GREAT BAY--Alexander Gumbs has received a five-year renewal of his contract as Chief Executive Officer of Port St. Maarten Group, extending the tenure of an executive whose leadership period has coincided with a strong recovery and continued growth in the country’s cruise sector. Gumbs’ reappointment by the shareholder, the Government of St. Maarten, successfully completed the required process, including confirmation by the Corporate Governance Council.

AMSTERDAM--A KLM flight bound for Curaçao was forced to turn around over the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after a passenger’s power bank caught fire on board, according to RTL Nieuws.