Audit Chamber Raises concerns over air quality oversight.

PHILIPSBURG:--- The General Audit Chamber published a mini audit on the monitoring of air quality, examining whether the government has adequate systems in place to measure, manage, and report on air quality over time. The audit does not assess whether the air on St. Maarten is good or bad, but focuses on governance, monitoring capacity, and policy arrangements.
The report finds that, although air quality is mentioned in national strategies and policy documents, there is currently no fully operational government system to structurally monitor ai...

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RISE Foundation and St. Maarten Timeshare Association Improve Access to Drinking Water at Local Schools (Online).

PHILIPSBURG:---  RISE Foundation, in collaboration with the St. Maarten Timeshare Association (SMTA), has delivered 14 water coolers and 42 large water bottles to support students at Leonald Conner School, Oranje School, and RISE Foundation’s youth education programs.
With the support of volunteers, the RISE Foundation team coordinated the loading and delivery of the equipment. The donation supports students’ well-being, comfort, and focus throughout the school day, and is expected to benefit more than 300 students.
Of the 14 water coolers d...

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Two Arrests Made in Ongoing Major Crime Investigation.

PHILIPSBURG:--- As part of an intensified and ongoing effort to combat serious and organized crime, detectives of the Police Force of Sint Maarten (KPSM) arrested two suspects on Monday, January 27, 2026, on Madrid Road in the Dutch Quarter.
One of the suspects, identified by the initials E.E.R., is suspected of involvement in multiple violent incidents, including an attempted murder related to a shooting that occurred on November 20, 2024, at Kimsha Beach. This suspect is also suspected of involvement in a second shooting incident that took pla...

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Traffic Accident with Injuries on Welfare Road.

PHILIPSBURG:--- Officers of the Sint Maarten Police Force (KPSM) responded to a traffic accident resulting in injuries on Welfare Road on Monday morning, January 26, 2026.

At approximately 6:17 a.m., several police patrol units and ambulance personnel were dispatched to the scene near a well-known nightclub on Welfare Road.

According to preliminary investigations, a passenger vehicle and a scooter were traveling in the same direction on Welfare Road from Airport Road toward Billy Folly Road. The scooter rider, apparently distracted, collided with...

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