Local News

October 01, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Performance Sports Academy (PSA) Athletics Association is preparing to welcome more than 90 young players, coaches, officials and team representatives to St. Maarten for the 3rd Annual U15 Paradise Showdown, scheduled for October 3 to 7 at the L.B. Scott Sp...

October 01, 2026

GREAT BAY--Camillo Bakhuis, according to Curacao media, has been appointed the new head of The Windward Islands Bank, WIB, in St. Maarten and will assume the position on November 1, succeeding Country Manager Daisy Tyrol-Carolus. Bakhuis, 53, brings more than two decades...

October 01, 2026

THE HAGUE--The Kingdom Council of Ministers was reportedly behind the decision to deny landing permission in Curaçao to a private aircraft carrying Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, according to Dutch broadcaster NOS, placing renewed focus on how the Kingdom h...

October 01, 2026

Prime Minister Dr. Luc F.E. Mercelina has expressed heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of Louis Lambert Richardson, affectionately known as “Porkchop,” following his passing. Richardson was a beloved figure whose music, humour, sportsmanship and memorable Carni...

October 01, 2026

GREAT BAY--Contour Airlines will begin nonstop service between St. Thomas and St. Maarten on October 5, adding another direct air connection within the northeastern Caribbean and giving travelers a new option between the U.S. Virgin Islands and St. Maarten. The new route...

October 01, 2026

On 17 and 18 November 2026, the Governments of Aruba, Curaçao, the Netherlands, and Sint Maarten will meet in Sint Maarten for the first-ever Kingdom Summit. The Kingdom Summit is a high-level governmental meeting between the governments of the autonomous countries of the King...

October 01, 2026

Fire Chief and National Disaster Coordinator (NDC) of the Office of Disaster Management (ODM) Clive Richardson, says with eight named storms behind us, the Colorado State University (CSU) Department of Atmospheric Science in its September 30, 3036 forecast for the next two wee...

October 01, 2026

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the Collective Prevention Service (CPS) is encouraging women to become familiar with their breast health, understand their individual risk factors, recognize possible warning signs, and seek timely medical attention when they notic...

October 01, 2026

GREAT BAY--St. Maarten: Member of Parliament Dimar Labega has welcomed the upcoming unarmed tourist police pilot program, describing it as a necessary first step to increase law enforcement visibility, deter petty crime, protect the local community and prevent further damage t...

October 01, 2026

GREAT BAY-- Member of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams used the opening of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Parliament today to urge women across St. Maarten to take screening and early detection seriously, while recognizing the individuals and organizations that have wor...

October 01, 2026

GREAT BAY--Government is targeting the first quarter of 2027 for the rollout of a new generation of digital public services that will allow residents and businesses to use a government-issued digital identity, access services through a redesigned online portal and move be...

October 01, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Melissa Gumbs has outlined a wide-ranging series of cultural and heritage projects being implemented under the Future Roots program, including the development of a national St. Maarten history curriculum, restoration a...

October 01, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Melissa Gumbs says the Ministry will move forward in 2027 with a teacher performance appraisal system for St. Maarten’s public schools, replacing fragmented paper-based evaluations with a centralized digital proce...