Local News

August 05, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) is inviting eligible young women from Sint Maarten to seek consideration for nomination to the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association's Young Women's Mentorship Initiati...

August 05, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The Cannabis Legislative Inter-Ministerial Work Group (CLIWG), in collaboration with Native Nations SXM N.V., is pleased to announce the St. Maarten Symposium on Cannabis Regulation, Public Health & Policy, a national public forum dedicated to ex...

August 05, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Five representatives of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation–St. Maarten have returned home after participating in the 2026 Central and South America Volunteer Training Camp in Mexico, saying they were inspired to strengthen the foundati...

August 05, 2026

CAY HILL--St. Maarten Medical Center carried out 13,641 hemodialysis treatments in 2025, while continuing to expand the specialist services available to patients through a combination of permanently based and rotational doctors. The kidney-care figures form part of a much larg...

August 05, 2026

The Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication (TEATT) is inviting eligible young women from Sint Maarten to seek consideration for nomination to the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association’s Young Women’s Mentorship Initiative, Minister Gr...

August 05, 2026

GREAT BAY--"The Minister and her defenders need to be honest with themselves and the people." Leader of the Nation Opportunity Wealth Party Christophe Emmanuel on Tuesday said Minister of Justice Nathalie Tackling exercised poor judgement by seeking advice from UNOPS on the ca...

August 05, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Government of St. Maarten began a structured effort to identify solutions to the country’s worsening traffic congestion when it issued a Request for Information, RFI, for mobility and traffic-management concepts on July 10, 2026. Companies, consortiums and other...

August 05, 2026

Samedi 1er août à l ’Aleeze Convention Center, Naïla Parotte a été sacrée Miss Saint-Martin/Saint-Barthélemy 2026 et représentera les îles du Nord au concours Miss France 2027, prévu en décembre dans l’Hexagone. À 22 years , la Saint-Martinoise, mannequin et gestionnaire dans...

August 05, 2026

The Territorial Police of Saint-Martin has implemented the electronic police report (PVE), a digital system that replaces the traditional paper fine sticker placed on vehicles. Thanks to portable digital devices, officers can now record traffic violations. The notice of violation is then automatically issued by the National Processing Center in Rennes and sent to the registered owner’s home. An information document can also be left on the windshield.

August 05, 2026

Ce lundi 3 août, la grande famille des médias de Saint-Martin a perdu l’une de ses plus belles plumes. Notre confrère du Daily herald , Robert Luckock, s’est éteint, laissant derrière lui bien plus que des milliers d’articles et de photographies : il laisse une indelible impri...

August 05, 2026

ORLÉANS, Saint-Martin--The reconstruction of the Thelbert Carti Stadium is set to move forward, with demolition of the existing facility scheduled to begin in the coming weeks and continue for approximately three months. Local officials and the representative of the French Sta...

August 04, 2026

  Après avoir présenté hier les principaux résultats de l’état-major de sécurité devoted to first semester 2026 , les autorités se penchent désormais sur l’un des phénomènes les plus préoccupants : les vols à main armée. Avec 78 faits recensés depuis janvier à Saint-Marti...

August 04, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Board of Supervisory Directors of the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten, CBCS, has warned that the continued reliance on temporarily appointed members raises questions about democratic legitimacy and has urged the governments of both countries to complete...