Saba
Dutch Caribbean island
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| 2024 | Over 100 food trees were distributed at a World Food Day event to support local food security efforts on Saba. |
| 2023 | Julio Every was elected to the Island Council representing the Party for Progress, Equality and Prosperity (PEP). |
| 2023 | Two new council members were added: Elsa Peterson from WIPM and Saskia Matthew from the Party for Progress, Equality and Prosperity (PEP), reflecting a renewal of the island's local governance. |
| 2019 | Island Council Elections and Electoral College elections were held concurrently, resulting in the Windward Islands People's Movement winning four of five Saban seats, and the Saba Labour Party winning one seat in the Electoral College. |
| 2019 | Executive Council formed with Jonathan Johnson as Governor, Rolando Wilson and Eviton Heyliger as Commissioners, representing the 2019-2023 administrative period. |
| 2019 | Esmeralda Johnson became the youngest person ever elected to the Saba Island Council. |
| 2019 | A.M. Edwards Medical Center was renovated. |
| 2019 | Solar parks in Hell's Gate and The Bottom became operational, enabling Saba to power the entire island with solar energy for up to 10 hours a day. |
| 2019 | A second GNSS instrument was installed by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute at the Saba airport to continue seismic monitoring efforts. |
| 2018 | Saba reached its intermediate target of 20% renewable electricity, a year ahead of the original 2017 planned timeline. |
| January 2018 | The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute installed a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) instrument at St. Johns for volcanic and seismic monitoring. |
| 2017 | During the Dutch general election, a majority of Sabans voted for Democrats 66, with 385 out of 900 eligible voters participating. |
| 2016 | First dictionary of Saban English was published. |
| 2016 | Vito Charles was elected to the Island Council as a member of the Windward Islands People's Movement (WIPM). |
| 2014 | The 'Social development plan 2014–2020' was established, outlining Saba's strategy for transitioning to sustainable energy. |
| 2013 | Language demographics survey shows high English language proficiency at 99.6% among the population of Saba, while Dutch is spoken by 32.3%, Papiamento by 13.4%, Spanish by 27.1%, and other languages by 23.3%. |
| December 4 2012 | First same-sex marriage performed on Saba between a Dutch man and a Venezuelan man. |
| October 10 2012 | Law enabling same-sex marriage entered into force in Saba. |
| 2011 | Saba officially replaced the Netherlands Antillean guilder with the U.S. dollar as its official currency. |
| October 10 2010 | Saba became a special municipality within the Netherlands after the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles, changing its constitutional status and governance structure. |
| October 10 2010 | Jonathan Johnson became the first head of government of Saba following its establishment as a public entity within the Netherlands. |
| October 10 2010 | Jonathan Johnson leaves office as head of government of Saba |
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