12-Metre Challenge Welcomes SBO Maritime Assistant Sailing Students

  For the third year, the 12-Metre Challenge welcomed students of the SBO Maritime Assistant Course Level 1 to experience what they consider to be their number one tourist attraction,…

SAFETY TIPS 2010 from The Police Force of Sint Maarten for the Christmas Season

The Holiday Season in here again. Tourist season is in full swing and we are expecting quite a number of Cruise-ships coming into port. The Police Department wants to inform…

Pickpockets busy in Philipsburg

The detective department have recently received several reports of "pick-pockets" roaming the streets not only in the Philipsburg area, but also in those areas where tourist frequently visit and where…

Armed robbery suspect arrested

The second armed robber in the armed robbery case at Cuchara Alegre which took place on in the evening hours of October 1st 2010, was arrested by officers of the…

Two men arrested for fire arm possession

On Thursday at approximately 06.30 p.m. while on patrol on the Little Bay road, a patrol from the Zero Tolerance team spotted a small white vehicle with license plate 144ZBG971…

School bus controls

  On Thursday Police again conducted a controls on school buses, checking for weapons and other illegal items. this control again took place at the Jose Lake Senior Ball Park…

‘Stanford duped Aruba for 35 million dollars’

ORANJESTAD — After the Institute Stanford Aruba, who represents victims of Stanford Group Aruba, hauled the Central Bank Aruba (CBA) before the court in September last year, the case came…

Screening must go through – if necessary via Charter

WILLEMSTAD — In a letter dated October 26th to the head of the Intelligence Service Edsel Gumbs, Governor Frits Goedgedrag emphasized that he sets great store by proceeding with the…

Wiels critical of cabinet’s role in Gumbs’ case

WILLEMSTAD — PS political leader and States member Helmin Wiels states there is no basis for a relationship based on mutual trust with Edsel Gumbs, head of the Intelligence Service.…

Natalee Holloway’s mother ‘very disappointed’ in OM

ORANJESTAD — Beth Twitty, the mother of Natalee Holloway who disappeared in 2005, accepts that the found jawbone does not belong to her daughter, but is very disappointed in the…