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Sint Maarten Flag To Be Hosted On Cole Bay Hill For Flag Day

The Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Lyndon Lewis was very happy on Wednesday that efficient team-work led to the hoisting of the St. Maarten flag on Cole Bay Hill, affectionately also known as the Bell’s Lookout or Harold Jack Read more

Three (3) Men Arrested And Three (3) Firearms Seized During Traffic Controls.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — The Sint Maarten police have been are busy with general controls at various locations across the island.

These controls that are being carried out are related to technical requirements of vehicles as well as violations of the Opium and Firearms Law. Vehicles were checked in the vicinity of the Bellevue Border, Harold Jack and on Nisbet road.

While controlling the Nisbeth road on March 09, 2023, a white Kia Picanto with French plates and dark windows was pulled over Read more

Ongoing Controls By Kpsm Special Team

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — The St. Maarten Police Force KPSM continued to conduct overall controls in the past week in an effort to ensure safety of all residents and visitors as well as road safety. These controls will continue during this busy holiday season.

The special action team has performed several operations over the last week related to safety and public order.

The targeted operation had the follow:

A total of 162 vehicles were controlled and 135 of those drivers were addressed for having tinted windows and 17 were fined for various offenses Read more

Mp Arrindell Expresses Concerns Regarding The Deplorable Road Conditions On The Island.

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — In recent weeks there has been much publicity on social media, and throughout the communities regarding the deplorable road conditions on the island. After careful review of the Budget 2022, I observed that reservations were not made, thus not budgeted for repairs/resurfacing of existing hard surfaced roads on the island and several other major existing problems. Due to my concerns thereof, I have voiced my concern to the Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure, the Honorable Egbert J Read more

Extended Pre-Trial Detention For Basseterre Drive Shooting Suspect

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten (OM) The suspect in the Boxing Day shooting has had his pre-trial detention extended by sixty days on today, Monday, January 17, by the instructing judge.

E.C-C. is suspected of shooting his partner in Basseterre Drive, Middle Region, on the afternoon of December 26, 2021. He fled the scene of the shooting, but was apprehended by police in the vicinity of the Bells Lookout Point (commonly called Harold Jack) on Cole Bay Hill on the evening of December 27.

The suspect is expected to appear in the Court of First Instance for his pro forma hearing on February 23 Read more

Police Report: Woman Arrested For Severely Injuring Victim With Machete

Serious scooter accident again on Brouwers road
Two scooters slammed into each other in the vicinity of the Harold Jack Lookout Point on A.J.C. Brouwers Road on Saturday, July 10, around 5:30pm.

According to the preliminary police investigation, the scooters riders
were heading in opposite directions and simultaneously overtook vehicles on the
hillside road causing a massive collision Read more

The Ministry Of Vromi Flagpole Project Today, Post Irma???

A few months before Irma, I got a request from the VROMI Minister on his official VROMI Government letterhead (with what appears to be a Black Power fist as part of that official letterhead??), requesting a donation of FLS. 5,000.00 towards a plan to put two very tall flagpoles with huge Miami- dealership-style SXM flags in strategic locations: one on the Bell property above what was once Harold Jack’s  look-out stand and one in the (now not so) Great Salt Pond, at the combined cost of well over US$ 150,000.00.

The idea was to before November 11, 2017, have a prominent display of our National Flag in places where if people took selfies, the flag would proudly be displayed in the back ground, in an effort to increase National Pride awareness Read more

“Reach Out Speak Out” Sunset Walk

PHILIPSBURG – Safe Haven in collaboration with the Elektralyets Foundation presented their “Reach Out Speak Out” Sunset Walk against Domestic Violence for women and girls on November 25.

Elektralyets Foundation President Mercedes van der Waals-Wyatt was approached by Safe Haven as a community mobilizer to help with awareness activities and events against Domestic Violence Campaigns for Safe Haven.

“I wanted to do something different and innovative to get the attention of persons in our community to realize that women are suffering every day Read more

St. Maarten Police Report: 11 Scooters Controlled And Confiscated

PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — On Sunday, May 15, during the afternoon to evening hours, numerous calls came into the Police Central Dispatch complaining of a large group of motorcycles and scooters driving recklessly, causing a great deal of unnecessary noise, disrupting the peace, and causing public disorder in Philipsburg and surrounding areas.

The riders also were not wearing proper safety gear such as helmets. Police patrols were dispatched in search of the riders. The patrols involved in this control succeeded in stopping a large number of these riders at the top of Cole Bay Hill (Harold Jack) while the others, when they noticed that they were being stopped by police, turned and sped away Read more