Soualiga Newsday

May 04, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Great Bay-The Department of Community Development, Family & Humanitarian Affairs (CDFHA) is proud it announces its second “Get Ready, Get Prepared” information session on hurricane preparedness in May 2023 from 6.30pm – 8pm. ...

May 04, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Two years after initiating the process to become a member of the Caribbean Reparations Commission (CRC), the One St. Martin (One SXM) Association was formally admitted as an associate member. After a preliminary meeting with ...

May 04, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - Minister Rodolphe Samuel and the Department of Sports, within the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth, and Sports is proud to announce the development of the Boardwalk sports park and the Belvedere sports park which is be...

May 03, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - The St. Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) and the St. Maarten Tourism Bureau (STB) jointly announced a follow-up to its 2022 St. Maarten Flavors 2023 Program called “Appeteaser Week”, taking place June 15 – 2...

May 02, 2023

SINT MAARTEN/ST. KITTS - After a three-year hiatus, the most sought-after talented teen pageant in the Caribbean is back. The Haynes Smith Miss Caribbean Talented Teen International Pageant will resume with a tentative date of Saturday December 30, 202...

May 02, 2023

SINT MAARTEN/ANTIGUA - With crystal-clear waters and a refreshing breeze, the competitors managed to foil 4 Races today. The first start kicked off at 11AM, signaling the beginning of a day filled with races and electrifying energy.  While the original...

May 02, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) – The new COVID-19 subvariant ‘Arcturas’ is spreading around the world quickly as countries report new cases. ‘Arcturas’ is part of the Omicron family. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), t...

May 01, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) – Sunwing Travel Group purchased the former 257-room Great Bay Beach Resort & Spa from the Maho Group with the plan to start operations as of November 1, 2017, however, hurricane Irma struck the destination in early September...

May 01, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) – May 1 represents one month away from the start of the six-month 2023 Atlantic Hurricane season. Crown Weather is already looking at the possibility of early season tropical development in either the western Caribbean or nea...

April 29, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - The Sint-Maarten Police Force (KPSM) would like to remind residents and visitors alike that with the upcoming Grand Carnival Parade, which will take place May 1, 2023; the parade will pass through Front Street, and as such,...

April 28, 2023

SINT MAARTEN/TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (COMMENTARY - By Liliana Garavito) - On 17 December 1986, journalist Guillermo Cano Isaza was assassinated in front of the offices of his newspaper, El Espectador, in my home country of Colombia. He was targeted because o...

April 28, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - Sint Maarten's annual carnival celebration J'ouvert Jump-Up took place on 27 April 2023. The event started at approximately 04:00 on Nisbeth road and ended at about 10:30 at the salt pickers roundabout in Philipsburg. In f...

April 26, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - Contrary to a newspaper publication of an increase in a 50-cent increase in bus fares, Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation & Telecommunication (TEATT), the Honourable Arthur Lambriex says, "It is not in ef...