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☆ I've been to 20 Caribbean islands. Here are 7 mistakes first-time visitors should avoid making.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Mariette Williams | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In fact, tourism is off to a strong start in 2024, with many islands seeing an increase in visitors compared to 2023. However, as someone who's been traveling to the Caribbean for the past two decades, I've observed some common mistakes first-time visitors make. If you're planning a trip to the Caribbean and want to maximize your experience, here are some mistakes to avoid making while visiting. Mariette WilliamsThe Caribbean is full of gorgeous resorts, but one of the biggest mistakes I see first-time visitors make is never leaving the property. Mariette WilliamsFirst-time visitors to the Caribbean may be surprised to find that, for the most part, life seems to move slower on the islands.

Persons: —, who's, I've, Mariette Williams, Mariette Williams There's, Bathsheba Organizations: Service, Business, Caribbean Locations: Caribbean, Falls, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Old San Juan, San Juan, St, Lucia, Dominica, Caicos, Bahamas, Antigua, Croix, Aruba, Kitts, Nevis, Barbados, Grenada, Curaçao, Bonaire

Lawmakers also said Wednesday that they want to at least temporarily suspend a sales tax exemption on equipment offered to data centers. Burt Jones touts as a way to shore up tax revenue so that Georgia could further cut its income tax rate for all residents and businesses. A study last year by Georgia State University suggested the state saw a return of less than 20 cents on the dollar. However, the credits are transferrable — production companies can sell them to any individual or business with state income tax liability. The data centers tax credit is projected to cost the state $44 million in foregone sales tax revenue this year, according to a 2022 University of Georgia study.

Persons: Shaw Blackmon, “ We’re, Burt Jones, ” Jones, Blackmon, Jon Burns, Georgia Power, Burns Organizations: ATLANTA, — Top, Marvel, Bonaire Republican, Georgia, Lawmakers, Georgia Power Co, Republican, Gov, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Newington Republican, of Georgia Locations: — Top Georgia, Georgia, Peach State, Hollywood, Bonaire

☆ The best islands in Europe for getting away from almost everyone
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Terry Ward | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Here are some of the best islands in Europe for getting away from almost everyone:Schiermonnikoog, the NetherlandsThe Netherlands is better known for canals, dikes and tropical Dutch Caribbean Islands like Bonaire and Curaçao than the sandspun isles along the country’s North Sea coast. Flores Island, Azores, PortugalWaterfalls trickle down an imposing rock face on the island Flores in the Azores. aroxopt/Adobe StockOne of the most remote islands in an already remote archipelago, Flores Island in the westernmost stretches of the Azores is a nature lover’s dream. To say there’s room to stretch out and breathe on these Baltic Sea islands is an understatement. The best islands in Europe for getting away from almost everyoneHavsVidden offers a secluded escape on northern Fasta Åland with villas with their own saunas overlooking the rocky shoreline.

Persons: Annemarieke Romeijn, ”, Eyrún, Gabriela Silva, Flores, Rocha dos Bordões, Santa Cruz das Flores, Randi Skaug, “, Torunn Tronsvang, Richard Kellett, Luis Fonseca, iStockphoto, São João Baptista, Berlengas, Arlindo Serrao, Mola mola, Francesco Curione, Lent, Skyros, revelry, – it’s, Drake, Åland Organizations: CNN, Adobe, Heimaey, puffin, Norway Visitors, Intrepid, UNESCO, Visitors Locations: Europe, Ibiza, Netherlands, Caribbean, Bonaire, Curaçao, West Frisian, Wadden, Schier, Lauwersoog, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, Heimaey, Westman, Hotel Ranga, gannet, fulmar, Flores Island, Azores, Portugal, Flores, Santa Cruz, Naustholmen, Norway, Bodø, Northern Norway, Norwegian, Lofoten, ”, Tiree, Scotland, Hawaii, Scottish, Oban, Glasgow, Loganair, Berlengas, Peniche, São, Grande, Alicudi, Sicily, Italy, Taormina, Skyros, Greece, Mykonos, Rathlin, Northern Ireland, Ballycastle, Åland, Finland, Bothnia, Sweden

☆ I sold everything I own to live on a boat with my wife. It's harder than we imagined — but we love it because it made us stronger.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Michelle Mastro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Iain Cameron and his wife Brioni left Scotland and moved onto a boat in the Caribbean, in 2020. Besides, we both had stable jobs in Scotland: Brioni was an elementary school teacher and I worked in tech as an international technical trainer. For over two years now, living on a boat has made us stronger, more confident, and more appreciative. Iain and Brioni sailing on their boat in the Caribbean. An aerial view of Iain and Brioni sailing off the coast of an island.

