Local News

August 25, 2026

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – With the 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Season now in its active peak period, the Office of Disaster Management (ODM) is reminding households and livestock owners to ensure that pets and farm animals are included in their hurricane preparedness plans...

August 25, 2026

GREAT BAY--A Curaçao court ruling involving journalist and commentator Richeron Balentien and tax official Wim Nijdam has, in the opinion of many, established an important judicial benchmark for how serious allegations against public officials must be handled, making clea...

August 25, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - As young people across Sint Maarten continue their educational and professional journeys, the Sint Maarten Library celebrates K. Henry, who is concluding four and a half months of work experience at the Library as she prepares to further her studies....

August 25, 2026

GREAT BAY--Two years into St. Maarten’s gambling reform process, Government has completed several major pieces of groundwork for a new regulatory system, but the additional revenue expected from the reforms cannot begin flowing until the necessary legislation takes effect, Min...

August 25, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication Grisha Heyliger-Marten has disclosed that TEATT has conducted more than 50 price control inspections so far in 2026 and issued summonses to 16 businesses for violations, as Government continues e...

August 25, 2026

Judicial and Institutional Services (J&IS) and the Court of Guardianship (CoG) are aware of the recent public discussion regarding corporal punishment and physical discipline of children. Given the importance of this topic, both institutions wish to provide guidance on pos...

August 25, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication Grisha Heyliger-Marten says St. Maarten is preparing to give local content creators, influencers and brand ambassadors a greater role in destination marketing, with an execution plan already fina...

August 25, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Ife Badejo, Founder and CEO of Islandpreneur International and an appointed AI Ambassador for Sint Maarten, will join a faculty of international AI leaders on Thursday, August 27, and Friday, August 28, 2026, for "Artificial Intelligence for Women Le...

August 25, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY, (DCOMM) – The Collective Prevention Service (CPS) as a reminder is informing the public that its COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be open by appointment only on Friday, August 28, 2026. The clinic, located at the CPS offices in the Vineyard Building Of...

August 25, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - The House of Parliament will sit in a Public meeting on August 26, 2026. The Public meeting which was adjourned on August 25, 2026, will be reconvened on Wednesday at 10.00 hrs. in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraat #1 in...

August 25, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (BELAIR) - The Sint Maarten Institute for Public Policy Studies (SIPPS) announces the closing ceremony of its Commemoration and Awareness Campaign on Dutch‑colonial enslavement, to be held on August 27th at 7:00 p.m. at the Belair Community Center.&...

August 25, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - RISE Foundation has completed the core phase of its 2026 Back-to-School Support Project, providing uniforms, backpacks, school supplies and shoe assistance to students across four partner primary schools while extending additional student and classro...

August 25, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Member of Parliament (MP) Egbert J. Doran is questioning how government can report a positive financial result while millions of guilders remain owed to vendors and civil servants continue waiting on payments and benefits due to them, the MP said in...