Local News

June 10, 2026

"Behind These Bars" campaign seeks to provide insight into the daily operations of the prison. KRALENDIJK--The Judicial Institution of the Caribbean Netherlands (JICN) has launched a new communications campaign aimed at giving the public a better understanding of life and work...

June 10, 2026

Police seized a firearm, ammunition, an air gun PHILIPSBURG--The Detective Department of the Police Force of St. Maarten (KPSM) continues to actively investigate several cases involving the trafficking of illegal firearms and narcotics on the island. As part of one ongoing inv...

June 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--Former Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel says any move by government to appoint a local temporary manager at NV GEBE must be based on competence, a clear mandate and public accountability, not symbolism. “It cannot be business as usual with a local face. The...

June 10, 2026

​THE NETHERLANDS (THE HAGUE) – Minister Plenipotentiary Drs. Gracita Arrindell recently attended a special screening of the internationally acclaimed film Hive at Pathé Buitenhof in The Hague. The event was hosted by H.E. Dr. Dren Doli, Ambassador of the Republic of Kosovo to...

June 10, 2026

​PHILIPSBURG – Minister of Education, Culture, Youth & Sport, Ms. Melissa D. Gumbs, issued a response to the press release by the Windward Islands Teachers’ Union (WITU) concerning classroom conditions at the Marie Genevieve de Weever Primary School (MGDW). Gumbs stated th...

June 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--Jru’s Essential Business Solutions (J.E.B.S.) has made a financial contribution to promising young athletes Nahjah Wyatte and Carlos Brison Cainez as they prepare to compete in the prestigious ASICS NK Dutch Championships, taking place in the Netherlands from June 2...

June 10, 2026

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦’𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘭𝘶𝘪...

June 10, 2026

Fire Department personnel responding to an incident where an extractor fan of the Burger King restaurant in Bush Road caught fire on Tuesday morning. PHILIPSBURG--Reports circulating on social media Tuesday claiming that the Burger King restaurant on Bush Road was on fire have...

June 10, 2026

Officers discovered a firearm inside a car PHILIPSBURG--Police have arrested three suspects, including a 14-year-old minor, in connection with a series of armed robberies targeting businesses in the Cay Hill, Cul-de-Sac and Philipsburg areas over the past two weeks. The arrest...

June 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--Antonio Carmona Báez and Tadzio Bervoets received the Presidents Award at the 23rd edition of the St. Martin Book Fair on June 6, 2026. The presentation of the Presidents Award was the final highlight of the two-day literary festival, according to Book Fair Committe...

June 10, 2026

THE HAGUE--Zenarah Brown, the current Miss Dutch Caribbean Teen, has launched a GoFundMe campaign to support her participation in the Miss Netherlands Teen pageant, where she will once again represent St. Maarten on a national stage. Brown said the pageant gives her an opportu...

June 09, 2026

GREAT BAY--Member of Parliament Francisco Lacroes is calling on Prime Minister Dr. Luc Mercelina, in his capacity as Acting Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, VSA, to explain what safeguards are being put in place to protect civil servants, advisors,...

June 09, 2026

PHILIPSBURG--NV GEBE Transition Manager Thomas Roggendorf has submitted his "conditional resignation" from the company and is set to leave on June 12, according to an internal notice dated June 9, 2026.   In the notice, Roggendorf informed employees that he had "submitted...