Secretary General of COA, Nicole Hoevertsz indicated that she was very pleased with the final results. Our young athletes demonstrated that through hard work they can reach very high levels of performance.

Okeanos Spa once again received a visit from the Pevonia Botanica, representative, Mrs. Guiliana de la Piedra, for a refreshment training to the therapists.

It could not have been more thrilling if it had been scripted, a case of life imitating art, and a teenage fantasy come true. Though it was his declared life's ambition to dance with his idol, this young man living on a tiny island in the Caribbean could hardly believe it would actually happen.

Placing in the top twenty overall, she is the first contestant from Aruba to be named in the top ten for their "Beauty with a Purpose" project, in the decade that this category has been an important element of the pageant.

Recently Aruba got the good news that another medal was won at the Youth Games in Peru, this time it was bronze.

Advice to all passengers traveling to the US in the coming days: Please check-in 3 to 4 hours prior your flight!

This is a government initiative together with Santa Rosa, which began back in 2010, when the decision was made to invest in a purification system at the RWZI Plant at Parkietenbos in Aruba.

Aruba’s Minister of Finance, Communication & Energy announced that Aruba’s Carnival & Festival Museum will be located in San Nicolas. The new to be built museum will showcase Aruba’s carnival including some of the best road pieces, videos, audio and much more.

14 year old tennis player Patrick Sydow and the World Championship in his age division in the martial art of Tang Soo Do, Gilberto Boerleider received a place on the Wall of Fame at shopping mall Paseo Herencia in Aruba. The Wall of Fame is getting bigger and bigger as more island youngsters accomplished great achievements in their sport areas.

Diane Patterson and her husband Ronnie from Dunmore Connecticut enjoyed a fantastic stay in Aruba at Paradera Park Apartments and a week of pampering with a whole array of activities that she won as part of her prize for achieving second place in the VisitAruba video contest.

The South American Youth Games will be held every four years in the year preceding the Olympic Youth Games and will comprise 17 sports modalities. One of the 17 sports modalities is weight lighting and Zymion Loopstok will be representing Aruba in this category.  Another athlete to represent Aruba at the 2013 South American Youth Games is taekwondo athlete, Angelo Rodriguez. Aruba’s Olympic Committee interviewed both Zymion and Angelo about their preparation, motivation and more.

Aruba’s Sarah Quita Offringa competed in the PWA Windsurfing World Cup event and was once again crowned the PWA Women’s World Champion Freestyle 2013. This victory makes it the sixth consecutive year that Sarah Quita claims the title of PWA World Champion Freestyle.