PHILIPSBURG--A man was found deceased aboard a vessel in Simpson Bay Lagoon during the night of Tuesday, March 3, into Wednesday, March 4, 2026, according to St. Maarten Police Force KPSM.  

PHILIPSBURG--The Ombudsman has launched a systemic investigation into the administrative practices of Social and Health Insurance SZV following a complaint involving the suspension of medical treatment abroad, the forced repatriation of an insured person, and the imposition of financial consequences, without a formal written administrative decision.

Artist impression of the new Sr. Marie Laurence School (Photo courtesy www.lyongo.com).

~Trini contractor only bid submitted~

MIDDLE REGION--The reconstruction of the Sr. Marie Laurence School in Middle Region is set to begin in the first week of March 2026, Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (ECYS) Melissa Gumbs said during her MECYS livestream on Tuesday.

On arrival, officers discovered an overturned SUV with a man and a woman inside, both unresponsive.

PHILIPSBURG--St. Maarten Police Force KPSM has confirmed that a traffic incident in the early hours of Monday, March 2, on Arlet Peters Road (also known as Old Cake House Road) is now being treated as a double homicide.

USM President Dr. Antonio Carmona Báez.

POND ISLAND--University of St. Martin (USM) President Antonio Carmona Báez said there is a need for stronger structural government funding and coordinated investment to ensure the long-term sustainability and growth of the country’s sole higher education institution.