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June 10, 2019, Year 26, Issue 11 May 27 - June 10, 2019, Year 26, Issue 11 Box 603, Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands, Phone (599) 796-4055, www.bonairereporter.com email:[email protected] Remembering Hugo Gerharts Celebrating Captain Don Day Flamingo Update Animal lovers Peter, Willem, Siggy and Harry of Scuba Bikers Bonaire make a hefty donation to Jane Disko of Animal Shelter Bonaire. Bonaire Wild Bird Rehab has been rescuing the baby and juvenile flamingos that Let’s celebrate us! have wandered away from their protected habitat. Assistance with food and caring for the 180 plus baby and juvenile birds rescued is still needed. See page 7. www. “We are the earth’s caretakers…we take care of it and all the mangrovecenter.com/bonaire-wild-bird-rehab/ things on it. And when we’re done with it, it should be left better The endangered Yellow-shouldered than we found it,” Katherine Hannigan Amazon Parrot is another iconic symbol of Bonaire. Echo Bonaire is committed Let’s celebrate Bonaire, and those amongst us who are its caretakers. Let’s celebrate to conserving the parrot and its habitat those who work for nature, for the birds and animals of the island, and for the sea through reforestation. For the last few that surrounds us. years they have worked to restore the If you like your nature warm and cuddly, come to the Bonaire Animal Shelter. The dry forest habitat for this beautiful bird. shelter is a refuge for cats and dogs. Some have been left at the shelter because their www.EchoBonaire.org/ owners could no longer care for them. Some have been abandoned. Bonaire’s free roaming wild donkeys This past weekend the shelter celebrated its 10th anniversary of providing free ster- are a part of Bonaire’s history. Their ex- ilization for ALL dogs and cats on the island. The shelter made a real party of it with a istence to remain free and wild is threat- book fair, flea market, an hourly raffle, beer and soft drinks and lots of other fun things. ened. Please contact [email protected] The Scuba Bikers Bonaire made a healthy donation during the event. or on Facebook Bonaire donkey protec- A Diving and Riding club, rather than a motorcycle club, the scuba bikers support tion league. a variety of projects. They help educational associations and those who work with Everyone loves turtles and Sea Tur- people with disabilities, and of course, they help the animal shelter. tle Conservation Bonaire (STBC) works The shelter dogs and cats survive on such donations, and on the proceeds from the on a daily basis to ensure that Bonaire’s shelter’s permanent weekly flea market at Pakus di Pruga. www.animalshelterbonaire. sea turtles have a secure future. Turtle com nesting season is from May through De- If you like your nature wild and free, you can join the Bonaireans who protect the cember but turtles live on Bonaire year environment and the creatures who live in it. round. www.Bonaireturtles.org Story In the last few months Bonaire’s national symbol, the flamingo, has been in danger. and photo, JM FLOTSAM and JETSAM This Week’s Stories Paul Blokhuis reserves 1.5 million greater. This has everything to do with Scuba Bikers Bonaire donate euro yearly for a healthier Caribbean the availability and accessibility of facil- to Animal Shelter 1 Netherlands. State Secretary for Health, ities on the Islands. And the solution lies European Elections, Small Step 3 Welfare and Sport, Paul Blokhuis, signed a sometimes in very small things, like good New license plates 3 Caribbean Netherlands Sport and Preven- lighting on a sports court so everyone can Hans Hass (1953) 5 tion Agreement on St. Eustatius May 14, also sport in the evening.” Fun Bike Race 6 2019 and on Bonaire May 15. For Saba, Focus on youth. The agreement supports In Memoriam the agreement is contained in a broader healthy meals in schools and the use of Hugo Gerharts 6 Saba package arranged through the Minis- non-free sports associations. Blokhuis: “It Renee Leach 14 try of the Interior and Kingdom Relations. uses initiatives where we have a lot of suc- State Secretary for Health, Welfare, and Flamingo Update 7 The agreement works under the be- cess such as JOGG (Youth on a Healthy Sport, Paul Blokhuis Barracudas Aquatics Travel 8 lief “prevention is better than cure.” The Weight). Just like in Netherlands, the fee Capt. Don Day 8 agreement covers: obesity, alcohol abuse, Windsurf kids 9 for a lifestyle coach and the quit smoking While on Bonaire, Blokhu- smoking and drug use, sport and exercise, Foster care. Guardian Walk/Run 9, 13 care will be included in the basic pack- is met with foster care parents. “When it sexual health. It strengthens the organiza- photos (also on FB) age.” The high school curriculum includes comes to