PHILIPSBURG:--- The Ministry of VSA has officially launched the Healthcare Professional Registrar Project, funded through the Temporary Working Organization (TWO), as a key step toward strengthening patient safety, transparency, and trust within the national healthcare system.
For the first time, Sint Maarten will establish a local, publicly accessible register to ensure that healthcare professionals practicing on the island are properly qualified, meet national standards, and maintain the required professional competencies. This register will p...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of TEATT Grisha Heyliger Marten announced at the Council of Ministers press briefing on Wednesday that earlier this year, the...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The St. Maarten Communication Union is formally calling on the Government of St. Maarten to immediately initiate an independent and tr...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Trust Fund’s Enterprise Support Project (ESP) is moving into a new chapter focused on supporting the growth and sustainability of ...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (VSA), Mr. Richinel Brug, has formally requested the advice of the Social ...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Minister of Finance, Hon. Marinka J. Gumbs, recently paid a courtesy visit to the new office of the Algemene Pensioenfonds S...
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CAY HILL:--- St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) is pleased to introduce its two permanent Midwives, Midwife ...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The St. Maarten Communication Union (SMCU) has issued a blistering condemnation of the government’s handling of the crisis at TelEm, l...
PHILIPSBURG:--- In a move that signals a critical juncture for national fiscal planning, Member of Parliament Sarah A. Wescot-Williams has formally re...
PHILIPSBURG: --- The relationship between parliamentary oversight and independent auditing bodies is a cornerstone of good governance. Recently, a sig...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Police Force of Sint Maarten (KPSM) informs the public that the KPSM Action Team carried out several targeted enforcement and cont...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The House of Parliament will sit in a Public meeting on February 11, 2026.
The Public meeting is scheduled for Wednesday at 11.30 hrs. in the Legislative Hall at Wilhelminastraat #1 in Philipsburg.
The agenda points are:
1. Incoming docu...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Sint Maarten Tax Administration is pleased to announce that seniors aged 62 and older will receive priority service during the 2026 Motor Vehicle Sticker distribution at the Receiver's Office on Pond Island.
At Window 6, seni...
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Dear Editor,
We are writing today not out of choice, but out of necessity, to denounce an unacceptable and deeply disturbing situation involving the handling of a death in Philipsburg. What we are witnessing is an institutional failure.
The deceased is...
Dear Editor,
Traffic congestion on St. Maarten is nothing new. For residents, it has long been a daily frustration; for visitors, it is often their first and lasting impression of the island. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Cole Bay–Simpson B...
Dear Editor,
I would like to draw attention to an issue that affects me, and likely many other pensioners as well: the irregular and unpredictable payment of the ‘Uitkering bij wijze van Pensioen’ (Pension-like Allowance).
Over the past two years, I ha...
La Collectivité de Saint-Martin informe les administrés, de la fermeture exceptionnelle de la déchetterie de Galisbay l’après-midi du lundi 9 février 2026.
Le site de la déchetterie « Bienvenue » située route du port de Galisbay, Baie de la Potence es...
Fort du succès des deux premières éditions, le Conservatoire Européen d’Écriture Audiovisuelle renouvelle l’opération ATOM, qui permet depuis 2022 à
des talents ultramarins d’intégrer la formation longue certifiante de scénariste du CEEA. Gr...
La Commission de l'OECO félicite l'Institut mondial pour la croissance verte (GGGI) pour ses réalisations significatives dans la Caraïbe orientale au cours de l'année 2025, marquant une nouvelle année de collaboration fructueuse en faveur du développ...
