MARIGOT: --- Tintamarre President Gilles Gumbs has issued a written response to SMN News’s November 5, 2026 article, “Nine Years After Irma, French Quarter Still Waiting as Funding Gaps and Infrastructure Delays Demand Answers.”
In his response, Gumbs says the first phase of Tintamarre’s underground duct network is complete and in service, while construction of the second phase awaits financing. He says the grant funding anticipated in 2024 was not secured and that the partners are preparing an a...
VSA minister acknowledges longstanding concerns about successive contracts but gives no timetable fo...
VSA minister defends social assistance allocation, outlines ambulance improvements and faces demands...
Prime Minister leaves legality question to the courts, confirms integrity meeting remains adjourned ...
ECYS Minister reads emails into Parliament, but York says the correspondence does not resolve his co...
ECYS Minister clashes with York over structural repairs, promises stronger safety barriers at Marie ...
Minister outlines collection from short-term rentals and overseas owners as MPs demand clarity on lo...
Minister targets end of November for draft decree, declines to promise refunds without financial ver...
MARIGOT:--- Maritime professionals and members of Métimer protested at Sandy Ground Bridge on Thursd...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Court of First Instance of Sint Maarten sentenced two men to prison on Wedn...
TEATT Minister says transaction-tax discussions have not produced an agreed tax-reduction plan, targ...
Prime Minister says SOL meeting produced no immediate bill reduction, transfers GEBE coordination to...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Member of Parliament Dimar Labega has urged the government to urgently address...
Q&A, a parcel recipient, is also considering court action over a three-day deadline to provide t...
Tintamarre financing remains unresolved, residents challenge fiber-coverage declarations, and antenn...
Maho:--- The Fourth Annual Integrity Summit Dutch Caribbean officially commenced on Novem...
MP says patients have traveled abroad alone and calls for a closed-door meeting with SZV after Minister Connor outlines companion approvals and nursing arrangements.
PHILIPSBURG:--- MP Veronica Jansen-Webster challenged the account presented to P...
ECYS Minister outlines existing school allocations and Rotary assistance, saying a one-time transfer from Parliament’s travel budget cannot sustain a recurring nutrition program.
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten — Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Spo...
The highest-ranking military officer within the Ministry of Defense, the Commander of the Armed Forces, General Onno Eichelsheim, recently paid a working visit to Defense operations in the Caribbean Region. During this visit, General Eichelsheim visi...
Dear Editor,
We took note from the press that the Fixed Committee on Kingdom Relations of the Dutch House of Representatives will visit Bonaire on Thursday, 22 October 2026. However, the program, including planned activities and meetings with local of...
Dear Editor,
I request space in your publication to address what I consider a deeply troubling takeover of WIFOL union leadership. In my view, the circumstances raise serious questions about democratic procedures, membership eligibility, financial acc...
Dear Editor,
The making of Gods, from wo/man
Today—now, more than ever —with the political and technological distractions, the shifting truths on an earth within an incomprehensible universe, and a world with no inherent meaning except maybe the adulat...
Une île, deux territoires, mais des enjeux économiques largement partagés. Le jeudi 5 novembre 2026, la Chambre Consulaire Interprofessionnelle de Saint-Martin (CCISM) et la Sint Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry (COCI) ont franchi u...
La Collectivité de Saint-Martin informe les habitants de Quartier d’Orléans du démarrage des travaux de renouvellement des réseaux d’éclairage public, à compter du 26 octobre 2026, pour une durée prévisionnelle de 2 mois.
Dans la cadre du renou...
La Collectivité de Saint-Martin informe les usagers, de la fermeture temporaire de la Délégation Attractivité, Économie et Emploi à compter du lundi 19 octobre 2026.
En raison de travaux dans ses locaux de Concordia, la Délégation Attractivité, Économ...
