The Daily Herald

August 30, 2026

PHILIPSBURG--All schools in St Maarten will be closed on Monday, August 31, 2026, due to inclement weather expected to continue through midday as a result of the remnants of Tropical Storm Dolly. Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Melissa Gumbs informed all subsid...

August 28, 2026

PHILIPSBURG--Party for Progress (PFP) MP Ludmila de Weever voted against the 2026 budget and against her own party’s minister, Patrice Gumbs, in a motion of disapproval during Thursday’s budget debate, but rejected speculation that her decisions signal a rift within the coalit...

August 28, 2026

PHILIPSBURG--Party for Progress (PFP) Member of Parliament (MP) Ludmila de Weever has accused authorities of handling the cannabis concession process in a “sneaky” manner and questioned why she has been denied access to documents related to a 10-year concession granted to Nati...

August 28, 2026

PHILIPSBURG--Party for Progress (PFP) Member of Parliament (MP) Ludmila de Weever has warned that giving the Bureau Telecommunication and Post (BTP) St Maarten responsibility for regulating NV GEBE would be like “building castles on clouds” because she believes the bureau is n...

August 28, 2026

PHILIPSBURG--Civil servants are not automatically entitled to the 50% student loan forgiveness that Prime Minister Dr. Luc Mercelina referred to during a press briefing in April 2025, he clarified during Parliament’s budget debate. Mercelina said student loan forgiveness is an...

August 28, 2026

Finance Minister Marinka Gumbs PHILIPSBURG--Finance Minister Marinka Gumbs acknowledged after the 2026 budget was adopted on Thursday night that government still has areas that need improvement, saying the late budget must be owned and that government now has to focus on execu...

August 27, 2026

Tonight we have a lunar eclipse beginning about 11:45pm, Thursday Aug 27. It continues, reaching full coverage of the moon about 12:15am Friday morning. The whole eclipse should be done by 1:30am. Just in case you need a quick reminder on the topic of lunar eclipses, just imag...

August 27, 2026

...INTERESTS IN THE LEEWARD ISLANDS SHOULD MONITOR... Tropical Storm Dolly Advisory Number 1 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL042026 1100 AM AST Thu Aug 27 2026 SUMMARY OF 1100 AM AST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...1...

August 27, 2026

Board member Irving Brown (second left) and Governor de Graaff School Principal Jolly van Beelen-Ferwerda (second right) taking part in the first ceremonial shovelling for the project, as a representative from K.J. Construction, along with Commissioners Reuben Merkman and Rech...

August 27, 2026

KPSM asks residents to visit the nearest Police station with their relevant information so investigators could determine whether any of the recovered plates belong to them. PHILIPSBURG--The Sint Maarten Police Force (KPSM) recovered several licence plates and various tools aft...

August 27, 2026

PHILIPSBURG--Students from a major school in South Reward are reportedly using containers near their schools to hide and smoke during breaks, while some students as young as 14 are arriving at school already high, Education Minister Melissa Gumbs told Parliament on Wednesday a...

August 27, 2026

Top student Rishi Pokhriyal EBENEZER--The Methodist Agogic Center-Comprehensive Secondary Education (MAC CSE) student Rishi Rakesh Pokhriyal earned Grade I in all 17 subjects he sat in the June 2026 CXC CSEC examinations, standing out among the school’s strongest performers an...

August 26, 2026

POINTE BLANCHE--Democratic Party (DP) Member of Parliament (MP) Viren Kotai questioned why the ankle bracelet policy put in place by former Justice Minister Anna Richardson is not being used to free up prison space for violent offenders.   He also raised concerns about me...