Persons: Iain Cameron, Brioni, they've, Cameron, —, we've, Saint Vincent, Iain, Caine, Iain Cameron We've, Manseen Logan Organizations: Service, Facebook, eBay, Robertson, YouTube, Seas, Southampton, Annapolis Locations: Scotland, Caribbean, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Adriatic, Grenadines, Saint Vincent, United Kingdom, YachtWorld, Bonaire, Guna Yala, Panama, mlogan@insider.com

☆ Bonaire: Why so many visitors want to move to this secret island
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Danielle Braff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Sometimes it only takes one visit to convince visitors to pack up their belongings and move to Bonaire permanently. “I fell in love with Bonaire,” Davis, now in her mid-60s, says of her initial visit. Bonaire, pronounced “Bone-air,” is located just off the coast of Venezuela, and it’s one of the three ABC islands: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. Bonaire is known for its scuba diving, but unless you’re Dutch or an avid diver, you probably haven’t given the island much thought. johnandersonphoto/iStockphoto/Getty ImagesThen, in 1999, the Bonaire government purchased Klein Bonaire (an uninhabited island a half mile offshore) from the private sector for $4.6 million with the agreement that it would remain a naturally preserved island.

Persons: Susan Davis, Davis, “, ” Davis, ” She’s, ”, Rolando Marin, that’s, Greg Balfour Evans, Boy ” Herrera, Annette Emerenciana, Harry Schoffelen, who’s, Kiki Multem Organizations: CNN, Bonaire, Statistics Netherlands, CBS, Tourism Corporation, ABC, Klein Bonaire, US State Department, “ Bonaire, “ Locations: Bonaire, Chicago, Dutch, Netherlands, Tourism Corporation Bonaire, Venezuela, Aruba, Curaçao, Kingdom of, Miami, Kralendijk, Blue Bonaire, Washington, johnandersonphoto, Development, “, United States, Europe

☆ Scientists see surprising brain activity in sleeping octopuses that could mean they dream like us
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Scientists observed sleeping octopuses and saw their brains enter a deep sleep like ours. This deep sleep is similar to a dream state in mammals, so octopuses may also dream. For the study, scientists spied on multiple sleeping octopuses. By studying the octopus's brain activity, the team found that these cephalopods have similar active and quiet sleep cycles to us mammals and that certain periods of their active stage resembles rapid eye movement sleep. REM sleep is often when humans dream, leading scientists to wonder if octopuses may dream like us.

Persons: —, Vlad Tchompalov, Samuel Sloss Organizations: Service, University of Washington School of Medicine, UW, Neuroscience, New, Wildlife Locations: Bonaire, Caribbean

☆ Dutch leader apologizes for Netherlands’ role in the slave trade, establishes fund to grapple with slavery's legacy
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte apologized Monday on behalf of his government for the Netherlands’ role in slavery and the slave trade, in a speech welcomed by activists as historic but lacking in concrete plans for repair and reparations. Ahead of the speech, Waldo Koendjbiharie, a retiree who was born in Suriname but lived for years in the Netherlands, said an apology was not enough. And on how this history still plays a negative role in the lives of many today,” the government says. The Dutch first became involved in the trans-Atlantic slave trade in the late 1500s and became a major trader in the mid-1600s. Eventually, the Dutch West India Company became the largest trans-Atlantic slave trader, said Karwan Fatah-Black, an expert in Dutch colonial history and an assistant professor at Leiden University.

☆ Netherlands PM Rutte apologises for role of Dutch state in slavery
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Tosterling Ank Kuipers | Ank Kuipers | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

[1/8] Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte responds to recommendations from a panel of experts to accept the role of the Netherlands in the history of slavery and its current consequences in The Hague, Netherlands December 19, 2022. "Today I apologise," Rutte said in a nationally televised speech at the Dutch National Archives. "For centuries the Dutch state and its representatives have enabled and stimulated slavery and have profited from it," he added. "It is true that nobody alive today bears any personal guilt for slavery...(however) the Dutch state bears responsibility for the immense suffering that has been done to those that were enslaved and their descendants." The panel said that Dutch participation in slavery had amounted to crimes against humanity and in 2021 recommended an apology and reparations.

