Led by the Ministry of Justice with technical support from UNODC and implemented in partnership with Tur Cos Ta Posibel, the first prison book club has been launched, making early steps towards rehabilitation and education.

PHILIPSBURG--Parliament has laid the groundwork for greater digitalisation, artificial intelligence integration and paperless operations, with a newly established Digital Transformation and AI Workgroup now guiding efforts toward a more open and digitally equipped Parliament.

The Coast Guard has 16 newly graduated “Able Seamen” with St. Eustatius receiving their first programme graduate. The achievement came as 16 recruits from Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten including participants from Saba and St. Eustatius, completed more than a year of intensive training and professional development under the 2025 JBK programme.

Rider of a Kawasaki Z650, plate MF 1397, died on September 4, following a motorcycle accident on Link 1.

BELAIR--A motorcyclist has died following a serious single-vehicle accident on Octavius L. Richardson Road also known as Link 1 on Friday morning. The accident occurred at about 10:55am and involved a Kawasaki Z650 motorcycle bearing licence plate MF 1397.

The 23 kilogrammes of cocaine destined to Rotterdam, but not before it was intercepted in St. Maarten by the local authorities. This led to two suspects being arrested and potentially facing serious prison time.

PHILIPSBURG --Dutch prosecutors are seeking prison sentences of up to 3.5 years for two Rotterdam men accused of using their positions at a port terminal to retrieve a shipment of cocaine that had first been intercepted by St. Maarten Customs earlier this year.