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DATE ISSUED: Friday, 24 January 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Saturday midday (12:00 LST) 25 January 2025A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICEWEATHER:This afternoon through Saturday midday: Partly cloudy to cloudy and slightly breezy with isolated showers.Forecast High: 30C / 86F              Forecast Low: 24C / 75FSunset Today: 6:03 P.M.                  Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:47 A.M.SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Saturday midday: Easterly with a gentle to moderate breeze of 6 to 14 mph and higher gusts possible.SYNOPSIS: Available moisture associated with a passing low-level trough will cause cloudy periods and showers, during this forecast period Read more

Mp Doran Denies 2021 Permit Hearing Claims

The building permit for The Phoenician issued by former Minister Doran in March 2024, weeks before he left office.

 

PHILIPSBURG--National Alliance Member of Parliament (MP) Egbert Doran, at the start of Wednesdays Parliamentary debate on beach management, took the opportunity to address discrepancies in an article published in that days edition of The Daily Herald Read more

Tribute To Whitney Houston Comes To St. Maarten Feb. 12

Belinda Davids

 

~ Early bird special on tickets ends Sat. ~

 MADAME ESTATE--Fans of the legendary late Whitney Houston are in for an unforgettable evening as The Greatest Love of All: A Tribute to Whitney Houston graces the stage at Aleeze Convention Center, Madame Estate, on Wednesday, February 12, starting at 8:00pm sharp.

The world-class show, headlined by the extraordinary Belinda Davids, will be a heartfelt homage to one of the greatest vocalists of all time Read more

DATE ISSUED: Thursday, January 23rd, 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Friday midday (12:00 LST) January 24th, 2025A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE WEATHER:   This afternoon through tonight: Cloudy at first, becoming partly cloudy with isolated showers.Friday morning through midday: Variably cloudy with scattered showers.Forecast High: 29C / 84F             Forecast Low: 24C / 75F  Sunset Today: 6:02 P.M Read more

Gumbs: Study Needed As To Why Soul Beach No Longer In Aruba

~ MOU to be signed with SCDF ~

PHILIPSBURG--A clearer study needs to be conducted as to why the Soul Beach Music Festival is no longer in Aruba, says Finance Minister Marinka Gumbs.

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Judge Orders Vromi Ministry To Justify Beacon Hill High-Rise Building Permits

Artists rendering of the Fan Coral Road 12 apartment complex in Beacon Hill.

 ~ Appeal proceedings delayed due to incomplete dossiers ~

PHILIPSBURG--The Court of Appeals was set to hear arguments on Monday regarding building permits issued by former Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure VROMI Egbert Doran (National Alliance) for two Read more

DATE ISSUED: Wednesday, 22nd January 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Thursday midday (12:00 LST) 23rd January 2025A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICEWEATHER:This afternoon through Thursday midday: Variably cloudy and breezy with isolated showers.Forecast High: 29C / 84F               Forecast Low: 24C / 75FSunset Today: 6:02 P.M.                   Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:47 A.M.SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Thursday midday: Easterly with a gentle to moderate breeze of 10 to 18 mph and occasional higher gusts.SYNOPSIS: Patches of low level clouds will cause cloudy periods and isolated showers as they move across the region Read more

DATE ISSUED: Tuesday 21st January 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Wednesday midday (12:00 LST) 22nd January 2025A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICEWEATHER:This afternoon and evening: Variably cloudy and breezy with isolated showers.Tonight, through Wednesday midday: Occasionally cloudy and breezy with scattered showers.Forecast High: 30C / 86F               Forecast Low:  23C / 73FSunset Today: 6:01 P.M.                   Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:47 A.M.SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Wednesday midday: Northeast to easterly with a moderate to fresh breeze of 13 to 20 mph and higher gusts.SYNOPSIS: Generally stable and breezy conditions persist this afternoon and evening Read more

Tackling: Allowing Heavily Tinted Vehicles Poses Risks That Outweigh Potential Benefit

A heavily tinted vehicle.

