~Annual Report celebrates overseas delegations but provides no breakdown of airfare, hotels or Per Diem~
PHILIPSBURG:--- Parliament of Sint Maarten spent an estimated Cg. 870,143 on travel for Members of Parliament during budget year 2025, while its latest Annual Report documents substantial declines in meetings, committee activity, motions and legislation passed.
The contrast is staggering.
Parliament’s actual expenditure for 2025 amounted to Cg. 13,304,941. According to its financial overvi...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Party for Progress (PFP), which has frequently emphasized accountability, transp...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Parliament of Sint Maarten recorded a substantial decline in meeting activity ...
~Peterson Records 35% Central Committee Attendance as PFP Ranks Last Overall~
PHILIPSBURG:--- T...
~Mother says gun discharged during desperate struggle; stolen vehicle later recovered in Agrément.~
M...
MARIGOT:--- Six candidates have officially entered the race to represent Saint-Martin in the F...
MARIGOT, Saint Martin:--- The territorial majority of the Rassemblement Saint-Martinois (RSMA)...
Colonel of the Gendarmerie confirms Thursday’s Marigot incident was a vehicle theft—not a kidnapping...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Parliament unanimously approved the installation and composition of its perman...
~Worker identifies recruiter only as “Abel,” says he is still owed $200 and the return of his rake a...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Former Member of Parliament and former Minister of VROMI Theodore Heyliger was taken...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Police Force of Sint Maarten (KPSM), in close cooperation with the Customs...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Government of St Maarten’s draft 2027 budget contains no clearly identified allo...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Sint Maarten is heading into 2027 without the financial cushion needed to abso...
PHILIPSBURG:--- St Maarten’s draft 2027 budget exposes serious financial risks involving SZV, ...
MARIGOT, Saint-Martin:--- The Territorial Council of Saint-Martin will meet in plenary session on Th...
PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):--- The Collective Prevention Service (CPS), an executive agency of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (VSA), is joining the Non-Governmental Organization community in adding its voice to encouraging...
PHILIPSBURG (DCOMM):--- Caribbean Wellness Day (CWD) will be observed across the region on Saturday, September 12, reminding Caribbean communities to take action and maintain healthy lifestyles under the theme “Our Mind. Our Body. Our Wel...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Department of Youth, within the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, continues to advance the development and implementation of the Early Childhood Development Curriculum Guide for Sint Maarten.
The ECD consu...
Dear Editor,
There is still a cloud of anger, suspicion, rumors, unanswered questions, and grief that hangs over the community of St. Peters and the entire island of St. Martin surrounding the fatal shooting of Mr. Rudy Benjamin on the evening of Febr...
Dear Editor,
Member of Parliament Ludmila de Weever suddenly found her voice.
During the 2026 budget debate, she unleashed a sweeping condemnation of unpaid government bills, the crises at GEBE and TelEm, the unfinished hospital, the financial pressure...
Dear Editor,
The solemn opening of St Maarten’s 2026-2027 Parliamentary Year should force this country to confront two serious questions: Where is the boundary between Church and State, and what happens when Parliament begins rewarding the media insti...
La Collectivité de Saint-Martin informe la population de l’ouverture de la fourrière animale du lundi 7 septembre au mardi 22 septembre 2026.
La fourrière animale a pour mission de capturer les chiens en divagation sur le domaine public. Les propriéta...