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Also in This Issue: Haiti Benefit -Pg Printed every fortnight, On-line every day, 24/7 Kunuku Shimaruku, P.O. Box 407, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, Phone 790-6518, 786-6518, email: [email protected] Since 1994 Also in this issue: Haiti Benefit -pg. 11 Helping Erwin -pg. 6 Jazz Festival -pg.15 15 For Din -pg 8 Art Openings -pg. 18 Lionfish Alert -pg. 7 Marian Walthie photo … and much more t is likely that the Dutch Bonaire to Miami round trip The Dutch equivalent of the American/ Table of Contents I Ministry of Transporta- for as low as NAƒ 550 and lug- Aruban Natalie Holloway case drew to a tion and Water will come up gage is checked straight through close last week, but with a quite different This Week’s Stories with the NAƒ 2 million needed to MIA. conclusion. Marlis Trial 2 UniCollege Open House 6 for the short term temporary The trial of lead suspect, Ryan P., in the Two New Shops (Just Haircuts and water purification plant neces- Delta and Continental murder of the 24-year-old Dutch pharmacist Helping Erwin 6 sary to reduce the impact of will discontinue their weekly trainee, Marlies van der Kouwe, started and New Beach 7 sewage on Bonaire’s reefs. flight to Curaçao at the end of ended last Tuesday, February 17, in a Bon- Lionfish Alert 7 Statements by State Secretary April due the drop in demand. aire courtroom packed with observers, Dutch 15 for Din 8 Ank Bijleveld and MP Ineke There has been no notice of this media and Marlies’ family. After consider- Dream Wedding 8 van Ghent indicated this. The action for Bonaire. ing the evidence, the judge will pronounce Marlies Haiti Benefit Success 9 Bonaire Waste water Treatment sentence on March 10. The Prosecutor, Winning Pictures 9 (WWTP) project, the wastewa- The Social Insurance David van Delft, asked for a life sentence not only because it’s a Karnaval 2009 10 ter sewage pipes and treatment Bank’s (SVB) pension age is specified possibility for murder but also because of the danger to the Karnaval 2009 11 60 Tires Recovered 12 plant will not be completed for expected to jump from 60 to community should a psychopath like the defendant be freed. He Dakar Rally 13 five years, perhaps too late save 65 next year, said Antilles Min- spoke against the “culture of silence” in the Bonaire community Letters to the Editor: Armored Cars; F- the reef. Therefore the tempo- ister Omayra Leeflang. How- which made accumulating evidence against the suspect difficult. word Revisited; Boat Driving 14 rary plant will have to process ever, effective the end of this The defendant admitted strangling the girl during a struggle to steal Guest Editorial: No Status Aparte 14 the waste brought by tank trucks month, people over 60 will get a her purse but denied raping her. Because the killer and his associates Help For Bonaire Youngsters 15 from shore side septic tanks to 7.7% cost-of-living boost to partially burned the body there was little supporting forensic evi- Jazz Festival 2009 15 the plant. In the shoreline sensi- their monthly old-age pension, dence of sexual assault. In addition to murder and rape, Ryan P. was Two Art Openings (Vanhoueven, van tive zone are eight of Bonaire’s which maxes out at NAƒ 726. accused of robbery and kidnapping. Ryan P. had been released from der Bijl) 18 hotels, approximately 1600 indi- SVB expects a deficit of NAƒ 4 prison a month earlier after serving a six-year sentence for aggra- Smart Fish 18 vidual households, apartments to 5 million in the pension fund vated rape. and about 110 businesses. Weekly Features this year. Defense attorney Marga Domingo emphasized that despite exten- Flotsam & Jetsam 2 sive analysis no evidence of sexual assault was found. She stated that Born on Bonaire– Natasha Rekondie 4 It didn’t take long for The Queen’s Commis- her client wanted only to rob the victim, not kill her. She said the Bonairean Voices (Fishing III) 7 the Police Department’s new sioner for the defendant asked Marlies’ family for forgiveness. Sudoku Puzzle 7 anti-theft squad to get results. BES Islands, Pet of the Week (Volunteer/ Vincent) 8 On February 13 they raided sev- Henk Kamp, BonQuiz (Brandaris) 9 Sudoku Solution 9 eral places. At 3:15 pm they said he dis- were “a corrupt gang of thugs Witteman, to say that there is recovered 15 laptop computers Picture Yourself (Washington DC) 13 agreed with with corrupt politicians and more corruption on the islands Classifieds 13 from an establishment on Member of governors.” Kamp said, “If you compared to the Netherlands, Reporter Masthead 13 Kaminda Djabou, at 