The Daily Herald

October 12, 2026

PHILIPSBURG--An injunction has been filed seeking to nullify the election of the new executive board of the Workers Institute for Organized Labour Association (WIFOL), with attorney Cor Merx telling The Daily Herald on Monday that the election procedure allegedly did not compl...

October 12, 2026

PHILIPSBURG--With young people increasingly caught in cycles of violence, Archdeacon Terrence Rawlins has challenged St. Maarten to stop waiting until after another death to ask what went wrong.  He said families, schools, churches, community leaders and government must a...

October 09, 2026

The robbers are seen running away from the store to the getaway car in this screen grab from a social media video. MAHO--An attempted robbery was reported at J.N. Jewellers in Maho on Thursday evening, October 8. In videos widely circulated on social media, a car was seen park...

October 09, 2026

Participants of the training hold up their certificates. PHILIPSBURG--A professional development programme designed to strengthen literacy and numeracy instruction among kindergarten teachers has concluded after more than four months of training. The Literacy and Numeracy Trai...

October 09, 2026

St. Maarten Police Force KPSM sends a clear message for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. “You are not alone. We stand with you.” PHILIPSBURG--Officers and staff of St. Maarten Police Force KPSM will wear pink T-shirts as part of their uniforms on Friday, October 9, in support of...

October 08, 2026

Miss Lalie Center PHILIPSBURG--The first phase of the Under the Hood project at the Point Blanche Prison and Miss Lalie Centre has been completed, with a second phase now underway, Minister of Justice Nathalie Tackling said on Wednesday, October 7. The Under the Hood project i...

October 08, 2026

PHILIPSBURG--The Bureau Telecommunication and Post (BTP) has finalised preliminary findings in its review of utilities company GEBE’s fuel-cost calculations and has opened an inquiry involving fuel supplier SOL, Tourism, Minister of Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunic...

October 08, 2026

Chief of Police Carl John and the KPSM officers who completed their specialised Alzheimer’s training with the White and Yellow Cross.   PHILIPSBURG--St. Maarten Police Force KPSM officers recently received specialised training on assisting persons living with Alzheimer’s...

October 08, 2026

Maundays Bay beach ANGUILLA--Maundays Bay has been named the second-best beach in the world in Condé Nast Traveler’s 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards, recognizing the island’s exceptional natural beauty and enduring appeal as a Caribbean destination. Four resorts in Anguilla earned...

October 07, 2026

Group photo. TEXEL--Representatives from the Caribbean public entities of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba (BES) and the five Wadden Islands Texel, Vlieland, Terschelling, Ameland and Schiermonnikoog gathered on Texel on October 1 and 2 for a two-day work programme. These eight...

October 07, 2026

L to R: Bonaire’s Island Governor John Soliano, St. Eustatius Island Governor Alida Francis, Minister Plenipotentiary St. Maarten Drs. Gracita R. Arrindell and Saba Island Governor Jocelyn Levenstone. ~Focus on cooperation, local governance and community challenges~ THE HAGUE-...

October 07, 2026

A gravesite ORANJESTAD, St. Eustatius--A group of concerned citizens from St. Eustatius’ descendant community has launched a petition urging the Executive Council to ensure that the 69 ancestral human remains excavated in 2021 from the 18th-century Golden Rock Plantation buria...

October 06, 2026

L–R: District Governor Lion Hyacinth Jeremiah MJF, Lions Club of St. Eustatius President Cherile van Putten MJF and Andres Mercera pause for a photo near Fort De Windt during the island tour. ST. EUSTATIUS--The Lions Club of St. Eustatius welcomed District Governor Lion Hyacin...