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October 04, 2026

GREAT BAY--OpenAI has alerted more than 100 organizations after detecting potentially unauthorized or unintended activity involving its artificial intelligence agents, providing a real-world example of the security concerns emerging as AI systems gain the ability to act i...

October 04, 2026

THE NETHERLANDS (THE HAGUE) – Minister Plenipotentiary Drs. Gracita R. Arrindell, hosted a courtesy visit by H.E. Álvaro Enrique González Otero, Ambassador of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. H.E. Álvaro Enrique González Otero has been servin...

October 04, 2026

Fire Chief and National Disaster Coordinator (NDC) Clive Richardson, says the Sint Maarten Fire Department and Ambulance Department will open their doors to the community on Monday, October 12, 2026, for a special Open House aimed at promoting safety, prevention, the use...

October 04, 2026

SINT MARTIN (FRENCH QUARTER) - Come celebrate St. Martin’s migratory birds this Saturday, October 10th! The Migratory Bird Festival will be held from 9am to noon at Amuseum Naturalis at The Old House in French Quarter. The event will include the launch of a new coloring book:...

October 04, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - As the world commemorates World Teachers’ Day on October 5, educator and youth advocate Angelique J.G. Romou proudly celebrates the fifth anniversary of Loving Our Teachers Out Loud , her annual Teacher Appreciation Initiative Born out of a genuine l...

October 04, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - On World Teachers' Day, Academy salutes the teachers behind the remarkable accomplishments of its students at the 2026 May-June Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. Of the 23 subjects sat by a combined total of 126 candidate...

October 04, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The streets of Philipsburg were transformed into a vibrant sea of pink on Friday, October 2, as more than 200 community members participated in the Annual Pink Parade organized by the Positive Foundation and Elektralyets Foundation as part of the 202...

October 03, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (ST. JOHN’S) - The White & Yellow Cross Care Foundation (WYCCF) and the Henry Ostiana Foundation (HOF) look back on a successful week of activities focused on dementia awareness, education, and support for people living with dementia, their families, caregiver...

October 03, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - At approximately  10:15 a.m. today, October 3, 2026 , the Police Dispatch Center was notified of a fire at a business establishment located on  E. Camille Richardson . The Fire Department was immediately notified and dispatched to the locat...

October 02, 2026

GREAT BAY--For most people, artificial intelligence still means asking a chatbot a question and receiving an answer. You type a request into ChatGPT, Gemini or another AI system, it responds, and you decide what happens next. But the technology industry is rapidly moving towar...

October 02, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Finance Marinka Gumbs has provided Parliament with a detailed explanation of St. Maarten’s financial obligations related to the ENNIA resolution, while also acknowledging that several major fiscal risks, including healthcare fund deficits and other conti...

October 02, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) Patrice Gumbs Jr. says Government is considering paid parking, multi-level parking facilities and public-private partnerships as part of efforts to address increasing parking pressu...

October 02, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) Patrice Gumbs Jr. says Government’s housing policy is designed to expand the country’s housing supply through several approaches, with a strong focus on making better use of existin...