 

~ Experience support regulating excessive tint ~

PHILIPSBURG--Justice Minister Natalie Tackling made her position on allowing heavily tinted vehicles clear when asked about the matter during the parliamentary debate on the 2025 budget last week. She said allowing heavily tinted vehicles poses unnecessary risks that far outweigh any potential benefit.

The minister said while statistics provide valuable insights, practical enforcement experience and the precautionary principle strongly support regulating excessive tint as a measure to enhance public safety and road security.

Heavily tinted vehicles reduce driver visibility, particularly at night, increasing the likelihood of accidents and also obstruct visibility for other road users, creating further hazards on the road, the minister noted.

While only a minority of tinted vehicles may be used in crimes, the concealment they provide facilitates illegal activities such as transporting contraband or evading recognition after a crime, necessitating proactive regulation to minimize these risks, the Minister told Parliament.

She was at the time responding to questions from National Alliance (NA) Members of Parliament (MPs) Ardwell Irion and Egbert Doran who asked what data is being used to indicate that tint on vehicles will be dangerous Read more

DATE ISSUED: Monday 20th January 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Tuesday midday (12:00 LST) 21st January 2025A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICEWEATHER:This afternoon and evening: Fair to partly cloudy and breezy.Tonight, through Tuesday midday: Variably cloudy and breezy with isolated showers.Forecast High: 30C / 86F              Forecast Low:  26C / 79FSunset Today: 6:00 P.M.                   Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:47 A.M.SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Tuesday midday: Northeast to easterly with a gentle to fresh breeze of 10 to 20 mph and higher gusts.SYNOPSIS: Generally fair and breezy conditions continue, as a stable and relatively dry atmosphere dominates Read more

DATE ISSUED: Friday 17th January 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Saturday midday (12:00 LST) 18th January 2025A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE WEATHER:This afternoon through Saturday midday: Variably cloudy and breezy with isolated showers.Forecast High: 29C / 84F               Forecast Low: 25C / 77FSunset Today: 5:58 P.M.                   Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:47 A.M.SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Saturday midday: Northeasterly to easterly with a gentle to moderate breeze of 8 to 18 mph and possible higher gusts.SYNOPSIS: A shear line will account for cloudiness and showers across the region Read more

Silver Airways Winter Season Permit For Anguilla Revoked

ANGUILLA--The government of Anguilla and the Air and Sea Ports Authority (AASPA) are advising the general public that effective January 15, the seasonal permit granted to Silver Airways to service a flight from Puerto Rico to Anguilla has been revoked. The decision was made in conjunction with the Air Navigation (Overseas Territory) Order due to the non-payment of fees in the sum of US $1 Read more

Automated Priority Dispatch System To Be Fully Implemented 2Nd Quarter 2025

Several ambulances are seen outside the St. Maarten Medical Center.

 PHILIPSBURG--The St. Maarten Ambulance Department Automated Priority Dispatch System is expected to be fully implemented by the end of the second quarter of 2025, Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor VSA Richinel Brug told Parliament on Thurs Read more

DATE ISSUED: Thursday, 16th January 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Friday midday (12:00 LST) 17th January 2025WEATHER:This afternoon through Friday midday: Partly cloudy with brief isolated showers possible.Forecast High: 30C / 86F               Forecast Low: 24C / 75FSunset Today: 5:58 P.M.                   Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:47 A.M.SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Friday midday: Northeasterly with a gentle to moderate breeze of 8 to 16 mph.SYNOPSIS: Patches of low level clouds trailing a shear line may cause brief isolated showers Read more

Doran Calls For Urgent Action On Public Health And Housing

PHILIPSBURG--National Alliance (NA) Member of Parliament (MP) Egbert Doran made a call for urgent action on public health and housing during the second day of the debate on the draft 2025 budget in Parliament on Tuesday.

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Education Minister Requests Investigation Into Fight Between School Bus Driver, Student

A screen grab of the altercation between the bus driver and student.

