StMaartenNews

March 30, 2023

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands:--- On Thursday, March 16, 2023, CCRIF SPC and CEPREDENAC (the Coordination Center for the Prevention of Disasters in Central America and the Dominican Republic) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the margins of the CC...

March 29, 2023

~32, onboard, 16 rescued, 3 dead while the search continues for missing.~ Basseterre St Kitts:--- About half the number of people on board a vessel that capsized southeast of St. Kitts were rescued, according to information received from the St. Kitts...

March 29, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- The NAPB Police Union held an emergency meeting with its lawyer Cor Merx on Wednesday afternoon. The Union gave their lawyer an update on the so call placement letters that had to be sent to all justice workers on March 15, 2023. Accord...

March 29, 2023

PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):--- The Ministry of Public Housing, Environment, Spatial Planning, and Infrastructure (Ministry of VROMI), hereby announces that on Saturday, April 1st, the A. T. Illidge Road (Dutch Quarter), will be closed near Zorg en Rust Road f...

March 29, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- The police of Sint Maarten have conducted several controls in recent days to ensure general safety and prepare for the upcoming busy carnival period. As a result of these controls, several motorbikes and scooters have been taken into sa...

March 29, 2023

SABA:--- The new Saba Island Council 2023-2027 was installed on Wednesday, March 29. Five new members of the Island Council, Saskia Matthew, Hemmie van Xanten, Rolando Wilson, Elsa Peterson, and Vito Charles, were sworn in, as well as two new members o...

March 29, 2023

PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):---  Fire Department personnel on Tuesday, March 28 visited the Sister Borgia Primary School in Philipsburg where they assisted pupils with different assignments during the morning hours. The visit to the school is part of the ...

March 29, 2023

 PHILIPSBURG:--- The person that is suspected of shooting James Marlin who passed away on Tuesday at the St. Maarten Medical Center has fled the island since Monday.SMN News learned that the suspect managed to leave the island from the French side...

March 29, 2023

MARIGOT:--- On February 16, 2020, in the early afternoon, a couple was the victim of long-term extortion at their home in Belle Plaine. Two individuals, brandishing a weapon, wanted to be given a large sum of money that the protagonists had seen a few ...

March 29, 2023

~Available While Supplies Last~ PHILIPSBURG:---  St. Maarten's Carnival 2023 season is right around the corner, and this year's flagship show, TelCell's Night of The Hitmakers slated for Saturday, April 29th, is already shaping up to be one to re...

March 29, 2023

MARIGOT:--- A 22-year-old man lost his life on Tuesday night after he was involved in a scooter accident on Rue de Hollande Marigot.The Gendarmerie stated in a statement that the accident involved two individuals who were riding without helmets.The 22-...

March 28, 2023

PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):---  The Collective Prevention Service (CPS), is collaborating with a number of stakeholders to organize a “Let’s Get Fit,” event to commemorate the upcoming World Health Day (WHD) 2023. This activity is an exercise event that ...

March 28, 2023

SABA:--- Carl Buncamper of the Windward Islands People’s Movement (WIPM) held his farewell speech in the last meeting of the outgoing Island Council on Tuesday, March 28. Buncamper has been a member of the Saba Island Council for 16 years. Buncamper r...