Local News

October 07, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) Patrice Gumbs has announced a new public-private partnership with Cupecoy Development N.V. for major repairs to the Rolandus Canal in Sucker Garden, an intervention valued at just o...

October 07, 2026

ORANJESTAD, St. Eustatius--A group of concerned citizens from St. Eustatius’ descendant community has launched a petition calling on the Executive Council to ensure that the remains of 69 ancestors excavated from the 18th-century Golden Rock Plantation burial ground are reinte...

October 07, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - At the request of the authorities of Sint Maarten, Defense Caribbean will support the local police on the island in the coming period. Defense supports the Sint Maarten Police Force in ensuring safety and maintaining public order. Supporting civilian...

October 07, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Melissa Gumbs says the Future Roots program is moving into an important new phase, with a genealogical research project being developed to help descendants of slavery and colonialism trace their family histories across...

October 07, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Melissa Gumbs says Government is moving forward with a comprehensive structural assessment of the country’s public schools that will establish the condition of the buildings, determine the cost of bringing them up to s...

October 07, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (MULLET BAY) - Lately 28 avid golfers split up into 7 teams and headed out to Mullet Bay Golf Course to show off their skills in the softly star-lit darkness. The moon was full, but each team had two flashlights to see their way and desperately try to hit the illu...

October 07, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The KPSM (Sint Maarten Police Force) recently partnered with the White and Yellow Cross Care Foundation (WYCCF) to provide officers with specialized training on how to appropriately approach, respond to, and refer persons living with Alzheimer’s...

October 07, 2026

The Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI), with the support of Cupecoy Development N.V., will undertake repairs to the Rolandus Canal in the Suckergarden area. The project is the third public-private partnership initiated by Minis...

October 07, 2026

Tried on Wednesday, September 30th, in an expedited hearing for unauthorized possession of category B weapons and ammunition A 29-year-old man explained that he collected cartridges to melt them down and make a piece of jewelry .   During a search of his mother's home, wh...

October 07, 2026

In addition, research since 2023 l’association américaine 4 Leaf Rover organise chaque année une campagne de stérilisation gratuite de grande ampleur à la clinique vétérinaire de Cay Hill, à Sint Maarten. Après 287 stérilisations de chiens et de chats en 2023 et 251 in 2024 se...

October 07, 2026

Group photo. TEXEL--Representatives from the Caribbean public entities of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (BES) and the five Wadden Islands Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland and Schiermonnikoog gathered on Texel on October 1 and 2 for a two-day work programme. These eight...

October 07, 2026

L to R: Bonaire’s Island Governor John Soliano, St. Eustatius Island Governor Alida Francis, Minister Plenipotentiary St. Maarten Drs. Gracita R. Arrindell and Saba Island Governor Jocelyn Levenstone. ~Focus on cooperation, local governance and community challenges~ THE HAGUE-...

October 07, 2026

GREAT BAY--Member of Parliament Sjamira Roseburg is calling for instant bank transfers for individuals to become free, or at least significantly cheaper, following the publication of an overview by the Centrale Bank van Curaçao en St. Maarten showing wide differences in t...