Bati Bleki Buzz, Weekly Recap, June 17th, 2018 Graduation week in Aruba, Arman Hessels, the Art Academy, Father's Day and the Timeshare industry came under discussion this week Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap, June 10th, 2018 A piece of advice for the MinTour, a fabulous lunch at Divino NV, an unexpected concert by Jeon at the Renaissance Marina Tower, Graduation for 30 GED students Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap June 3rd, 2018 The mass Spaying & Neutering campaign by United Dogs, trapped and operated 400 cats/dogs on the island in a 4 day popup clinic, Then I talked about the traffic, Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap, May 27th, 2018 Interesting week, from Restoration to Craft Beer, a Jazz Festival, many challenges for GOA, a devilish chef from Mexico, and humor in taxation. Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap May 20th, 2018 A trip to Rooi Santo, the upcoming E-Seminar, the mystery of Stem Cells, Balashi Aruban at Heart, and a cruel joke played on the vulnerable, concluded the week. Read more
Bati bleki Buzz Weekly Recap May 13th, 2018 Barbulet Concierge, Mother's Day gifts, Accolades for General Manager Joe Najjar and a reshuffle in the Police force; Community work paired with volunteerism; Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap, May 6th, 2018 The Father of our Culture turned 98 this week, Happy Birthday Padu del Caribe; Then the Food Truck Festival fed us nicely against the setting of downtown Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap April 29th, 2017 Weekly recap, end of April 2018, Aruba Meets Europe, Leche De Tigre, Aruba Ariba, Murky Water and the Orange Ball. Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap April 22nd, 2018 Six topics of discussion this week, from the environment to new eateries and shopping Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap April 15th, 2018 Six different stories caught my attention this week, the opening of the border with Venezuela, the hoopla surrounding Arikok park, Lucy a new eatery in town.... Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap April 8th, 2018 Otmar King of Aruba I enjoyed the weekend, and this morning on my walk along the Malmok strip, the trash levels were totally under control. Sometimes I [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap, March 25th, 2018 Turista Ariba Mi Isla Many years ago, before De Palm Island was De Palm Island, a trip on board the Seastar Catamaran carried guests for a day on an island [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap March 18th, 2018 Aruba Doet 2018, 207 projects accomplished According to the director of CEDE Aruba, Daniel Tecklenborg, at the head of this very humble and super-efficient [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz, Weekly Recap, March 11th, 2018 New Chief in Town I was cheering for a woman, but I realize that the new interim High Commissionaire of Police is a good man. How do I know? He was [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap, March 4th, 2018 An Update on the Beach Policy I recently got a wake-up email from a friend, which propelled me to ask for a repeat interview with Gino Winklaar, the Noord [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap, Feb 25th, 2018 Salesmanship as it relates to Customer Satisfaction I bought some new lamps recently at a mega store awarding fun miles for purchases. Then I called the [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap, Feb 18th, 2018 Carnival 64th – It doesn’t get any better than this Carnival 64 was spectacular and while some stayed away, saving their pennies for Carnival 65, the 2018 [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap, Feb 11th, 2018 The Vegan Revolution is Upon Us Since the day I met Meredith Marin, #VeganAruba,@VeganAruba, every single person I see tells me he/she is now vegan. [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weely Recap, Feb 4th, 2018 Equal in the eyes of the law?! The parents of a victim of a tragic road accident welcomed some justice last week, when a verdict finally announced that the [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz, Weekly Recap, Jan 28th, 2018 Who needs so many cruise ships? The other day I walked through a branded Palm Beach resort and was stopped by the General Manager. You’re all wrong, he [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap, January 21st, 2018 More healthy food options, befitting our new year’s resolution to stay fit and trim ALFRESCO Alejandra Maya is the queen of the kitchen at Al Fresco. She [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap January 18, 2018 To dredge or not to dredge, that is the question Over the last three to four decades with the increased use of the waters off Palm Beach the bottom of our [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap, Jan 7th, 2018 Optimistic I woke up full of hope for the New Year and my enthusiasm lessened a bit, by the amount of trash found seaside on my Malmok walk this morning. [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz, Weekly Recap Jan 1, 2018 Blessed This is my last column for the year 2017. The months, weeks and days flew by, but if you look at 2017 closely, from a daily column perspective, it [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz, Weekly Recap December 24th, 2017 Papiamento takes on Aruba The MinEdu apparently surprised many this week when he announced changes in the educational system, but I suspect he is simply [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekly Recap, Dec 17th, 2017 The Season of Giving The Marriott International resort general managers in the CALA region, the Caribbean and Latin America, were challenged to raise [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap December 10th, 2017 AHATA AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE Remember? The awards were taken back by AHATA, who vowed to do a better job on the presentation. They did. It was a well-planned [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz, Weekly Recap December 3rd, 2017 If you heard something say something. The Police is asking the public’s help in solving this weekend’s outrage At 10am this morning most of Aruba’s schools [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz, Weekly Recap, November 26th, 2017 Some commentary regarding the speech of His Excellency, the Governor of Aruba during the swearing in of our new government Aruba’s Governor Alfonso [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap, November 12th, 2017 Island Temptations to Launch When in Aruba Website In late 2017, the award-winning creative team of Island Temptations will launch a new island lifestyle [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap, November 5th, 2017 A size 12 foot into a size 7 shoe I keep getting cheerful little messages on Whatsapp from Evelyn Wever Croes, and her followers which keep me abreast of [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap, October 29th, 2017 The Aruba Challenge Endurance Festival score sheet We all agree it is a great idea, to diversity the island’s calendar of activities with a world-class [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz, Weekly Recap, October 22nd, 2017 Cocktails, from classic to creative We, and when I say we I mean the team of Island Temptations Magazine, launched the Bartender Brawl three years ago, [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap October 15th, 2017 In protection of fishermen Let’s say you had a teenager, and you would one day tell him/her, that’s it, I am cutting you off, no more electronics until the [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekly Recap, October 8th, 2017 Beach Cleaning, the next one is Nov 4th Before I tell you about our adventures on Rincon Bay for the 23rd annual Reef Care beach cleaning, save the Nov [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekly Recap, October 1st, 2017 This is what I wrote yesterday afternoon, expect changes… A note from a friend said: “I am also pleased with the outcome … It’s time for moderate [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekly Recap, Sept. 24th, 2017 Elections coming up on Friday, but before you vote you should read this: Last week a significant number of intelligent people congregated in the ballroom [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekend Recap, Septmber 17th, 2017 Special request for a positive column, Voila! Aruba should be super proud of the recent evacuation of 64 dialysis patients from SXM, and their reception [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekly Recap, September 10th, 2017 Happy Monday Column If anything, the new bridge proved that the locals have a great sense of humor. The comments posted on social media were hilarious, see [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekly Recap, September 3rd, 2017 Running Princesses of Aruba Six superwomen from Aruba will be participating in the 5th Anniversary Disney Fairy Tale Challenge presented by Children’s [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekly Recap,Aug 27th, 2017 He who sows winds, reaps storms, writer’s name withheld This was written by one of my friends in Papiamento, the original version below, I put it into [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz, Weekly Recap, Aug 20th, 2017 A rainbow over Oranjestad: The island’s most important news item this morning, the opening of a gay club in Oranjestad Jimmy’s place was always a favorite [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz, Weekly Recap, Sunday, August 13th, 2017 And then God Invented Video They keep telling me that video is the most important tool in the digital world, we can’t do with it! This week we were treated [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz, Weekly Recap, Aug 6th, 2017 Solemn, Open, Noble, that’s what the Electoral Committee expects! There was a lot of discussion last week about August 4th, a day in which from 9am to 4pm, [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekly Recap, July 30th, 2017 Holmo Henriquez, MAS, makes sense on some issues, and no sense on others I had coffee with Holmo Henriquez recently, and he made good sense, except for his [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekly Recap, July 23rd, 2017 Fund Raising with Marisol For Saturday, a digital invitation described a modest fundraising event in my neighborhood, given by Marisol Tromp, now on the [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekly Recap, July 17th, 2017 Succession and reinvention A family business is a wonderful thing. Bust most family businesses have a few inherent challenges. One of them is succession. [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekly Recap, July 9th, 2017 Djiespie’s Place, Aruba of Yesteryears! In search of authentic experiences we went local, arriving on Friday just past sunset at Djiespie’s place, Plaza [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz, Weekly Recap July 2nd, 2017 Beach Cleaning Rincon We met up at Boca Grandi for a post oil spill Beach Cleaning on Sunday 7am. Of course you remember that on April 23, over 300 barrels [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz Weekly Recap 2017 Elton Lioe-a-Tjam, educated, talented and “inactive” A few weeks ago I was guest on a radio talk show hosted by Mirto Lacle and Elton Lioe-a-Tjam. It was [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekly Recap June 18th 2017 You are invited to the New & Improved Carubbian Festival The Carubbian Festival conceived a few years ago in order to give San Nicholas a chance to [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekly Recap June 11th 2017 B.I.D.,a fake award I got an anonymous e-mail form Aruba Corruption Fighter, it was sent to several news outlets such as masnoticia.com; noticiacla.com; [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekly Recap, June 4th, 2017 The critically endangered Aruban Rattle snake, the Arubian Cascabel This is not a long story, but it is a good one. Last weekend one of our girlfriends who [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekly Recap, May 28th, 2017 Ronchi de Cuba, Island Chic, Master Designer We are proud of Ronchi de Cuba who for the past two decades plus, has been dressing us, and showing us a good [...] Read more
DIP = Disaster In Progress Like I opened Pandora’s box. My phone was on fire on Wednesday. Everyone wanted to tell me their DIP story. But I am working, I said. I have no time [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekly Recap, May 21, 2017 Customs Crybabies On March 16th of last year, I already wrote about the Customs strike in Barcadera. You will find it relevant if you read [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Buzz, Weekly Recap, May 14th, 2017 Only good news today Reading the paper these days is quite nauseating, as the election campaign is in full swing, and the PR machine is working over-time, [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekly Recap, May 7th, 2017 Triple Crown Happy Hour Friday, my Happy Hour trail led me from Champions Sports Bar & Restaurant to Aged Wine Bar, then back to the Marriott Lobby [...] Read more
Bati Bleki Weekly Recap, April 30th, 2017 Conflicted About two weeks ago I met with some condo-owners from Oceania Residence, then last week I heard from some timeshare-owners from Costa Linda [...] Read more