St. Maarten News

July 12, 2023

MARIGOT:--- On Tuesday evening into early Wednesday morning violence broke out in Sandy Ground after a video was posted on social media and various WhatsApp groups implicating the Gendarmes in a motorcycle accident that injured a young man that was rid...

July 12, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Ministry of VROMI announced the successful completion and grand reveal of the newly resurfaced basketball court in ST. Peters. This project was done in collaboration with Island Paints BV and the National Sports Institute (NSI) and ...

July 12, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- Police are currently investigating an attempted armed robbery on a jewelry store on Front Street in the area of the Catholic Church states police spokesman Joe Josepha said the incident took place around 1:50 pm. According to the inform...

July 12, 2023

~ Admits that St. Maarten does have a sewage problem to deal with.~ PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of VROMI Egbert Doran in a statement to the media on Wednesday said that he does not allow anyone within the Ministry of VROMI to use the Ministry to campaign...

July 12, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:---  The Ministry of Justice in Philipsburg has successfully concluded the final consultations for the legislative package required for the enactment of the Justice Function Book. Minister of Justice, Ms. Anna E. Richardson, held meeti...

July 12, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Mobile Control Unit of the Immigration Department recently received numerous anonymous tips and complaints regarding undocumented women working unlawfully at various adult entertainment establishments. In response to these concerns,...

July 11, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Police Force of Sint Maarten, in collaboration with the immigration department, conducted a targeted operation on Tuesday morning to address an ongoing investigation into human smuggling. As part of this operation, house searches we...

July 11, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Police Force of Sint Maarten (KPSM) is again, calling upon the rightful owners of confiscated vehicles connected to theft or fencing to promptly pass by the police station in Philipsburg to claim or gather information about their pr...

July 11, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- From January to June twenty teachers from Milton Peters College and Sundial School participated in an intensive online differentiation training, provided by the expert training center CPS. Differentiation is a complex teaching approach ...

July 11, 2023

SABA:---In the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 11th, the Maritime Operation Center (MOC) received a report of a sailing vessel in need of assistance at Saba. The mooring rope broke loose and the sailing vessel ran aground on the west sid...

July 11, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:---  On June 30th, The Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor Omar Ottley in collaboration with GEBE N.V. and Seven Seas Water Group ("SSWG"), a multinational provider of Water-as-a-Service® ("WaaS") solutions signed a...

July 11, 2023

MARIGOT:--- The highly anticipated GAPP GLOBAL conference, hosted by Repairers of Broken Walls Ministries International, concluded at the Belair Community Center on Saturday, July 9, 2023, after a week-long series of impactful sessions and events. Unde...

July 11, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- Domestic Violence remains an enduring plague in our society, leaving in its wake shattered lives and broken communities. For over two decades, The Safe Haven Foundation has been at the forefront in St. Maarten, providing free shelter, c...