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P.O. Box 407, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Phone 790-6518, 786-6125, www.bonairereporter.com email: [email protected] Since 1994 Printed every fortnight On-line every day, 24/7 Teacher Artie de Vries with Meralney Bomba Johannetta Gordijn photo State Secretary of Kingdom Rela- Johannetta Gordijn photo Table of Contents tions Ank Bijleveld-Schouten to the Dutch Second Chamber last This Week’s Stories Wednesday, but that the exact process is actually an island gov- Remembrance Day 2 ernment matter. Nature Plan Falls Short 3 Celebrate Biodiversity Day 3 In a related session she told the Barracuda Open Water Swim 6 lawmakers that the Fire Depart- Affordable homes Popping Up 6 ment and Police Force for the Poetry at SGB 8 BES islands will cost Holland Junela Nicolaas Poet at Jazz Fest 8 respectively €2.2 million and Jazz Festival Weekend 10 €8.95 million per year. Bondy On the Ball World Cup 10 Bonaire’s Winning Windsurfers (Taty X The new import regulations Frans, Amado Vrieswijk) 11 for Bonaire and the other BES Aquatics Medals Galore (Bonaire Barra- ext month the island’s Islands should make living here Luis Gorrin Molina and Gioiellison Antonia cudas) 13 N first “medical tourism” more affordable. The reorgan- rapping on Remembrance Day Stop Parrots Eating Fruit 15 patients will arrive on Bonaire. ized Customs Service will report Shelter Flea Market Bonny Anniv. 18 The KLM “Sky Health” initiative to the Tax Inspectorate. X On May 4th SGB students of the third grade commemorated will open new opportunities for There will be no import duty the dead who fell in the Second World War together with Bon- Departments the island and provide better and except for a 25% levy on new aire officials. The students had several poems, a letter game and they Flotsam & Jetsam 2 faster healing for recovering Euro- cars, but electric vehicles and had even composed a rap song to show in what way this day affects On The Island Since (Ed Janga) 4 peans. certain low emission/energy effi- them. They had prepared all this in their history lessons under the Sudoku Puzzle 7 It is no secret that Bonaire’s cient vehicles will be exempt. guidance of their teacher, Ms Van der Moolen. Bonaire Voices (Real Spirit of Rincon Day climate is beneficial for many A broad-based consumption –Broechi, Boeboechi Janga) 7 Letters (Appreciation, Don’t Eat Fish) 7 types of illnesses. An advisor to tax, a sales tax (ABB) of 7%, on Bonaire will also have work Pelikaan will continue to focus Bonaire On Wheels– ‘Quad 9 KLM noticed that his daughter’s will be introduced to replace the during the low season, says Tjin on providing quality education. Bon Quiz #23 (Monument Rincon) 9 skin problems, which plague her 5% turnover tax (OB) introduced Asjoe. The plan is for some classes to What’s Happening, Cruise Ship in the Netherlands, virtually disap- in 2000. The ABB is a general According to the minister, Bon- begin meeting in the new facility Schedule 12 peared after some weeks in Bon- consumption tax which is levied aire could easily be included in at the start of the 2010 – 2011 Reporter Mast head 12 aire. Others heal faster. So why one time on the final user of a an agreement with Carnival, school year this August, as build- Classifieds 13 not combine top notch clinical which would mean “permanent” ing modifications are completed. Tide Table, Sun rise and set times, Moon good or service and imports of phase 13 treatment in Holland with a medi- individuals. The OB turnover cruise tourism for Bonaire. More To help the school get into its cally monitored stay in Bonaire all Shopping & Service Guides 14 tax had a cascading effect, which than 200,000 cruise tourists vis- new home on a solid financial tied together with a business-class Bubbles-Do You Know? -Moray eels 15 ited Bonaire during the past sea- footing, TWR agreed to sell the Body Talk (Water’s Importance) 16 KLM flight. usually created a larger final tax burden. It supplied approxi- son. property for a price that was Picture Yourself—Las Vegas 17 Curaçao already is caring for about 17% below the appraised mately 20% of the tax revenue of Bon Quiz Answer 17 rehabilitation patients in the up- X The popular Dutch- value of the property. Sudoku Solution 17 the Central Government. scale Jellnik Clinic at the Kura language Pelican School will Pet of the Week (Yoris) 18 Hulanda Lodge. The Bonaire Sky soon have a new home, where X After the first of a series of Sky Park (Saturn’s Rings) 19 Health program will handle its X It’s anticipated that about Parker’s Horoscope 19 classes for all the grades can be PWA World