Souliga Newsday

April 01, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - At an energizing International Women’s Day celebration on March 29, the Peridot Foundation saluted the remarkable contributions of Eileen Healy and Susanna Velasquez. The event, held at the Simpson Bay Convention Center, show...

March 30, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (SIMPSON BAY) - One-year ago, in March 2023, the Sint Maarten Yacht Club launched its groundbreaking Sailability program, an initiative aimed at making sailing inclusive and accessible for individuals of all abilities. The Special Sail Boa...

March 29, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, currently under the leadership of Minister Omar Ottley, wishes to remind both employers and employees that effective April 1st, 2024, the minimum wage for full-time...

March 29, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - In a momentous ceremony held this morning at the Governor’s Cabinet, Sint Maarten witnessed the official swearing-in of Mrs. Emilia Connor-Thomas as Secretary General (SG) of the Ministry of General Affairs, amidst esteemed g...

March 28, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) – Leader of the Unified Resilient Sint Maarten Movement (URSM) Dr. Luc Mercelina on Thursday just before the long Easter holiday weekend, gave an update about the formation process related to the next Government of Sint Maarten...

March 27, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - This July 8th- 12th, the St. Maarten Hospitality & Trade Association (SHTA) will initiate a series of customer service, supervisor, and housekeeping trainings to further enhance the St. Maarten tourism and business product un...

March 26, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (COLE BAY) - The Yacht Club at Port de Plaisance proudly hosted its second annual Chef Competition as part of the SXM Lagoon Festival 2024, capturing audiences with culinary innovation.  Held on Thursday, March 21st, from 9:00 AM to 4:00 P...

March 26, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The Caribbean Pan African Network (CPAN) Symposium on Non-Independent Caribbean Territories/Protectorates took place at Zoom online on March 26, 2024. Human rights, decolonization, independence, and Reparations relative to r...

March 26, 2024

SINT MAARTEN/BONAIRE - Collaboration within the border protection and immigration chain in the Caribbean Netherlands has improved since 2017, partly due to the appointment of the chain coordinator in 2021. This is concluded by the Council for Law Enfo...

March 26, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The foundation Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (EPIC) has completed field surveys and training for the terrestrial baseline biodiversity assessment, as part of the Coastal Resilience and Needs Assessments (CORENA) p...

March 25, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (CAY HILL) - On March 22, the Hillside Christian Schools planted 31 Surinamese cherry trees and 1 basil plant on school grounds for Plant-A-Tree Day. Two planting events were organized at both the Helmich Snijders and Asha Stevens campuses...

March 24, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - In awesome gratitude to God, the Seventh-day Adventist community on St. Maarten and further afield congratulates the very extraordinary Sister Barbara Richardson-Alexander, on her triple-digit milestone of one hundred years o...

March 22, 2024

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - On March 22nd, St. Maarten's National Day of Trees, President of Parliament Sarah A. Wescot-Williams, on behalf of the Parliament of Sint Maarten, gifted the St. Maarten Archaeological Center (SIMARC) two local Seagrape trees...