☆ Noua listă a țărilor cu risc epidemiologic; Grecia, Italia, Spania rămân pe lista verde
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-25 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: ProfimediaNoua listă a țărilor cu risc epidemiologic; Grecia, Italia, Spania rămân pe lista verdeGuvernul a actualizat lista țărilor cu risc epidemiologic, în funcție de incidența cazurilor de COVID-19, pe coduri – verde, galben și roșu. Marea Britanie rămâne în zona roșie, din cauza variantei Delta de coronavirus, care se răspândește acolo cu repeziciune. Pe lista verde rămân Spania, Italia, Grecia. Persoanele care au trecut prin infecția cu COVID-19, cele vaccinate și cele care au test negativ sunt scutite de carantină, transmite Digi24. Din lista galbenă fac parte Emiratele Arabe Unite, Panama, Malaysia, Georgia, Tunisia, Sint Maarten, Guyana, Cuba, Capul Verde, Irak, Insulele Virgine Britanice, Insulele Virgine ale Statelor Unite, Sri Lanka, Zambia.

Persons: Saint Kitts, Saint Vincent, Gre nadine, Sao Tome Organizations: El Locations: Grecia, Italia, Spania, România, Seychelles, Uruguay, Mongolia, Columbia, Maldive, Bahrain, Namibia, Argentina, Suriname, Kuweit, Oman, Saint, Nevis, Brazilia, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Chile, Trinidad si Tobago, Botswana, Bolivia, Africa de Sud, Britanie, Nepal, India, Emiratele Arabe Unite, Panama, Malaysia, Georgia, Tunisia, Sint Maarten, Guyana, Cuba, Capul Verde, Irak, Insulele Virgine Britanice, Insulele Virgine, Statelor Unite, Sri Lanka, Zambia, Iran, Republica Dominicană, Peru, Federația Rusă, Kârgâzstan, Honduras, Portugalia, Andorra, Belarus, Bahamas, Guatemala, Monaco, Letonia, Kazahstan, Turcia, Cipru, Olanda, Irlanda, Danemarca, Filipine, Ecuador, Slovenia, Venezuela, Suedia, Belgia, Franța, Timorul de Est, Iordania, Qatar, Afghanistan, Gibraltar, Lituania, Thailanda, Bonaire, Saba, Jersey, El Salvador, Insulele Feroe, Luxemburg, Palestina, Norvegia, Statele Unite ale Americii, Libia, Cambodgia, Arabia Sauditaă, Indonezia, Estonia, Guam, Aruba, Saint Lucia, Canada, Uganda, Elveția, Muntenegru, Croația, Belize, Armenia, Austria, Bhutan, Ucraina, Slovacia, Germania, Mexic, Polinezia Franceza, Insulele Cayman, Serbia, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Jamaica, Eritreea, Puerto Rico, Curaçao, Bulgaria, Cehia, Liban, Ungaria, Japonia, Finlanda, Republica Moldova, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Haiti, Liechtenstein, Liberia, Eswatini, Uzbekistan, Lesotho, Algeria, Bermuda, Taiwan, Mauritania, Bosnia, Herțegovina, Insulele Turks si Caicos, Coreea de Sud, Polonia, Azerbaidjan, Macedonia de Nord, Groenlanda, Egipt, Papua Noua Guinee, Maroc, Kenia, Noua Zeelandă, Republica Democrată Congo, Gabon, Sierra Leone, Kosovo, Pakistan, Congo, Myanmar, Angola, Guernsey, Vietnam, Barbados, Senegal, Israel, Dominica, Albania, Singapore, Malta, Nicaragua, San Marino, Malawi, Burundi, Djibouti, Brunei Darussalam, Ghana, Togo, Guineea Bissau, Madagascar, Gambia, Laos, Sudan, Somalia, Australia, Benin, Mali, Yemen, Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Republica Centrafricană, Wallis, Futuna, Islanda, Guineea Ecuatoriala, Insula Man, Sao, Principe, Camerun, Antigua si Barbuda, Insulele Mariane de Nord, Etiopia, Comore, Ciad, Anguilla, Siria, Tadjikistan, Guineea, Coasta de Fildeș, Mozambic, Sudanul de Sud, Republica Populara Chineza, Grenada, Insulele Falkland, Vatican, Insulele Marshall, Micronezia, Montserrat, Noua Caledonie, Insulele Solomon, Tanzania, Vanuatu, Sahara

