TOURISM, STAY AS A TOURIST OR STAY LONGER?
Stay as a tourist Citizens of the Kingdom of the Netherlands or the United States are allowed to stay on Bonaire for 6 months as ... Read more
Caribbean Customer Service
In general English and US islands have a more “natural” tendency toward service-drive, due to a polite and bottom-line focused mentality of the Anglo-Saxons. Compare ... Read more
Foodbook Curacao
Prices and more information for participation in Foodbook Curaçao: Fb 2023:24 folder Curacao Foodbook is published in collaboration with Chata as an in-room magazine in the ... Read more
Sharing Knowledge
Synergy In the business environment, synergy occurs when two or more businesses or resources come together to make a greater impact than they would separately. ... Read more
Synergy in organizations
The meaning of Synergy The term is derived from the Greek Synergia, which means working together. The term can refer to collaborating parties that remain ... Read more
The changes in the WWFT BES will come into effect shortly, are you ready?
The WWFT BES imposes obligations on parties that have a role in providing financial services or transferring value and thereby granting access to the financial ... Read more
Synergy in the human body
When you hear the word synergy, you probably think about collaboration, working together, about technology and these kind of subjects. I personally do think about ... Read more
Investing in protection in the company’s best interest
Investments in mitigating measures Especially in the beginning, companies had to invest in measures to protect their employees from contracting the virus, such as placing ... Read more
SECURITY AND TRUST
Mortgage The most known example of a security right is the right of mortgage. The right of mortgage is usually vested on immovable real estate ... Read more
Security is not having things… it’s handling things
Your eyes widen, your body heats, the heart beats faster, your legs are trembling, the stomach chums, your head feels dizzy and it’s hard to ... Read more
Caribbean culture and online banking security
Accompanying these impressive advancements is a whole range of new security risks that banks must deal with in order to continue to deliver the best, ... Read more
The Synergy of Ecology and Economy
The Greeks Close your eyes and repeat slowly after me: “ecology” and “economy”. While the first term allows soft, dreamy images of blue oceans, green ... Read more
Steunpunt Bonaire general social work and support center
The spread of the Corona virus causes stress and uncertainty for many people, including the people on Bonaire. A lot of information about the virus ... Read more
KvK Aruba; Facts and Figures Q1 2020 & 2021
New Registration As mentioned before the number of new businesses registering themselves at the Chamber is increasing every year in the Q1 period from 2019 ... Read more
What is the future of the office?
Physical workplaces have changed in meaning and relevance. Work has become largely distributed and remote and now, as lockdown measures begin to ease and employers ... Read more
It’s our turn
There is also a lack of synergy at micro level. At the start of my journalist career in Curaçao, I was allowed to go to ... Read more
Dutch Caribbean banking requires accelerated tech synergy
As stores remained closed, shopping behavior has forcedly pushed the long-time sceptics finally online. Especially middle and upper-class customers have moved into the arms of ... Read more
Will a Primary Clean Energy Source Win Out in the Caribbean?
The Caribbean is powered through a blend of different energy sources. And as we discussed in our article on ‘Energy Fuels the Economy’ these sources ... Read more
Major changes tenancy law on the BES Islands
The tenancy law on the BES islands was very outdated. This law, as laid down in part in the BES Civil Code, was more than ... Read more
Blue Economy Partnerships
The ocean is now seen as a major means for economic growth. Curaçao’s Blue economy vision provides a roadmap based on sustainable exploitation of Maritime ... Read more
Fast Delivery Services introduces Inter Island Express with own cargo aircraft
The first Logistic Company with Cargo Aircraft Operator’s Certificate in the ABC Islands Fast Delivery Services NV puts its company philosophy into action by regularly innovating ... Read more
Benefits of going paperless
Reduced business costs Less paper means reduced costs for your business. Research has shown that the biggest cost saving when going paperless is achieved through reduction ... Read more
Bonaire is energizing its agricultural sector
Maurice Adriaens is the acting Director of the Government’s Department of Agriculture, Cattlebreeding, and fisheries in Bonaire. This job that he started in April 2019 was ... Read more
The export economy after COVID-19
For the development of small island countries, such as Curaçao, the strain is even greater. Highly dependent on tourism for foreign exchange income, and heavily ... Read more
Curacao launches national export council
The CEC is an independent body composed of representatives of the public and the private sector, including labor and employer unions. The Export Council acts ... Read more
The vision of renewable energy Islands
The favored approach is to invest in renewable energy infrastructure. It boosts economic recovery, reduces fuel-costs (and thus costs-of-doing-business), lowers strategic dependency, enhances security-of-supply and ... Read more