is progressing well and should be completed by end of April. The opening of the renovated court has been projected for May 5th. On Monday, April 4th, Commissioner of Public Health and ... Lees verder
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