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Post Aruba FULFILLS
    the security laws
       regarding sending and receiving packages

WITH the introduction of fax and later    its challenges, since some clients try to    Union, after the 9/11 attacks and with          security employees there are two
on email and texting the need to send     send or receive illegal products through     all the strange incidents happening all         customs employees working at Post
letters through the Postkantoor (Post     the post office.                             around the world Post Aruba N.V. has a          Aruba every day.
Office) has decreased considerably.       The Postal service executive laments         lot of strict rules to keep themselves to.
Banks and insurance companies that        that certain clients think that there        The countries that receive packages             Once a package is labeled suspicious
send official documents to their clients  will be less or that there won’t be any      from Aruba also have many strict rules          Post Aruba employees immediately
still use the post office, but what is    control at all, while packages are being     and procedures to keep abide to and             contact customs and hands the package
currently taking over is the sending and  strictly checked at the boarders before      packages that leave Aruba need to               over to them so they can determine
receiving packages services.              being put on a plane or ship and when        fulfill the Universal Postal Union rules        whether it contains illegal contents or
Post Aruba N.V. still occupy a strong     they arrive at any post office around the    and the rules set by the airline that is        not. Post Aruba has asked the Customs
position in our community, making         world. The reason for this strict control    transporting the packages.                      Office for assistance and cooperation
good use of the best Universal Postal     is to follow strict international and local                                                  many times and the relationship
Union methods of sending and receiving    laws regarding package control.              There are many cameras installed                between customs employees and the
packages, impressive methods that                                                      inside the post office, there are more          post office employees is really good
continue developing.                      Guillermo Raymond who has been               employees in charge of security                 according to Guillermo Raymond.
                                          working at the post office for 32 years      and Post Aruba makes sure that all
Sending and receiving packages            now and has been promoted to Director        employees receive the necessary                 Besides trained personnel that are
services are going really well according  in 2013 mentioned that illegal objects       training. Despite all of this it is still hard  able to fulfill Universal Postal Unions’
to Guillermo Raymond the Director         are found sometimes but are not a big        for Post Aruba to determine the content         procedures, Post Aruba N.V. currently
of Post Aruba N.V. Mr. Raymond also       problem due to the strict control.           of every package.                               has two people in training for the Postal
mentioned that this does however have     As a member of the Universal Postal          Aside from Post Aruba N.V’s own                 Security job.

ARUBA TRAVELLER - Friday, July 31 2015                                                                                                 11LOCAL
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