Local News

September 02, 2026

GREAT  BAY--Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Melissa Gumbs has outlined a vision to transform the Belvedere South Plantation property into a culture and heritage park where St. Maarten residents, particularly young people and schoolchildren, can physic...

September 02, 2026

GREAT BAY--Government’s effort to establish a structured maintenance program for St. Maarten’s public schools has hit an unexpected obstacle, with Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Melissa Gumbs revealing that the tender issued earlier this year received no bids....

September 02, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (POND ISLAND) - The University of St. Martin (USM) hosted its first faculty training session for the new semester on Saturday, August 29, bringing together new and returning faculty members teaching within the University’s degree programs. The session served as bo...

September 02, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Richinel Brug extends his sincere appreciation to Fundación Semana Dominicana for organizing Jornada de Salud Restauración 2026, a health fair dedicated to improving health awareness and providing valuable information and services within the communit...

September 02, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The Bureau Ombudsman is pleased to announce that Mr. Johishi Romney has assumed the position of Secretary-General, effective September 1, 2026, following a recruitment process facilitated by crmLINK. Mr. Romney succeeds Mr. Randolf Duggins, who serve...

September 02, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (ST. JOHN’S ESTATE) - The White & Yellow Cross Care Foundation (WYCCF) officially opened its new Psychogeriatric Daycare (Daycare PG) and Training Facility on Friday, August 28, marking an important milestone in the Foundation’s continued development of care a...

September 02, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (SIMPSON BAY) - The Korps Politie Sint Maarten (KPSM) is currently investigating a drowning incident that took place at the marina in the Port de Plaisance area. Shortly after 2:30 p.m., Central Police Dispatch received a report regarding a man who had been found...

September 02, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The Korps Politie Sint Maarten (KPSM), in collaboration with the Ministry of VROMI and several private-sector partners, will conduct a road-clearing and cleanup project on Saturday, September 5, 2026, from approximately 8:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. The...

September 02, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The Sint Maarten Entrepreneurship Development Center Foundation (SEDC) has opened registration for its Business English Communication Course – Level 1, offered through the Advanced Education Programme (AEP) of the Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affair...

September 02, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (CAY HILL) - St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) is inviting parents and expecting parents from St. Maarten, Curaçao and Aruba to take part in a new survey on public knowledge, perceptions and preferences around vaccination and the prevention of Respiratory Syncytia...

September 02, 2026

SINT MAARTEN/CURACAO - At the request of the Venezuelan authorities, HNLMS Pelikaan departed from Curaçao for the Venezuelan port of La Guaira on Tuesday, September 1. The ship is transporting drinking water to the area following the devastating earthquakes that occurred in la...

September 02, 2026

MPC Gym. SOUTH REWARD--The new gym at Milton Peters College (MPC) is expected to be completed by the end of the fourth quarter of 2026, while five other school gym projects are scheduled for completion between the first and third quarters of 2027. The completion timelines were...

September 02, 2026

One person died Saturday night after an accident on the R7, in the Orient Bay area. Three men were in the vehicle. According to the public prosecutor of Basse-Terre, the accident occurred in the context of a armed robbery of the vehicle .   The car went off the road on Sa...