News from Bonaire, St. Eustatius & Saba
KRALENDIJK - In recent times, especially on social media, there have been many complaints about the competition that locally established businesses face from competitors from abroad, that is, from providers which are not established/registered on Bonaire. During the COVID-19 Pandemic, both the Public Entity of Bonaire (OLB) and the Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland (RCN) actively implemented policies to award work to local providers as much as ... Lees verder
Letter to the editor by Clarisse Buma A wealthy investor from the European Netherlands has built a luxury hotel along the wild Atlantic side of Sint Eustatius. An impulse for tourism is to be welcomed, because Statia is a wonderful destination for hiking ... Lees verder
The Value of Life On Bonaire There is blood on the streets of Bonaire. Two bicycle deaths have happened in 10 days, on a small island with a population of less than 25k. Stepping out of our homes onto the streets of Bonaire should not be a death ... Lees verder
The beginning of this week saw a second tentative step back to Full Democracy on St. Eustatius, with the appointment of two Commissioners in the persons of Derrick Simons and Glenn Schmidt. Tentative, as the Island Council has still not reclaimed their full ... Lees verder
By Adnan Hassan Founder, Bonaire Future Forum ————————————— Introduction Why is poverty on Bonaire ignored? And what should we do about it? Why is there little Dutch public support for solving poverty on Bonaire, a “Special Municipality” of the ... Lees verder
Dear Editor, On July 20, 2022, I read the job posting on the Facebook page of the St. Eustatius Health Care Foundation (SEHCF) for a BIG registered General Practitioner/”Tropenarts”. In the Netherlands, healthcare professionals have a protected title ... Lees verder
I completely agree with Bart Snelders disappointment expressed in the BES Reporter article shared Sunday. The entry tax is going to have a negative impact on Bonaire tourism. How is it that the cruise ships don’t pay more until 2023? Most resorts and rental ... Lees verder
I have been working in the tourist business on Bonaire for more than thirty years. First as a dive instructor, then as a dive shop manager, and now own my own dive business for over 20 years. I also owned and ran a hotel and a restaurant. During various ... Lees verder
Dear editor, Thank you for allowing me the space on your forum to express the ongoing saga that we the community of Sint Eustatius is the victim of due to abuse of power, fear, persons sitting on other persons seats and negligence. On the island of Sint ... Lees verder
An online petition against the drastic increase in the annual contribution of the Chamber of Commerce has been signed almost 700 times within a few days. There is great indignation about the unprecedented increase in fees on all three BES islands. What is ... Lees verder
Dear Editor, I write this letter on the cusp of Saba Day 2021. While the outside world celebrates with us, they are unaware of the reality of many Sabans employed within the Government Service, a reality that inveigles despair, frustration and ... Lees verder
At the end of April of this year, the managements of the six commercial airports in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom announced that they would intensify their cooperation. The Dutch Caribbean Cooperation of Airports (DCCA) was formalized with the signing of a ... Lees verder
United States forces recently pulled out of Afghanistan after twenty years of combat during which time thousands of US and Allied forces have been killed, tens of thousands wounded. Additionally, the casualties of Afghan military and civilians also ran into ... Lees verder
by Cdr. Bud Slabbaert Having aspirations to be part of the Caribbean tourism industry? Get education in hospitality programs of universities or academies, right? Not always right! Webinars or workshops of hospitality or tourism consultants, right? Not ... Lees verder
Dear Editor Please allow me some space in your well read paper that serves all the islands in the Windward Islands and beyond. To shed some light on the darkness of procedures and operations of some a subsidized Non-profit organization on ... Lees verder