Local News

July 31, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (COLE BAY) - The Police Force of Sint Maarten (KPSM) is actively investigating an armed robbery that occurred on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, at a business establishment located on Union Road, a short distance from the French border. At approximately 3:00 p.m., the C...

July 31, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - Winning...It's easy! Every day is a new chance to win. Various lottery games, cash prices, numerous retailers located all over Curaçao and great winning probabilities. Happy Lottery main office can be found at the Cannegieter Street #70, Philipsbur...

July 31, 2026

PUBLIC WEATHER FORECAST FOR ST. MAARTEN DATE ISSUED: Friday 31st July 2026 @ 18:00 LST (22:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Saturday evening (18:00 LST) 1st August 2026   WEATHER: Tonight through Saturday evening: Partly cloudy to cloudy and breezy with scattered showers. Isolated th...

July 31, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Aspiring authors who have been dreaming for years, months, or even weeks about writing or publishing a book but feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unmotivated now have a timely opportunity to move from idea to execution. Victorious Living Publishing, in col...

July 31, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry (COCI) is excited to share the remarkable progress of the Start Smart Sint Maarten Pilot Project, an initiative dedicated to supporting aspiring and existing entrepreneurs through business formalizat...

July 31, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) As part of the Police Force of Sint Maarten's continued efforts to combat the illegal possession of firearms and reduce firearm-related violence on the island, KPSM officers arrested three individuals during an early morning operation on Friday, July 3...

July 31, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Sint Maarten's iconic Pope's head cactus (Melocactus intortus) is the focus of the first jointly developed conservation project between the Nature Foundation Sint Maarten and the managers of the Réserve Naturelle de Saint-Martin (AGRNSM). Supported t...

July 31, 2026

The WIFOL Building.   PHILIPSBURG--Members of the Workers Institute for Organized Labor (WIFOL) will move to convene a Congress and elect a new Board after accusing President Theophilus Thompson of refusing to hold a Congress for more than a decade, failing to hold Board...

July 31, 2026

SXM AIRPORT--Passengers travelling with WestJet in the coming days are being urged to closely monitor their bookings, as a strike involving 4,400 flight attendants could begin as early as this weekend. The Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents the airline’s...

July 31, 2026

The prefecture of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin is urging the population to exercise extreme caution in the face of the drought currently affecting the two territories. Weather conditions are creating a high risk of wildfires, and authorities report that nine out of ten fi...

July 31, 2026

Near 530 children leisure centers of the Territorial Fund for School Works (CTOS) participated, Wednesday morning, in the Boat Regatta 2026 on Galion beach. This day, which has become a an unmissable event during the holidays , brought together the little sailors around sporti...

July 31, 2026

After more than two weeks of blockage due to the saturation of cell number 10, professional waste haulers regained access to the Grandes Cayes landfill on Thursday, July 30. Their trucks had been immobilized since mid-July, and a slow-moving protest had been organized last Tue...

July 31, 2026

Last Saturday, the Marigot Sports Hall was buzzing with excitement for the second edition of the SXM E-Sport Festival, organized by the ANIS association (Digital and Social Innovation Association). The event brought together 62 participants. compared to 110 during its first ed...