Motor Vehicle 2017 Controls

The Tax Administration, div: Receiver’s office, hereby informs the general public that in cooperation with Police Dept. (KPSM), controls on payment for Motor vehicle taxes 2017 will commence as of…

Port St. Maarten to represent Destination at Seatrade Cruise Global Conference in Fort Lauderdale

Port St. Maarten officials who left over the weekend are currently in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, attending Seatrade Cruise Global that is being held at the Broward County Convention Center from…

TelEm Group confirms restoration of telecommunication services to Simpson Bay, Lowlands customers Tuesday

TelEm Group says Monday’s interrupted services to customers in the Simpson Bay and Lowlands areas have been fully restored following the replacement of a faulty part to a sub-station switch…

Two men shot on Arch road

Detectives are presently investigating a shooting of two men at a “truck wash” located on the Arch road in Sucker Garden. The Emergency Dispatch received the first call at approximately…

Searches going on in Emerald-investigation  

Since Wednesday morning, March 15, 2017, several house searches have been taking place in connection with the ongoing investigation code-named Emerald. The investigation is still in progress. An update on…

Police officer arrested

On Wednesday March 15th in the morning hours a police officer of the KPSM with initials A.A. was arrested in connection with an ongoing criminal investigation by the T.B.O (Team…

Road works contractor cuts TelEm Group cable in Weymouth Hill area

A road works contractor working in the Weymouth Hill area in South Reward, severed a TelEm Group underground cable Tuesday evening leaving residents without telecommunication services.   The contractor was…

World Social Worker’s Day Lecture

In observation of  World Social Work’s Day, March 21th, the St Maarten Social Workers Association will be hosting a lecture/presentation.  This year’s event will be highlighting third pillar of the…

Finance Ministers of Sint Maarten & Curacao meet to discuss financial matters

On Monday 13th March, 2017 the Minister of Finance from Sint Maarten, the Honorable Richard Gibson Sr. met with the Minister of Finance from Curacao, the Honorable Kenneth Gijsbertha to…

Sixth employee of immigration service arrested in Ostrich-investigation

On Wednesday morning March 15, 2017 the suspect B.M.B. (44 ) born in Aruba had been detained in the Ostrich-investigation. She is suspected of bribery and human smuggling and is…