Soualiga News Today

June 10, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The focus needs to be on what matters most at this time, namely stable electricity production and distribution on our island, Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Wescot Williams stated as she explained the party’s stance on the e...

June 10, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The Director of Charlotte Brookson Academy (CBA), Tatiana Arrindell, has issued a statement addressing the recent developments regarding a union meeting that could have significantly impacted the school's operations during a ...

June 10, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (CAY HILL) - On Wednesday, June 5, 2024, the Minister of VSA, along with cabinet staff, met with the director of the Sint Maarten Medical Center for a comprehensive tour of the hospital. The visit provided an invaluable opportunity to disc...

June 10, 2024

SINT MAARTEN/CASTRIES, St. Lucia - On Friday, June 7, the 48th Annual Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) Conference concluded with the Award Ceremony and Closing Gala at the Razmataz Tandoori restaurant in St. Lucia. After presenting awards and recog...

June 10, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The Honourable Omar E.C. Ottley, Member of Parliament (MP) and Leader of the United People's Party (UPP), has issued a powerful statement highlighting the alarming inactivity within the Ministry of Public Health, Social Devel...

June 09, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - On Friday, June 7th, tensions were high as NV GEBE welcomed approximately 60 guests for Part I of their 'Candid Conversations' public information series at the University of St. Martin.  As this unprecedented event was organ...

June 09, 2024

SINT MAARTEN/THE HAGUE - A group of about twenty students from Curaçao, Aruba, Sint Maarten, Bonaire and Saba entered into discussions with Caribbean parliamentarians. They did this during the Inter-Parliamentary Kingdom Consultation (IPKO) that is tak...

June 09, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY, (DCOMM) – On Tuesday, June 4th, 2024, the Deputy Minister Plenipotentiary, the Honourable Gracita R. Arrindell and her delegation together with representatives from the other Dutch islands as well as the Dutch Ministry of Forei...

June 07, 2024

SINT MAARTEN/CURACAO - Recently, the Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten (CBCS) reached a significant milestone concerning the Caribbean guilder: the printing of the first new banknotes. At the invitation of banknote supplier CRANE CURRENCY, exe...

June 07, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) -  The Law Enforcement Council (the Council) presented its State of Law Enforcement (the State) for the year 2023 directly to both the Minister of Justice as well as to the Parliament of Sint Maarten, at the end of April 2024. ...

June 07, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The Government of Canada has advised its citizens traveling to St. Maarten to expect “nationwide power outages.” However, in its color-coded risk level travel advisory, it still gave St. Maarten, a “Green” status, which means...

June 05, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - With great determination, May-Ling Chun is officially announcing her candidacy for the upcoming snap election. Her decision is as a result of the consistent instability of our government. “We cannot continue to do the same a...

June 05, 2024

SINT MAARTEN/WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Honorable Prime Minister (PM) Dr. Luc Mercelina has successfully concluded his urgent work visit to Washington, DC, marking a pivotal moment in the ongoing efforts to secure support for St. Maarten’s development init...