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September 03, 2026

GREAT BAY--Nearly 60 people have registered for a special series of musical theatre workshops taking place in the Netherlands this September to raise funds for FREEGAN foundation on Sint Maarten. A group of experienced musical theatre performers, teachers and coaches is donati...

September 03, 2026

THE NETHERLANDS (THE HAGUE) – Minister Plenipotentiary of Sint Maarten, Drs. Gracita R. Arrindell, received a courtesy visit on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, from Achim Fock, World Bank Division Director for the Caribbean.  Fock who was appointed effective July 1, 2026, i...

September 03, 2026

THE NETHERLANDS (THE HAGUE) – Minister Plenipotentiary Drs. Gracita R. Arrindell, recently attended the ceremonial Change of Command Royal Marechaussee at the Fokker Terminal on Binckhorstlaan in The Hague. During the ceremony, Lieutenant General Annelore Roelofs formally tran...

September 03, 2026

The Office of Disaster Management (ODM) is advising households to review and replenish their hurricane emergency supply kits and ensure that they have sufficient non-perishable food, drinking water, essential medications and other necessities to sustain every member of the hou...

September 03, 2026

The Police Force of Sint Maarten (KPSM) is actively investigating an incident involving several students that took place on L.B. Scott Road on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, near the bus stop by the Academy.    A video of the incident has been circulating widely on so...

September 03, 2026

GREAT BAY--Epic Center Foundation has secured funding from the Dutch Foundation for Literature for the translation and publication of the children’s novel Steve Takes a Stand by St. Maarten author Ralph Cantave, as well as a separate initiative providing reading and writi...

September 03, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Division of Labor Affairs & Social Services, under the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development & Labor (VSA), today announced the upcoming stakeholder engagement session for SXM Crisis Care, a groundbreaking digital initiative designed to unif...

September 03, 2026

THE HAGUE--D66 has questioned whether enough is being done to encourage Caribbean students who study in the Netherlands to return home, arguing that the Dutch government has not yet fully addressed the role study debt can play in the continuing brain drain from the islands. Du...

September 03, 2026

THE HAGUE--Caribbean islands within the Kingdom could gain access to substantially more European funding in the years ahead, but a central concern emerged during a Dutch parliamentary debate on Tuesday: whether the islands have enough administrative capacity to turn those oppo...

September 03, 2026

GREAT BAY--As St. Maarten continues working through the policy, legal and regulatory questions surrounding cannabis, physician and policy advisor Dr. Joseph Rosado has outlined a framework aimed at ensuring that development of the sector is accompanied by clear medical standar...

September 03, 2026

SINT MAARTEN/CURACAO - The Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten (CBCS) is implementing the Deposit Guarantee Scheme (DGS) for Sint Maarten following the publication of the national decree on August 14, 2026 (AB 2026, no. 29). On the same date, the Minister of Finance of S...

September 03, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The police Force Sint Maarten (KPSM) has arrested three suspects in connection with the robbery of a student who was on his way home in the Valley Estate area. Shortly before noon, Central Police Dispatch received a report from a parent stating that...

September 03, 2026

THE NETHERLANDS (THE HAGUE) – Minister Plenipotentiary Drs. Gracita R. Arrindell, recently attended the ceremonial Change of Command Royal Marechaussee at the Fokker Terminal on Binckhorstlaan in The Hague. During the ceremony, Lieutenant General Annelore Roelofs formally tran...