3:45 they the Dutch ask me whether I think the BES which is governed by three sepa- Tide Table 13 got three more from a house on Parliament islands are ‘a bunch of corrupt rate institutions that check on one Bubbles-Did You Know (Seals) 15 Kaya Dialma. They charged Hero Brink- What’s Happening 16 thugs,’ I would say no.” another. “In the Antilles, there is Dining, Shopping Guides 17 J.W.P., 23, with theft and pos- man, who stated on several He expanded these comments just one session of stolen goods. Sky Park (Lion/Lamb ) 19 occasions that the Antilles on the Dutch talk show, Pauw en Continued on next page Star Power (Astrology) 19 Later in the week the police held a viewing of the computers How to contact us at police HQ so the owners Letters to the Editor: could identify their items. Inves- [email protected] Story tip or idea: tigation is continuing. [email protected] Print and Online Advertising: It’s been reported that [email protected] KLM flights from the Nether- Archives: lands to the Antilles are usually Bonairenews.com, then click on “Go to Archives” not full these days. KLM has a The Publisher: deal from Amsterdam to Cura- [email protected] çao for €510 round trip; Mar- The Bonaire Reporter, tinair for €468; and ArkeFly as P. O. Box 407, Bonaire, low as €371. USA flight prices Eliminating ALL standing water around Neth. Antilles. Phone 790-8988 have also dropped. Continental your home will stop breeding mosquitoes Phone 790-6518 can fly you to Los Angeles and Available on-line at: back for $536. Several small www.bonairereporter.com airlines fly to Curaçao from Printed Every Fortnight, Bonaire round trip for just under Many persons on Bonaire have contracted dengue fever, a usually non-fatal, but extremely On-line Every day, 24/7 $100 where you can catch low painful disease spread by day-flying mosquitoes. It has officially reached epidemic proportions. Next edition printing on March 11, 2009. priced American Airlines No part of the island has been spared. Protect yourself by eliminating potential breeding spots. The flights. Insel Air flies from mosquitoes prefer clean, still water. Use repellent generously. Ad deadline March 7 SCOOTER & BIKE SALES & REPAIR Peugeot, Kymco Loekie, Giant Gazelle Brands Parts and accessories for any brand scooter or bike Bike Clothes for Everyone Kaya Grandi #61 •Transport of Money •Vehicle patrols Across from INPO and Valuables •Burglar Alarms Open: 8:30-12:30, 2:00-5:30 •Private Investigations •Fire Alarm Systems 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- Feb.27-March 13, 2009 Flotsam and Jetsam (Contin. from pg. 2) facing a €20 billion shortfall postponed the date to the 13th of government structure to do this. and will have to make drastic March 2009. The Olympic Com- The most important thing, ac- cuts in spending to avoid pump- mittee of the Netherlands Antil- cording Kamp, is that “there are ing up the budget deficit above les (NAOC) filed their appeal on people there who just do their job two per cent, sources in The the 23rd of August 2008 in Bei- and do it well. They are just as Hague said. The cabinet has set jing, in order to fight the dis- worried as we Dutch are about up a committee of senior civil qualification of their Athlete how their islands will be gov- servants to make recommenda- Churandy Martina, who initially erned in the future and about po- tions. The options include raising won the silver medal in the litical issues like public health the retirement age, reducing 200m. sprint. and education. They want to im- mortgage tax relief, cuts to unem- prove their situation as much as ployment and child benefits and There we want to help them with that. scrapping tax benefits for non- is a move- So when someone calls these working parents with young ment afoot people corrupt and a ‘gang of families. Last year there was a in Bonaire thugs,’ it is absolutely not doing surplus of 1%. to join the any justice to their efforts.” What all this will do to the Earth Hour Dutch commitments to the BES th movement Things have been busy at Bonaire’s leading supermarket. Friday the 13 brought islands is unknown. on Sunday, March 28, at 8:30 gloomy news about the Dutch Warehouse Bonaire opened a brand new vegetable and fruit pm in support of WWF’s action department featuring a better and wider assortment of fruits and economy. New figures from the “The Netherlands is to get decisive action on climate Central Bureau for Statistics. heading for a severe recession,” veggies. The opening was on February 16 and done by the ladies change.
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