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Piarco, Trinidad – Caribbean Airlines announced the start of service between Kingston, Jamaica and Grand Cayman, from October 29, 2019. The flights will operate twice weekly to Grand Cayman from Norman Manley International Airport, Kingston, Jamaica each Tuesday and Saturday. Now business, leisure and other travelers can easily connect to Grand Cayman from many ofContinue reading “Caribbean Airlines to Launch Service Between Kingston, Jamaica and Grand Cayman.”

Philipsburg – KLM flight 789 from Amsterdam to Curaçao and vice versa was stranded on Friday afternoon during the planned stopover on Sint Maarten due to a technical defect. To remedy the problem, a part must be flown in from the Netherlands. KLM assumes that the flight can be resumed today – with a 24-hourContinue reading “KLM EMERGENCY LANDING IN SINT MAARTEN”

The first Health Psychology training course starts in November in the Caribbean Netherlands and the autonomous islands of the Kingdom. To this end, initiator Mental Health Caribbean (MHC) signed a contract with training institute RINO South last week. “After several attempts, we have now finally succeeded in setting up a BIG-registered health care psychologist togetherContinue reading “The Dutch Caribbean receives GZ psychologist training”

After the revelation of the first Caribbean Foiling Championships which will take place from February 21-23, 2020, the organization now announces that registration for the event has officially opened. To celebrate this, those who join the wave of innovation before October 31, 2019 will be rewarded with a 20% discount. Sacha van der Wouden (co-founderContinue reading “Worldwide enthusiasm about Caribbean Foiling Championships”

On Wednesday, the second FIFA-Concacaf Coach Educators’ Course (CEC), hosted by the Concacaf Development Department, came to a successful conclusion in Curacao. The course took place from August 17-21 with attendees from the following 12 Member Associations: Aruba, Barbados, Bonaire, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Trinidad and TobagoContinue reading “Caribbean ready to train trainers after coach educators’ course comes to an end.”

Johan de Witt also goes to the Caribbean Den Helder – The images of the devastating power of hurricane Irma are still burnt to us all. To remain well trained in providing humanitarian aid, the Defense organization is organizing the Caribbean Coast exercise. The exercise also involves structuring good crisis communication and maintaining public orderContinue reading “Dutch Naval Ship Johan de Witt also headed to the Caribbean”

Willemstad – The speed that the Netherlands imposes on Curaçao through an order from the Council of Ministers for the reorganization of financial management can be disastrous for the economy of the country. Bob Traa of the Central Bank for Curaçao and Sint Maarten warned about this during a lunch meeting of the Curaçao BusinessContinue reading “Central Bank CEO warns: Moving too fast can be disastrous for the Curaçao economy”

Tyson Foods, one of the largest food producers in the world, is having a problem. Over the course of 2019, the company has issued four separate recalls for its frozen chicken products (one of which was expanded to be much larger). In each case, the problem was “foreign objects,” meaning something ended up in theContinue reading “Tyson Issues Fourth Recall of the Year For Having Non-Food Material in Its Chicken. St Maarten on recall list.”

While an (EU) mission in the Strait of Hormuz is being discussed in The Hague and soon in Helsinki, the ‘reserved’ M-frigate Zr.Ms. Van Speijk just left Den Helder on Saturday for a tour with the NATO squadron SNMG1, which will mainly practice on the Atlantic Ocean. This was confirmed by a spokesperson for the navy thisContinue reading “Venezuelan Invasion Imminent? Dutch Naval Vessel Zr.Ms. Van Speijk Joins NATO Squadron to The American East Coast.”