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Education, Culture Youth and Sport (ECYS) Melissa Gumbs has requested a thorough investigation into an incident involving a school bus driver and a student outside a school bus on Tuesday.

 A video of the incident that was circulating widely on social media on Tuesday captioned bus driver vs student shows the school bus driver holding the student by his top against the school bus and pushing him away from the bus Read more

DATE ISSUED: Wednesday 15th January 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Thursday midday (12:00 LST) 16th January 2025WEATHER:This afternoon through Thursday midday: Variably cloudy and occasionally breezy. Light rain-showers are likely.Forecast High: 30C / 86F               Forecast Low:  24C / 75FSunset Today: 5:57 P.M.                   Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:47 A.M.SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Thursday midday: North to northeasterly with a gentle to moderate breeze of 8 to 15 mph.SYNOPSIS: Relatively stable conditions remain in the wake of a frontal boundary Read more

Lewis: Merchants Using Benches On Front Street As Laundry Line

 ~ Many dilapidated ~

 PHILIPSBURG--Nation Opportunity Wealth (NOW) Member of Parliament (MP) Lyndon Lewis is concerned about the state and use of the concrete benches that have been placed along Front Street saying that not only are many of them dilapidated, but merchants are using some of them similar to laundry lines placing mats and other wet objects to dry.

He relayed his concerns during the continuation of the public meeting of Parliament on the draft 2025 budget on Tuesday Read more

2% Cola For Subsidised School Teachers Paid To Schools Last Week

Finance Minister Marinka Gumbs.

 

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Finance, Marinka Gumbs, announced on Tuesday evening that long-awaited two per cent cost-of-living adj Read more

DATE ISSUED: Tuesday 14th January 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Wednesday midday (12:00 LST) 15th January 2025WEATHER:This afternoon and evening: Variably cloudy with scattered rain-showers.Tonight, through Wednesday midday: Variably cloudy. Forecast High: 30C / 86F               Forecast Low: 23C / 73FSunset Today: 5:57 P.M.                   Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:47 A.M.SURFACE WINDS: Today through Wednesday midday: North to northeasterly with a light to moderate breeze of 4 to 15 mph.SYNOPSIS: A frontal boundary is affecting the area Read more

Govt. To Explore Charging Airlines To Use Airspace As Revenue Stream

Finance Minister Marinka Gumbs.

 

PHILIPSBURG--Finance Minister Marinka Gumbs in conjunction with Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommun Read more

Kadaster And Kitlv To Preserve St. MaartenS Heritage Documents

Professors Francio Guadaloupe (left) and Diana Suhardiman (right) with Anelski Jundri Richardson of Kadaster.

PHILIPSBURG--Kadaster St. Maarten and the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies KITLV have entered into a partnership to enhance the conservation and management of the islands historical documents. This collaboration, initiated by Professor Francio Guadeloupe under the Islanders on the Helm project, aims to safeguard vital heritage records for future generations.

The agreement focuses on specialized training for Kadaster staff, encompassing both technical aspects of document preservation and essential soft skills for effective file management Read more

DATE ISSUED: Monday, January 13, 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Tuesday midday (12:00 LST) January 14, 2025WEATHER:This afternoon through tonight: Mainly fair.Tuesday morning through midday: Mostly fair to partly cloudy and brief isolated showers possible.Forecast High: 30C / 86F               Forecast Low: 24C / 75FSunset Today: 5:56 P.M.                   Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:47 A.M.SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Tuesday midday: North northeasterly with a light to gentle breeze of 04 to 10 mph.SYNOPSIS: A dry and stable atmosphere with light winds will prevail through tonight Read more

DATE ISSUED: Friday, January 10th, 2025 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Saturday midday (12:00 LST) January 11th, 2025A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE WEATHER:   This afternoon: Generally fair.Tonight through Saturday midday: Partly cloudy with brief isolated showers possible.Forecast High: 29C / 84F             Forecast Low: 24C / 75F  Sunset Today: 5:54 P.M Read more