Souliga Newsday

August 07, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The Sint Maarten Entrepreneurship Development Center (SEDC) is inviting aspiring and existing poultry farmers to register for its upcoming Certified Poultry Production and Processing Training Program. The intensive program is designed to strengthen l...

August 07, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The KPSM traffic department was notified of a traffic accident involving an ATV motorcycle and a pickup truck in the vicinity of the Freedom Fighters Roundabout. Preliminary information indicates that, for reasons yet to be determined, the rider of t...

August 07, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The St. Maarten Association for Development Environment (SMADE) is pleased to announce its newly elected Board and its strategic priorities for 2026, with a strong commitment to increasing the participation of local companies and professionals in maj...

August 06, 2026

THE NETHERLANDS (THE HAGUE) – On Tuesday, August 4th, 2026, Minister Plenipotentiary, Drs. Gracita R. Arrindell met with Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (ECYS), Melissa D. Gumbs, during a working visit to the Cabinet in The Hague. During the meeting, Minister A...

August 06, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (POINT BLANCHE) - The Marine detachment on Sint Maarten assisted yesterday (Ed. Wednesday, August 5, 2026) in searching the Point Blanche Correctional Facility on the island, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement on Thursday. The operation was prompted by a...

August 06, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Member of Parliament (MP) Darryl York has formally written to the President of Parliament, Sarah Wescot-Williams, requesting a status update on, and the immediate release of, the overdue 2025 Parliamentary Annual Report. With Parliament set to conven...

August 05, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - On Wednesday, August 5, 2026, Claret M.M. Connor took the oath of office as Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labour (VSA). Following the swearing-in, Minister Connor issued the following address to the people of Sint Maarten: “Fellow...

August 05, 2026

SINT MAARTEN/THE NETHERLANDS - Representatives of various Human Rights and Queer/LGBTQIA+ organizations from Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saint Martin, and Saba are participating in WorldPride in Amsterdam this week. Twelve representatives are joining forces at the initiative of t...

August 05, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Photography, fashion, history and cultural storytelling came together during the Caribbean Afro-Beauty & Heritage Photography Expo, held on August 1 and 2, 2026. Led by fashion creative / designer, photographer and creative director David Amauris...

August 05, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication Grisha Heyliger-Marten is advancing efforts to build a structured economic relationship between Sint Maarten and Miami-Dade County, following a working visit with representatives...

August 05, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (HARBOUR VIEW, PHILIPSBURG) — Today August 5, 2026, the new Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, Claret Mac Miller Conner was appointed and sworn in by Her Excellency Acting Governor dr. Emiko Bird-Lake, the cabinet of the Governor said in a st...

August 05, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The Honorable Minister of Finance, Marinka J. Gumbs, is pleased to provide an update on the Government’s 24-month tax payment arrangement, introduced on February 16, 2026, to provide taxpayers with greater flexibility in settling their outstanding ta...

August 05, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (COMMENTARY – By MP Viren Kotai) - While we understand that the final administrative decision to deport a foreign national rests with the Immigration and Border Protection authorities under the Ministry of Justice, the suspension or termination of the pre-trial de...