October 23, 2026
LOCAL LIFE / The Village of Associations: Discovering the driving forces of the region | FaxinfoSXM Talks — Latest News from St. Maarten / St. Martin
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October 23, 2026
HEALTH / Breastfeeding: a protective factor against breast cancer | Faxinfo
October 23, 2026
Minister of Culture Melissa Gumbs mourns cultural icon Esther Narcisco-Williams | The Peoples Tribune
October 23, 2026
SOCIETY: Two programs to support people with disabilities in their journey to employment | FaxinfoALEFPA-le-Manteau was inaugurated on Wednesday, October 21st the premises of the Community 360 and the device Supported Employment , at the Les Salines residence, in Quartier d'Orléans Two complementary structures for supporting people with disabilities from guidance to profes...
October 23, 2026
PINK OCTOBER: A freediving course to benefit cancer patients | FaxinfoCe Sunday, October 25, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. The association for the development of freediving in Saint-Martin is organizing, in partnership with the Tribute to the Hotel de Baie Nettlé A freediving course accessible to beginners. €20 participation fee requested per person...
October 23, 2026
CHESS: A second blitz tournament at Topper's Rhum | FaxinfoLes amateurs d’échecs, résidents ou de passage, ont rendez-vous le dimanche 25 octobre à 14h au restaurant Topper’s, à Cole Bay, pour la deuxième édition du tournoi blitz. Au programme : sept rondes de dix minutes par joueur. Qui succédera à Leendert Saarloos, vainqueur...
October 23, 2026
UNUSUAL / Harry Potter: the hair jackpot | FaxinfoDe Hogwarts à OnlyFans , il n’y a parfois qu’un coup de brosse. Jessie Cave , l’actrice britannique qui incarnait Lavande Brown about trois derniers volets of the saga “ Harry Potter ”, s’est lancée sur la plateforme d’abonnement en 2025 pour faire face à des difficultés finan...
October 23, 2026
WORLD NEWS | FaxinfoInternational Cybersécurité : Des failles critiques dans PHP Révélées le 20 octobre, deux failles majeures de sécurité dans PHP , un langage de programmation créé en 1994 et utilisé par environ 70% des sites Web mondiaux , ont déclenché une alerte internationale. Évaluées à 9,...
October 23, 2026
Government commissions feasibility study for St. Maarten Development Bank | The Peoples TribuneGREAT BAY--The Government of St. Maarten has commissioned a feasibility assessment into establishing a Development Bank for the country, Finance Minister Marinka Gumbs has confirmed in response to questions from Member of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams during Parliament's ha...
October 23, 2026
Wingo flies Colombians to St. Maarten in surprise trip | The Daily HeraldWingo brought 350 Colombians from Bogotá and Medellín to St. Maarten. This is the surprising result of the Wingo’s Destino Oculto 3 travel experience. SIMPSON BAY--Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) welcomed about 350 travellers from Colombia on Thursday, October 22...
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October 23, 2026
St. Maarten loses a champion of arts, crafts and cultural heritage | The Daily HeraldPHILIPSBURG--The community of St. Maarten is in deep mourning following the passing of Esther Narcisco-Williams, a monumental pillar of the island’s arts and crafts, theatre, and cultural heritage. Recognised as one of the nation's most treasured cultural icons, Narcisco-Willi...
Read more : St. Maarten loses a champion of arts, crafts and cultural heritage | The Daily Herald
October 23, 2026
Finance Minister Gumbs confirms Civil Servants' 2.5% indexation and back pay expected on Friday | The Peoples Tribune
GREAT BAY--Minister of Finance Marinka Gumbs has confirmed to The People's Tribune that the process for the 2.5% salary indexation for civil servants, including retroactive payments dating back to January 2026, has been completed, with payment expected on Friday, October 23, a...
October 23, 2026
MPs Roseburg, Wescot-Williams seek stronger protections and clarity in Ottley's Residency Law | The Peoples Tribune
GREAT BAY- - Members of Parliament Sjamira Roseburg and Sarah Wescot-Williams have called for several clarifications and possible changes to MP Omar Ottley's proposed residency legislation for children born on St. Maarten to foreign parents, with Roseburg suggesting that...
