StMaartenNews

March 24, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- A Coast Guard patrol team was dispatched last Wednesday after receiving a report from the Korps Politie Sint Maarten that the captain of the vessel Joloca was missing.The captain of the vessel, which is docked in Simpson Bay Lagoon...

March 24, 2023

~CBCS: Economic growth expected to slowdown~ WILLEMSTAD/PHILIPSBURG:---   The Centrale Bank van Curaçao en Sint Maarten (CBCS) expects economic growth to moderate across the monetary union in 2023, consistent with an expected slowdown in the...

March 24, 2023

Marigot:--- Firefighters and the gendarmes responded to an early Friday morning fire on Rue de Hollande Marigot.The authorities said in a statement that they responded to a house fire, the house was fully ablaze with a high risk of spreading to nearby ...

March 24, 2023

Marigot:--- A 31-year-old man was shot dead early this afternoon at Rue de Hollande St. James in the vicinity of Good Harvest View store, confirmed the gendarmerie in a press statement.The Gendarmes indicated that due to the secrecy of the ongoing inve...

March 24, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- The House of Parliament will sit in a Public meeting on March 24, 2023. The Public meeting, which adjourned on March 24, 2023, will be reconvened on Friday at 12.00 hrs. in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraat ...

March 24, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- The House of Parliament will sit in a Central Committee meeting on March 24, 2023. The Central Committee meeting is scheduled for Friday at 11.30 hrs. in the General Assembly Chamber of the House at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg. ...

March 23, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Mental Health Foundation (MHF) hosted the St. Maarten Debate Team Champions on Friday, March 18th at their administrative headquarters to honor their achievement at the 51st annual Leeward Islands Debate Competition (LIDC) during a ...

March 23, 2023

SABA:--- The Central Voting Bureau of Saba, chaired by Island Governor Jonathan Johnson, during a session on Thursday, March 23 established the final results of the March 15 Island Council and Electoral College elections. The Central Voting Bureau mem...

March 23, 2023

PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):---  Friday, March 24 marks World Tuberculosis Day (TB) under the theme, “Invest to End TB. Save Lives.” TB causes 1.6 million deaths each year and effecting millions more, with enormous impacts on families and communities, acc...

March 23, 2023

ST. PETERS:--- Good morning. Good morning and congratulations to the people of Sint Maarten on the 375th anniversary of the Treaty of Concordia.A Treaty recognizing the cooperation needed between two neighboring nations in order to peacefully coexist. ...

March 23, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- The Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth & Sport and UNICEF in the Netherlands celebrate a key milestone in their partnership: 52 facilitators have been trained on positive parenting. The training is part of the new Positive Parent...

March 23, 2023

~ Some people would just like to watch the world burn ~ PHILIPSBURG:--- Leader of the United Peoples Party and Member of Parliament Rolando Brison in concluding his presentation on Thursday during the country’s budget debate quoted biblical scripture ...

March 23, 2023

PHILIPSBURG:--- The American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) will host its annual Community Action Day on Saturday, March 25th, partnering with a variety of community-based outreach organizations to deliver health services to ...