A tropical storm warning was raised on Guadeloupe and Dominica, and a tropical storm watch was issued for the French Caribbean territories of Martinique, St Martin and St Barts, St Maarten, Barbados, St Lucia, Saba and
St Eustatius.
British Virgin Islands, St Martin, St Barts, Saba,
St Eustatius and
The Dominican Republic,
St Eustatius and Cuba are expecting the highest rate of arrivals growth, but all tourism markets except St Vincent will experience growth in 2016.
Under the new agreement NuStar will create a "back-to-back" trading model in which it buys bunker fuel supply from the unnamed company for customers in
St Eustatius and the Caribbean, a model that permits it to reduce working capital tied to inventory, reduce exposure to price volatility and hedge ineffectiveness, and better manage operating expenses.
As part of the Netherlands, which in 2001 became the first country to approve same-sex marriages, the islands of Saba, Bonaire and
St Eustatius are obliged to recognize such unions.
Another hop down the chain is Dutch
St Eustatius. The capital Oranjestad was once a prominent duty free transhipment port on the Caribbean trade scene but today it's a sleepy backwater that still speaks Dutch and uses the pre-euro Dutch florin for currency.
Judy's owner John Stewart thought he had seen the last of his beloved bird ( until Judy was found by British expats Wendy Collins and Ryan Pologne at their home in
St Eustatius in the Netherlands Antilles (Dutch West Indies).
Then owner John Stewart, 69, got a letter and photo from tiny isle
St Eustatius saying she was there.
Her owner, retired pitman John Stewart, is delighted to hear she is safe and well on the island of
St Eustatius and is now wondering where another of his birds, who disappeared along with Judy, will turn up.
A hurricane watch was issued for St Maarten, Saba,
St Eustatius and the US Virgin Islands.