Cei care vin din zonele galbenă și roșie trebuie să stea în carantină la intrarea în România. Persoanele care au trecut prin infecția cu Covid-19, cele vaccinate și cele care au test negativ sunt scutite de carantină. De asemenea, scutirea de carantină este valabilă și pentru copiii sub 3 ani, fără condiții, și pentru cei cu vârste între 3 și 16 ani, dacă au un test Covid negativ. În plus, sunt scutiți de carantină cei care stau mai puțin de 3 zile pe teritoriul României. Din lista galbenă fac parte Emiratele Arabe Unite, Panama, Malaysia, Georgia, Tunisia, Sint Maarten, Guyana, Cuba, Capul Verde, Irak, Insulele Virgine Britanice, Insulele Virgine ale Statelor Unite, Sri Lanka, Zambia.

Persons: Saint Kitts, Saint Vincent, Gre nadine, Sao Tome Organizations: El Locations: România, României, Seychelles, Uruguay, Mongolia, Columbia, Maldive, Bahrain, Namibia, Argentina, Suriname, Kuweit, Oman, Saint, Nevis, Brazilia, Paraguay, Costa Rica, Chile, Trinidad si Tobago, Botswana, Bolivia, Africa de Sud, Britanie, Nepal, India, Emiratele Arabe Unite, Panama, Malaysia, Georgia, Tunisia, Sint Maarten, Guyana, Cuba, Capul Verde, Irak, Insulele Virgine Britanice, Insulele Virgine, Statelor Unite, Sri Lanka, Zambia, Iran, Republica Dominicană, Peru, Federația Rusă, Kârgâzstan, Honduras, Spania, Portugalia, Andorra, Belarus, Bahamas, Guatemala, Monaco, Letonia, Kazahstan, Turcia, Cipru, Olanda, Irlanda, Danemarca, Grecia, Filipine, Ecuador, Slovenia, Venezuela, Suedia, Belgia, Franța, Timorul de Est, Iordania, Qatar, Afghanistan, Gibraltar, Lituania, Thailanda, Bonaire, Saba, Jersey, El Salvador, Insulele Feroe, Luxemburg, Palestina, Norvegia, Statele Unite ale Americii, Libia, Cambodgia, Arabia Sauditaă, Indonezia, Estonia, Guam, Aruba, Saint Lucia, Canada, Uganda, Elveția, Muntenegru, Croația, Belize, Armenia, Austria, Bhutan, Ucraina, Italia, Slovacia, Germania, Mexic, Polinezia Franceza, Insulele Cayman, Serbia, Rwanda, Bangladesh, Jamaica, Eritreea, Puerto Rico, Curaçao, Bulgaria, Cehia, Liban, Ungaria, Japonia, Finlanda, Republica Moldova, Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Haiti, Liechtenstein, Liberia, Eswatini, Uzbekistan, Lesotho, Algeria, Bermuda, Taiwan, Mauritania, Bosnia, Herțegovina, Insulele Turks si Caicos, Coreea de Sud, Polonia, Azerbaidjan, Macedonia de Nord, Groenlanda, Egipt, Papua Noua Guinee, Maroc, Kenia, Noua Zeelandă, Republica Democrată Congo, Gabon, Sierra Leone, Kosovo, Pakistan, Congo, Myanmar, Angola, Guernsey, Vietnam, Barbados, Senegal, Israel, Dominica, Albania, Singapore, Malta, Nicaragua, San Marino, Malawi, Burundi, Djibouti, Brunei Darussalam, Ghana, Togo, Guineea Bissau, Madagascar, Gambia, Laos, Sudan, Somalia, Australia, Benin, Mali, Yemen, Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Republica Centrafricană, Wallis, Futuna, Islanda, Guineea Ecuatoriala, Insula Man, Sao, Principe, Camerun, Antigua si Barbuda, Insulele Mariane de Nord, Etiopia, Comore, Ciad, Anguilla, Siria, Tadjikistan, Guineea, Coasta de Fildeș, Mozambic, Sudanul de Sud, Republica Populara Chineza, Grenada, Insulele Falkland, Vatican, Insulele Marshall, Micronezia, Montserrat, Noua Caledonie, Insulele Solomon, Tanzania, Vanuatu, Sahara

☆ România a scos R. Moldova din „zona galbenă”. Putem merge în țara vecină fără test negativ la COVID-19 sau derogare
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-22 | by ( Milena Onisim | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +3 min

