WASHINGTON--More than a week after President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. military had blown up a boat off Venezuela, the operation - which killed 11 people - largely remains a mystery to many in Washington.

Governor Ajamu Baly delivering his address to a capacity filled House of Parliament.

PHILIPSBURG--“It is time for St. Maarten to embrace, commit and most of all act on its development goals,” Governor Ajamu Baly said on Tuesday as he opened the 2025–2026 Parliamentary Year at the House of Parliament.

PHILIPSBURG--The Parliament of St Maarten will be focusing on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the new parliamentary year and has adopted as its theme "Building digital trust: exploring a national AI strategy and further development of an Open Parliament."

AIRPORT--Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) announced that progress is looking positive in efforts to remove the WestJet aircraft from the runway. A specialized recovery team from WestJet is currently on site to complete the operation.

Airport firefighters near the right engine that scraped along the runway at Princess Juliana International Airport.

AIRPORT--Panic and smoke filled the air on Sunday afternoon when a WestJet Boeing 737-800 aircraft from Toronto, Canada, suffered an apparent landing gear collapse at Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA), sending the plane skidding down the runway and forcing the airport to shut down.