Local News

August 10, 2026

The Honorable Minister of Finance Marinka J. Gumbs recently delivered a farewell speech in honor of Mr. Paul van Vliet, marking his retirement after 38 years of dedicated service to the profession and business community of Sint Maarten.  The occasion was especially meanin...

August 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--The St. Maarten Association for Development Environment (SMADE) has set an ambitious 2026 agenda centered on increasing the participation of qualified local companies and professionals in major public and private development projects, and a closer look at its newly...

August 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--Nearly three years after St. Maarten and France signed an agreement intended to finally establish a precise legal boundary between the northern and southern sides of the island, the treaty is moving through the final stages required before it can enter into force. T...

August 09, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Parliament of St. Maarten will turn its attention this Wednesday, August 12, to proposed Kingdom legislation that would govern extradition procedures for St. Maarten, Aruba and Curaçao. The proposal is listed for discussion by Parliament’s Permanent Committee of...

August 09, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Inspectorate of Economic and Transport Affairs (IETA) has raised concerns over recurring non-compliance in St. Maarten’s expanding street vending sector, including vendors operating without permits, licensed vendors exceeding the scope of their approvals, a...

August 09, 2026

KRALENDIJK--Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius are working with the five Dutch Wadden Islands to transform their growing cooperation into a more structured alliance aimed at giving small island communities a stronger collective voice in dealings with the Dutch government. The ini...

August 09, 2026

STATIA--DEJONG has expanded its presence in the Dutch Caribbean with the opening of a physical office in Statia, strengthening the law firm’s ability to provide legal services to residents, businesses and organizations in Statia and Saba. The expansion also marks a new profess...

August 09, 2026

GREAT BAY, St. Maarten: Sjemila Williams-Webster and Felix Richards will headline the speaking program at St. Maarten’s first Back 2 School Expo on Sunday, August 9, with keynote addresses focused on student readiness and parent-child communication. Williams-Webster will speak...

August 09, 2026

GREAT BAY--St. Maarten is set to feature in three distinctly different cruise experiences highlighted by Condé Nast Traveler among its recommended Caribbean sailings for the upcoming winter season, giving the destination exposure across luxury yacht homeporting, upscale destin...

August 09, 2026

GREAT BAY--Global travel retail company Avolta has acquired a 51% majority stake in Penha Duty Free Group, placing the longtime Caribbean retailer’s St. Maarten operations within one of the world’s largest travel retail networks. The transaction, announced Friday, August 7, co...

August 09, 2026

THE NETHERLANDS (THE HAGUE) – Recently Minister Plenipotentiary, Drs. Gracita R. Arrindell received Herbert Martina, Founder and Director of the Carib-Lens Creations Foundation, at the Cabinet of the Minister Plenipotentiary in The Hague. During the meeting, Martina presented...

August 09, 2026

The Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT), through the Inspectorate of Economic & Transport Affairs (IETA), wishes to remind the public of the legal requirements governing street vending in Sint Maarten and to encourage all vendors...

August 09, 2026

  Area sectioned off in St. Peters after one man was injured in a shooting late Friday morning.   ST. PETERS--A man sustained a gunshot wound to his upper body during a shooting in St. Peters on Friday morning, August 7. His injuries are considered serious but not li...