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First 2009 Underwater Cleanup is Saturday, January 10, 2009
January 7, 2009 @ 14:03

The first quarterly underwater cleanup will take place at the dive site, Windsock, at Donkey Beach on Saturday, January 10, 2009.  All interested participants should meet at Dive Friends @ Port Bonaire at 1:00 PM.

As is the yearly custom each January first, there will be a presentation by the Maskarada group.

As a followup to a prior story, the invasive Pacific fish, the lionfish, has now been sighted in Belize, the first such sighting in Central America.  As the species spreads southward, the Bonaire National Marine Park is making plans for its arrival on Bonaire.

A festive ribbon-cutting ceremony at the departure gate launched the new Delta weekly non-stop flight from New York’s JFK to/from Bonaire last Saturday.  On hand for the ribbon cutting was a VIP delegation from Bonaire including Commissioner Anthony Nicolaas, Director of Tourism Ronella Tjin Asjoe-Croes and BONHATA President Sara Matera. Also there were many repeat visitors to Bonaire, who actively joined in the festivities and took advantage of having their photo taken behind the official Inaugural Flight banner. 

As a followup to our story from yesterday, Delta, in addition to Continental Airlines, is also offering extremely attractive airfares during January and February, 2009.

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