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Captain Don Stewart, (born Donal A. Stewart; 1925 – May 30, 2014), was best known as Captain Don, The Father of Bonaire. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In the early 1950s, he invented and patented an "adapter for screen cloth" which is basically the frame for a screen door. [ 6 ]
The event first began in 1967 when Captain Don Stewart challenged Hubert Domacasse to a race, wagering 27 cases of beer that his fishing boat "Sislin" was faster than Domacasse's fishing boat "Velia". [130] The races are run between the leeward side of the island and Klein Bonaire. [131]
The United States Navy could not pursue the pirates on Spanish soil either so in April 1822, Commodore David Porter, in USS Macedonian, assumed command of the station and one of his first missions was to consult with Governor Captain General Don Nicholas Mahy of Cuba and the governor of Puerto Rico. Both governors denied Porter's request to ...
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A fourth misconception is that Captain Schmidt of the Antilla spent the war in a prison camp on Bonaire and after the war bought the camp to build the Divi Flamingo Hotel. In fact the entire crew was transported to Jamaica and after the war the camp was bought by local entrepreneur Lodewijk Gerharts who built the hotel, initially named "Hotel ...
The Ministry of Justice and Security of the Netherlands oversees the heads of the Public Prosecution Service in the BES islands (Bonaire, Saba, and Sint Eustatius).The Public Prosecutor typically leads the investigation in a criminal matter, and the Public Prosecution Service ensures that the sentences given by the judges are properly executed.
Rene Winkel, director of Medicair and EZ Air, has enormous experience in local aviation. He previously flew as a captain for both the Winair and ALM Antillean Airlines. In addition, with his company Medicair, he has been carrying out ambulance flights between Bonaire and Colombia since the year 2000. The name EZ-Air is not new on the islands.
The Hilma Hooker and her crew were subsequently detained while the local authorities on Bonaire searched for the vessel's owners, who were never found. The ship languished under detention as evidence for many months and through general neglect of her hull she began to take on considerable amounts of water.