The Daily Herald

June 11, 2026

Employees of the former Secrets Hotel in Anse Marcel attend a press conference Wednesday as the union describes a worsening situation with the hotel unlikely to reopen. (Robert Luckock photo) ANSE MARCEL--Committee Social et Économique (CSE), the union supporting the 122 emplo...

June 11, 2026

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, Melissa Gumbs, has responded to a statement issued by the Windward Islands Teachers’ Union (WITU) regarding classroom conditions at the Marie Genevieve de Weever Primary School (MGDW), stating that important facts a...

June 10, 2026

USM Marketing Consultant Shobhan Giterson with Gwendoline van Putten School students. POND ISLAND--As part of its ongoing commitment to student success and programme development, the team at USM recently conducted a qualitative assessment of the Caribbean Foundation Year Progr...

June 10, 2026

"Behind These Bars" campaign seeks to provide insight into the daily operations of the prison. KRALENDIJK--The Judicial Institution of the Caribbean Netherlands (JICN) has launched a new communications campaign aimed at giving the public a better understanding of life and work...

June 10, 2026

Police seized a firearm, ammunition, an air gun PHILIPSBURG--The Detective Department of the Police Force of St. Maarten (KPSM) continues to actively investigate several cases involving the trafficking of illegal firearms and narcotics on the island. As part of one ongoing inv...

June 10, 2026

Fire Department personnel responding to an incident where an extractor fan of the Burger King restaurant in Bush Road caught fire on Tuesday morning. PHILIPSBURG--Reports circulating on social media Tuesday claiming that the Burger King restaurant on Bush Road was on fire have...

June 10, 2026

Officers discovered a firearm inside a car PHILIPSBURG--Police have arrested three suspects, including a 14-year-old minor, in connection with a series of armed robberies targeting businesses in the Cay Hill, Cul-de-Sac and Philipsburg areas over the past two weeks. The arrest...

June 09, 2026

PHILIPSBURG--NV GEBE Transition Manager Thomas Roggendorf has submitted his "conditional resignation" from the company and is set to leave on June 12, according to an internal notice dated June 9, 2026.   In the notice, Roggendorf informed employees that he had "submitted...

June 09, 2026

MP Omar Ottley. PHILIPSBURG--United People’s party (UP) Member of Parliament (MP) Omar Ottley says his biggest takeaway from the recent Inter-Parliamentary Kingdom Consultation IPKO was a willingness among Dutch parliamentarians to work together, although he believes there rem...

June 09, 2026

Causeway Bridge new LED system PHILIPSBURG--Port St. Maarten has completed a comprehensive lighting upgrade of the Simpson Bay Causeway Bridge, introducing a modern programmable LED system designed to improve the landmark's functionality, energy efficiency and visual appeal. T...

June 09, 2026

NA MP Egbert Doran. PHILIPSBURG--National Alliance (NA) Member of Parliament (MP) Egbert Doran is exploring the potential benefits of a Citizens’ Advisory Council for St. Maarten following discussions at the Interparliamentary Kingdom Consultation IPKO in the Netherlands. He s...

June 09, 2026

CKAIR Chair MP Sjamira Roseburg. THE HAGUE--Committee of Kingdom Affairs and Interparliamentary Relations (CKAIR) Chairlady and Member of Parliament (MP) Sjamira Roseburg told the Interparliamentary Kingdom Consultation (IPKO) that the CKAIR has agreed that slavery and the leg...

June 09, 2026

A group of trainees. PHILIPSBURG--The St. Maarten Hotel and Tourism Association (SHTA) Academy is encouraging individuals and organisations to invest in people as it launches a series of professional development programmes aimed at strengthening communication, leadership, cust...