October 23, 2026
Government opens public consultation on new gambling law on October 26 | The Peoples TribuneGREAT BAY--The Government of St. Maarten will open a public consultation on its proposed National Gambling Ordinance on Monday, October 26, giving residents, businesses and other interested parties until December 4, 2026, to provide their views on legislation intended to...
October 23, 2026
Ottley defends his initiative law: 1,085 undocumented children enrolled in St. Maarten Schools | The Peoples Tribune(EDITOR'S NOTE: As MP Omar Ottley emphasized during Thursday's parliamentary meeting, this initiative is not intended to address general immigration issues. It specifically concerns children born on St. Maarten to foreign parents who have grown up and attended school on the is...
October 22, 2026
Lewis Urges Practical Security Laws, Better-Equipped Justice Institutions at ParlAmericas | The Peoples TribuneGREAT BAY--Member of Parliament Lyndon Lewis has called for stronger regional cooperation, better-equipped justice institutions and practical legislation to combat cybercrime and organized crime, warning that smaller Caribbean countries such as St. Maarten face increasing...
October 22, 2026
Audit Chamber says road fund case remains open, govt yet to resolve concerns | The Peoples TribuneGREAT BAY--The General Audit Chamber has confirmed that its formal objection procedure concerning the Road Fund remains unresolved, with outstanding concerns about government's compliance and progress toward correcting identified problems. The Chamber is scheduled to meet...
October 22, 2026
Steel Structure rises at Sister Marie Laurence School as reconstruction moves into new phase | The Peoples TribuneGREAT BAY--The reconstruction of Sister Marie Laurence Primary School in Middle Region has entered a new phase, with the building's steel structure now rising above the construction site following the arrival of seven containers of steel materials last week. The project r...
October 22, 2026
Government will block all illegal wastewater pipes leading Into public drains and roads | The Peoples TribuneGREAT BAY--Government will block wastewater pipes and connections found illegally discharging wastewater into public drainage systems or onto public roads, as the Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) moves to enforce regulations...
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October 22, 2026
Regine Martina sentenced to 2.5 years for sexual abuse of minors | The Daily HeraldPHILIPSBURG--A woman who was entrusted with the care of young girls was sentenced to thirty months or two-and-a-half years in prison by the Court of Appeal on Tuesday, October 20, after judges found that she had sexually abused a minor herself and deliberately failed to interv...
Read more : Regine Martina sentenced to 2.5 years for sexual abuse of minors | The Daily Herald
October 21, 2026
Gumbs: Road Budget to Jump From 650,000 to 5 Million Guilders in 2027 | The Peoples Tribune
GREAT BAY- - Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI), Patrice Gumbs, has announced that St. Maarten's budget allocation for road infrastructure is set to increase substantially in 2027, rising from just 650,000 guilders in 2026...
October 21, 2026
Government regains control of 17 hectares of “Rainforest” Land, plans St. Maarten’s first Terrestrial Park | The Peoples Tribune
GREAT BAY--Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI), Patrice Gumbs, has announced that approximately 17 hectares of land commonly referred to as Rainforest have been returned to the Government of St. Maarten, opening the way for...
October 20, 2026
Police issue traffic and safety advisory ahead of St. Maarten's busy tourism season | The Peoples TribuneGREAT BAY--The Police Force of St. Maarten (KPSM) is urging motorists, transportation operators, residents and visitors to prepare for increased traffic congestion as the island approaches the busy tourism high season, with Philipsburg and Simpson Bay expected to experien...
October 20, 2026
COURT: He attacks the emergency room doors with a machete to get himself arrested | FaxinfoA 46-year-old man appeared in court on Wednesday, October 14, with a unusual objective : to be sentenced to prison . In extreme precariousness He explains that he wanted to be imprisoned for to benefit from “a roof over their heads and a meal” . Detained in Guadeloupe s...
October 17, 2026
Former MP Theo Heyliger released, served 1,102 days | The Daily HeraldPHILIPSBURG--Former Member of Parliament (MP) Theo Heyliger is one of several inmates released from prison today, Friday, following his imprisonment in January 2024 to serve a five-year sentence for accepting bribes and money laundering. Justice Minister Nathalie Tackling told...
