Soualiga News Today

May 02, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) – The new COVID-19 subvariant ‘Arcturas’ is spreading around the world quickly as countries report new cases. ‘Arcturas’ is part of the Omicron family. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), t...

May 01, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) – Sunwing Travel Group purchased the former 257-room Great Bay Beach Resort & Spa from the Maho Group with the plan to start operations as of November 1, 2017, however, hurricane Irma struck the destination in early September...

May 01, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) – May 1 represents one month away from the start of the six-month 2023 Atlantic Hurricane season. Crown Weather is already looking at the possibility of early season tropical development in either the western Caribbean or nea...

April 29, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - The Sint-Maarten Police Force (KPSM) would like to remind residents and visitors alike that with the upcoming Grand Carnival Parade, which will take place May 1, 2023; the parade will pass through Front Street, and as such,...

April 28, 2023

SINT MAARTEN/TRINIDAD & TOBAGO (COMMENTARY - By Liliana Garavito) - On 17 December 1986, journalist Guillermo Cano Isaza was assassinated in front of the offices of his newspaper, El Espectador, in my home country of Colombia. He was targeted because o...

April 28, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - Sint Maarten's annual carnival celebration J'ouvert Jump-Up took place on 27 April 2023. The event started at approximately 04:00 on Nisbeth road and ended at about 10:30 at the salt pickers roundabout in Philipsburg. In f...

April 26, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - Contrary to a newspaper publication of an increase in a 50-cent increase in bus fares, Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transportation & Telecommunication (TEATT), the Honourable Arthur Lambriex says, "It is not in ef...

April 26, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - Hearts United Holistic Care Foundation (HUHCF) launched its Second Chance Hospitality Pilot Project on April 4th, 2023. This project is funded by the St. Maarten Development Fund (SMDF). After receiving our application, the...

April 26, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - To ensure the safety of all participants during the upcoming J'ouvert jump-up and other similar events, the Police Force of Sint Maarten kindly requests that the public refrain from wearing sky-masks. While this has become ...

April 25, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - According to Forbes, “94% of workers are stressed.” In addition, The American Institute of Stress reports that changes in the economy and increased financial concerns translate into pressure at work.  The American Institute...

April 25, 2023

SINT MAARTEN/BONAIRE - Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease is a highly infectious coral disease that has spread rapidly throughout the Caribbean region in recent years. First reported in Florida in 2014, this disease affects more than 20 species of stony c...

April 24, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) - Social & Health Insurances (SZV) announced an important milestone in the trajectory of the construction of its own state-of-the-art office building and wellness center. Issued on Friday, April 21, 2023, the permit marks a s...

April 24, 2023

SINT MAARTEN (CUL DE SAC) - On Saturday, April 22, 2023, a contingent of 11 Lower Six students of St. Maarten Academy's CAPE division, along with Ms. Anansa Payne, Sociology and Tourism teacher embarked on a one-week field trip to Trinidad. Payne, who...