the safety of our children, a dif- tional structure for sport and prevention. ReeFiesta; World Reef Day 11 units on alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. ferent approach in the Caribbean Nether- It is drafted to encourage active children Sexual health. The number of abortions in lands compared to the European Nether- and adults, not forgetting the elderly. the Caribbean Netherlands is high and sex- lands is not responsible.” said Blokhuis. Departments Importance of local context. ually transmitted diseases like chlamydia Because the cost of living is high in the Flotsam & Jetsam (Sport & Prevention Blokhuis: “Everywhere in the Kingdom, and gonorrhea are common. The aim is to Caribbean, a higher fee for the foster par- Agreement, Foster care payments, App: we want to make it easier for people to decrease the number of abortions and in- ents is needed to equal the level paid in Disasterprep Bonaire, Bonaire at GES, make healthy choices. But, it is import- crease the use of contraceptives. The focus the Netherlands. The new fee is based on Breakwater at Cai, Nature fee online, ant that we look at local conditions. So will be on professional sex education in the age of the child, and continues until Lobster season closed, BYOF) smoking here less of an issue, but being schools, low-threshold testing for STDs, age 21. Sources: Soualiga Newsday, Ri- 2,3 overweight all the more. Half of Caribbe- support for women in unintended pregnan- jksdienst Caribisch Nederland. an Netherlanders exercise insufficiently. cies and the free provision of condoms. Who’s Who in The Reporter 2 Among children, this problem is even Letters (Assault, Cruise ships) 4 Ask Kate (length of closing) 4 Hurricane season runs from June 1 On June 5 a session will be devoted to and financed with the nature funds that Law enforcement 5 to November 30. Hurricanes are rare this “Resilient Islands,” highlighting Bonaire the government has made available. Ask a Geek (Ransom Scam, VPN) 5 far south, but the public entity Bonaire, and Curaçao as potential investment lo- Picture Yourself (NASA) 6 OLB, is making sure that all residents cations, development sites and markets. Stinapa Bonaire, the NGO in charge Reef Glimpses (Coral Wins) 9 are well informed if a tropical storm or Spokespersons for Bonaire will promote of Bonaire’s national parks, will start A Garden? Just Do It (Mangos) 10 hurricane heads our way. Bonaire as the first “Blue Destination of pre-selling their nature fee through the Making Bonaire “Accessible” The OLB has developed an emergency the World” (https://bluedestination.com). internet. Reef Support, a Bonaire-based #10 Waiting 10 app. The app Disasterprep Bonaire can be consultancy company will provide the Did You Know? (Orioles & Troupials) 11 downloaded via iTunes and Google Play. A breakwater at Cai. May 20, the selling platform and technical support. What’s Happening: Events, The app is in English as well as Papia- public entity Bonaire (OLB) began build- The system will be available early June. Churches, Museums 12 mentu and Dutch. In the app, Bonaireans ing a breakwater to protect the access Stinapa Director Arjen de Wolf says the Cruise ship Schedule 12 are told how they can prepare for various road to Lac Cai. The total work will take new on line system will considerably re- Bonaire Sky Park (Jupiter at Midnight) 13 disasters. The app also outlines the gov- approximately 6 weeks. duce the workload of the local operators, The Stars Have It (Horoscope) 13 ernment’s actions in a disaster, what the In recent years, waves have eroded the reduce over-the-counter cash transactions Pet Of The Week (Kitten Blowout) 14 emergency number is, and where people land at the level of the access road. If the and reduce the use of plastic. Shelter News (Renee Library ) 14 can find information on social media. The erosion is not stopped, Cai will become Business Directory 15 OLB can send short and important mes- unreachable by road. Behind the road lies Lobster season is closed from May How to Find Us: sages to all users via the app if necessary. the water area “Pariba di Cai”. If the sea 1 to October 31. It is forbidden to catch In addition to the app, the OLB will breaks through to this area, the entire wa- lobster in the waters of Bonaire, Klein The website isn’t finished yet, but the scroll- down version is back. Find the issue on-line ter management of Lac will change with Bonaire and Lac. It is also forbidden to deliver hurricane leaflets door-to-door in at: https://bonairereporter.com major consequences for nature in the Lac buy, serve, sell or eat fresh local lobster four languages before the season begins. f: https://www.facebook.com/TheBonaireReporter/ The OLB will also publish safety infor- area.
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