Local News

August 17, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (POND ISLAND) - The University of St. Martin (USM) has announced several important updates to the Caribbean Foundation Year (CFY) Academic Track for the 2026–2027 academic year, including a new October 1 start date and the delivery of all Academic Track classes at...

August 17, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Celebrating Francia Housen’s 35 years of dedicated service to the Sint Maarten Library and its community, a remarkable milestone she reached on August 1, 2026. Throughout her 35-year career, Ms. Housen has demonstrated unwavering commitment, professi...

August 17, 2026

GREAT BAY----Government has acknowledged that full implementation of General Health Insurance, GHI/SAAHA, by January 1, 2027, is no longer considered feasible, although a phased introduction of the new healthcare system could begin from that date. The confirmation was pro...

August 17, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Minister of Justice Nathalie Tackling has identified eight priority areas for a major modernization of St. Maarten’s Road Traffic Ordinance, including tougher rules on mobile phone use while driving, speed cameras, stronger DUI laws, vehicle impoundment for reck...

August 17, 2026

GREAT BAY--Government is targeting October 1, 2026, to submit the long-awaited Visitor’s Tax legislation to the Council of Advice, but the Ministry of Finance cannot yet say when the collection system will become operational or when government will receive its first revenue fr...

August 17, 2026

SINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - As students across St. Maarten return to school, Teen Times wants to wish every young person a strong start to the new school year. This year is a chance to reset, refocus and keep moving toward the person you want to become. School will bring deadli...

August 17, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure, VROMI, will officially open a new public tender for St. Maarten’s solid waste collection services on Monday, August 17, beginning a second attempt to award garbage collection contracts...

August 16, 2026

GREAT BAY--Government currently collects approximately Cg 8 million annually from the gaming sector, while acknowledging that the existing regulatory and fiscal framework needs to be modernized to determine whether the sector is contributing adequately to the country’s finance...

August 16, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Justice Nathalie Tackling has clarified that the eventual introduction of ASYCUDA does not mean government is preparing to impose a new import duty, stressing that the customs management system can provide detailed import information and administer dutie...

August 16, 2026

GREAT BAY--Government had Cg 46 million in available liquidity spread across eight bank accounts as of August 12, 2026, but expects that position to decline to approximately Cg 18.5 million by the start of September after remaining income and expenses for August are taken into...

August 16, 2026

GREAT BAY--Construction activity is now visible at the Philipsburg Marketplace reconstruction site, while government has confirmed that relief for affected vendors will be provided through the retroactive waiving of applicable license fees from the start of the project un...

August 16, 2026

Hello St. Maarten! This is Melissa Gumbs, yourMinister of Education, Culture, Youth & Sport. I want to take this opportunity to extend my well wishes and some words of encouragement to all students and educators returning to the classroom today, and to urge...

August 16, 2026

Minister Plenipotentiary Drs. Gracita R. Arrindell on Thursday August 13 th , 2026, welcomed former Governor of Sint Maarten, Drs. Eugene. B. Holiday for a courtesy visit. The meeting featured a cordial exchange on matters of mutual interest and developments concerning Sint Ma...