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November 03, 2026

GREAT BAY--Students at Sister Borgia Elementary School will participate in an interactive learning session on Wednesday, November 4, featuring the St. Martin Unity Flag – Activity Guide , as part of an ongoing literacy initiative aimed at connecting young learners with lo...

November 03, 2026

GREAT BAY--Vitiligo Educate Inspire & Support SXM (V.E.I.S.S.) will celebrate five years as an association with its 6th Annual Sunrise Walk & Zumba on Sunday, November 15, 2026, at the Lady Ruby Bute Silk Cotton Grove Art Gallery & Estate in Friars Bay. The ev...

November 03, 2026

(𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳'𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2, 2026). GREAT BAY--St. Maarten's population increased by nearly 25 percent between 2011 a...

November 03, 2026

(𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳'𝘴 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2, 2026). GREAT BAY--Young women in St. Maarten are attaining college and university qualif...

November 03, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The St. Martin Unity Flag – Activity Guide (K to Grade 2), edited by Aishira Cicilia and Shanice Theodule-Felix, is heading into the classroom for a hands-on presentation to Group 3 students at Sister Borgia Elementary School on November 4. The prese...

November 03, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The Ministry of Justice has recruited 22 new correctional officers as part of its ongoing efforts to address longstanding staffing shortages and strengthen Sint Maarten’s correctional workforce. The new recruits began induction training on October 19...

November 03, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Staff of Judicial and Institutional Services (J&IS) accompanied six young male residents of the J&IS Youth Residential Home to the launch of Castel Abraham’s book, “The Healing Man,” on Sunday, November 1, at the Belair Community Center in Ca...

November 03, 2026

THE NETHERLANDS (THE HAGUE) – Minister Plenipotentiary Drs. Gracita R. Arrindell, attended the 5th UNESCO Global Forum Against Racism and Discrimination, recently held at the World Forum in The Hague, Netherlands. The two-day international gathering, organized by the United Na...

November 03, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah A. Wescot-Williams (DP) has written to Minister of Finance Marinka J. Gumbs, asking the Ministry to investigate whether the Algemeen Pensioenfonds Sint Maarten (APS) could help make rooftop solar energy affordable for...

November 03, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Tobias Schank, a German author and researcher of North American Literary and Cultural Studies at Saarland University, has focused his recent paper on what he calls “a selection of texts from Euro-Caribbean borderlands, specifically the pan-Caribbean...

November 03, 2026

PHILIPSBURG--St. Maarten’s population grew by approximately 25 per cent between 2011 and 2022, while the proportion of residents aged 65 and older nearly tripled, according to three reports released by the Department of Statistics (STAT) from the 2022 Population and Housing Ce...

November 03, 2026

The Ministry of General Affairs announces that the Reception Desk of the Public Service Center (PSC), located at the Government Administration Building on Soualiga Road, has restored its regular operating hours effective Monday, November 2, 2026. The restored schedule includes...

November 03, 2026

A serious traffic accident occurred on Monday, November 2nd, shortly before 4 a.m., on Bush Road, in Sint Maarten ...resulting in one fatality. Police have opened an investigation to determine the circumstances of the tragedy.   Alerted to the presence of a man lying on t...