Championship patients in existing resorts like the 45% of the capacity of the new held in one central location, and (Professional Windsurfers Asso- Plaza and use local medical people electrical power system incorpo- where the children will no longer ciation), Bonairean Taty Frans and therapists as well as Dutch rating the wind turbines and the have to risk the traffic on Kaya is considered one of the best How to contact us Letters to the Editor: doctors. Sky Health envisions diesel-fired plant near BOPEC Amsterdam. freestyle windsurfers in the will come on-line by the end of [email protected] expanding beyond offering relief On March 31, Joe Barker, Di- world. See the story on page 11 Story tip or idea: from those suffering from skin May. rector of the Trans World Radio for details. [email protected] problems like eczema and psoria- The Publisher: Foundation, and Michiel Rumpff, [email protected] X Delta Airlines has an- sis to other troubles that are cured a board member of the Stichting X THE HAGUE-- BES Is- Box 407, Bonaire, by sunny skies and warm tempera- nounced that they will cancel the Beheer Gebouwen Kaya Amster- land integration into the Neth- Neth. Antilles. tures. JFK-Bonaire flight for the 2010- dam, transferred the deed of the erlands is having an easy time Phone 790-8988 2011 season. This was confirmed Phone 790-6518 / 786-6518 "In the Netherlands we adminis- TWR Activities Center at Kaya in the Dutch parliament. On Available on-line at: by the TCB. ter light therapy in cubicles. In Amsterdam #3, to the SBGKA. Tuesday, 11 May, the Dutch First www.bonairereporter.com Bonaire, you have the sun," said The SBGKA, or Kaya Amster- Chamber unanimously approved Dermatologist Roxanne Gou- X Antillean Minister of Eco- dam Building Management seven legislation proposals to Printed Every Fortnight, verneur, in an interview with Ra- nomic Affairs Elvis Tjin Asjoe Foundation, will make extensive integrate the BES islands into the On-line Every day, 24/7 dio Netherlands. wants to have Bonaire included modifications and improvements Netherlands on October 10, Next edition printing on in the year-round itinerary of to the Activities Center as soon 2010. The Senate gave the BES June 1 , 2010, X Businesses on Bonaire, St. Carnival Cruise Lines. That way, as the necessary permits are in islands a warm welcome, or a Story and Ad deadline: Eustatius and Saba will begin to the islands will be ensured of hand and will also manage the “bon bini” as Chairwoman of the May 29, 2010, 12 noon list prices in both Antillean cruise tourism for the entire year, day to day operations of the facil- Senate’s Permanent Committee guilders and US dollars on Au- which implies that the tour opera- ity for the school. The Stichting of Antillean and Aruban Affairs tors, stand holders and taxi drivers gust 1, 2010, said Dutch caretaker Leren is Leuk / Bassischool De (Continued on page 16) SCOOTER & BIKE SALES & REPAIR Peugeot, Kymco Loekie, Giant Gazelle Brands Parts and accessories for any brand scooter or bike Bike Clothes for Everyone •Transport of Money •Vehicle patrols Kaya Grandi #61 and Valuables •Burglar Alarms In Business Across from INPO Over 26 years •Private Investigations •Fire Alarm Systems Open: 8:30-12:30, 2:00-5:30 Owner Operated Kaya Nikiboko Nord 37A, PO Box 225 Tel: (599) 717- 8125 [email protected] Fax (599) 717- 6125 E-mail [email protected] Page 2 Bonaire Reporter- May 21- June 4, 2010 he United Nations has he Bonairean T proclaimed 2010 as the T government has year of international biodi- made an evaluation of versity and Bonaire is em- Bonaire’s 10-year old bracing the idea. Biodiver- Nature Management sity is defined as the diver- Plan and determined sity (number and variety of that only 65% of the species) of plant and animal Plan’s 50 action goals life within a region were being met. The (Wikipedia). remaining ones require On Saturday, May 22, there attention. will be a celebration of life In 1999 the Island and biodiversity at Lac. Council unanimously STINAPA and TCB are adopted the Bonaire organizing a fun day filled Nature Plan. The goal of the plan was to with different activities for the public at Lac Cai, which achieve sustainable Klein Bonaire by Winfred Dania development in 20 was chosen as the site be- years. Now it’s the mid-point of its 20 year is bad for healthy coral. This nutrients come cause it’s an area of great life it’s very important to see how its goals from sewage and waste water. biodiversity. are being met. Solutions: During the year there will Important successes of the last years There is a plan to install a temporary be a lot of attention given to were: sewage system.