GREAT BAY--The Let’s ACT program has officially launched its Community Engagement Research component with a first Research Working session, bringing together the nine local cultural project coordinators and nine medical students from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC). The initiative is conducted in collaboration with Howard University in Washington DC as part of a structured academic partnership.

BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts and Nevis--U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in the Caribbean on Wednesday and began talks with leaders in the region who are warning that a growing humanitarian crisis in Cuba could destabilize their region.

GREAT BAY--Minister of Justice Nathalie Tackling on Wednesday delved a little deeper into the government’s decision to formalize a one-year agreement with Suriname to provide temporary operational support at the Point Blanche Prison, describing the measure as a carefully structured response to ongoing staffing and operational pressure at the facility.

GREAT BAY--As of February 25, the Sint Maarten Tax Administration reports that 11,898 QR code stickers, about 23% of the total 51,869 ordered, have been sold for the 2026 Motor Vehicle Stickers period.

GREAT BAY--Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI), Patrice Gumbs, has provided an update on ongoing challenges affecting garbage collection, public bin placement, and waste enforcement across St. Maarten, with particular focus on Philipsburg and the Boardwalk area.

GREAT BAY--Minister of VROMI Patrice Gumbs had fairly straight forward and blunt personal opinion on Wednesday: if leaders campaign on traffic congestion and infrastructure failures, but refuse to take the steps needed to address them because those steps may cost votes, then the same unresolved issues will continue dominating elections for years to come.