Astfel, cetățenii moldoveni, la intrarea în țara vecină, nu mai sunt obligați să prezinte un test negativ la COVID-19 dar vor trebui să aibă dovada că sunt vaccinați cu ambele doze sau că au avut, în ultimele 90 de zile, COVID-19 și s-au vindecat. Lista țărilor pe care România le consideră cu risc epidemiologic ridicat a fost actualizată joi, la propunerea Comitetului Național pentru Situații de Urgență (CNSU), transmite Digi 24. De asemnea, cei care se întorc din țările respective, au obligația să prezinte un test COVID-19 negativ la urcarea în avion sau autocar. Cei care au un test negativ, stau în carantină doar 10 zile. Lista țărilor cu risc epidemiologic ridicat:UruguayBermudaCuraçaoCipruTurciaBahrainSuediaPuerto RicoAndorraSan MarinoFranțaCroatiaArgentinaPoloniaUngariaSerbiaMacedonia de NordArubaEstoniaOlandaSloveniaSeychellesBosnia si HerțegovinaChileLituaniaIordaniaMuntenegruBulgariaCapul VerdeKuweitCehiaQatarLibanBraziliaUcrainaKosovoBelgiaParaguayLuxemburgColumbiaArmeniaAustriaLetoniaGreciaMongoliaIranLiechtensteinPeruItaliaOmanMaldiveGermaniaCanadaElvețiaInsulele Bonaire, Saint Eustatius si SabaGeorgiaAzerbaidjanStatele Unite ale AmericiiCosta RicaAfrica de Sud.

Locations: România, Moldova, Uruguay Bermuda Curaçao Cipru Turcia Bahrain Suedia Puerto Rico Andorra San Marino Franța Croatia Argentina Polonia Ungaria Serbia Macedonia de Nord Aruba Estonia Olanda Slovenia Seychelles Bosnia si Herțegovina Chile Lituania Iordania Muntenegru Bulgaria Capul Verde Kuweit Cehia Qatar Liban Brazilia Ucraina Kosovo Belgia Paraguay Luxemburg Columbia Armenia Austria Letonia Grecia Mongolia Iran Liechtenstein Peru Italia Oman Maldive Germania Canada Elveția Insulele Bonaire, Saba Georgia Azerbaidjan Statele Unite ale Americii Costa Rica Africa de Sud, PCR

☆ România menține R. Moldova în lista țărilor cu risc epidemiologic ridicat
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-26 | by ( Diana Severin | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +1 min

Lista țărilor pe care România le consideră cu risc epidemiologic ridicat a fost actualizată joi seară de Comitetul Național pentru Situații de Urgență. Persoanele care sosesc în România din aceste țări, regiuni sau teritorii incluse în așa-numita „zonă galbenă” trebuie să stea în carantină timp de 14 zile, scrie Digi24. CNSU își motivează această măsură prin persistența unui număr crescut de persoane infectate pe teritoriul național, precum și prin apariția zilnică a unor cazuri noi de persoane infectate atât prin circulația virusului pe teritoriul național, cât și prin importarea acestuia odată cu revenirea în țară a persoanelor posibil infectate, „aspecte care generează o presiune constantă asupra capacității de gestionare a unităților administrativ – teritoriale și a sistemului sanitar”, se arată în textul Hotărârii. Lista țărilor pentru care se impune carantina la sosirea în RomâniaPe lista statelor cu risc epidemiologic ridicat se află:EstoniaCehiaSan MarinoUngariaMuntenegruIordaniaSerbiaSeychellesCuraçaoPoloniaLibanArubaAndorraBulgariaCipruSuediaMacedonia de NordMaltaPalestinaFranțaUruguayBahrainItaliaKosovoSloveniaRepublica MoldovaOlandaBraziliaSlovaciaMonacoAustriaLuxemburgBelgiaKuweitBosnia si HerțegovinaChileLetoniaParaguayAfrica de SudWallis and FutunaBonaire, Saint Eustatius and SabaPuteți consulta AICI tabelul cu lista țărilor cu risc epidemiologic ridicat.

Persons: Saba Locations: România, Estonia Cehia San Marino Ungaria Muntenegru Iordania Serbia Seychelles Curaçao Polonia Liban Aruba Andorra Bulgaria Cipru Suedia Macedonia de Nord Malta Palestina Franța Uruguay Bahrain Italia Kosovo Slovenia Republica Moldova Olanda Brazilia Slovacia Monaco Austria Luxemburg Belgia Kuweit Bosnia, Herțegovina Chile Letonia Paraguay Africa de Sud Wallis and Futuna, Saint

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