Communication
Phone codes within the Caribbean: 599-7
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Telephone Services:
Direct dialling to the USA with a credit card is available at the airport and at Telbo in town. The international code for Bonaire is 599, followed by a 7-digit number beginning with 717. For information on services, contact Telbo, T7177000, F7175007. To rent a cellular phone, T09-5692244/6999.
Internet:
De Tuin eetcafe is a cybercafe on Kaya L D Gerharts 9, T7172999, for internet access, lunch and dinner. There is also public email at the Harbourside Mall. Internet service providers are BonaireLive!, T7175180, F7175181 and BonaireNet, T/F7177160.
Postal Service:
J A Abraham Blvd, Kralendijk, on the corner of Plaza Reina Wilhelmina opposite the ABN bank, open 0730-1200, 1330-1700 for stamps and postage, 1330-1600 for money orders etc. Airmail to the USA and Canada is NAf1.75 for letters, NAf0.90 for postcards. There is also Express Mail and Federal Express Mail. Rocargo Services, T7178922, F7175791, is the FedEx and cargo agent.
Radio:
The news is broadcast in Dutch on Voz di Bonaire, FM 94.7 MHz, Monday-Saturday on the hour 0700-1800. Transworld Radio broadcasts in English on 800 KHz MW daily 0700-0830, 2200-2400, news 0700 Monday-Friday, 0800 and 2200 daily, 2300 Saturday and Sunday; Caribbean weather forecast 0730 Monday-Friday, 0800 Saturday and Sunday. Radio Nederland, 6020 KHz at 0630, 6165 and 15315 KHz at 2030, 9590 and 11720 KHz at 2330. The Papiamento broadcast is on 97.1 FM.
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