The Ministry of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport & Telecommunication (TEATT), in collaboration with Qredits Microfinance St. Maarten, and supported through the E6 Country Package funded by the Temporary Work Organization (TWO), on Thursday announced the first two recipients of agricultural loans under the Agriculture Business Academy framework.

Former baseball player Hamilton Richardson has died at the age of 85, Sparta Rotterdam announced on its website. The club did not disclose a cause of death. Richardson is widely regarded as one of the top players to compete in the Dutch baseball league.

Her Excellency Alida Francis, Island Governor of St. Eustatius, says her office is closely monitoring developments in and around Venezuela in coordination with the National Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, emphasizing preparedness, public order, and continued readiness for medical evacuation.

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (ECYS) and the Ministry of Public Health, Social Affairs & Labor are taking concrete steps to strengthen national capacity in critical technical fields

Port St. Maarten closed 2025 with a preliminary total of 1,597,940 cruise passengers across 592 cruise calls, the island’s highest annual cruise passenger count since the pre-pandemic year 2019 and a clear signal of sustained momentum in the cruise sector.

The Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, Richinel Brug, on Wednesday confirmed that SZV Social & Health Insurances will reopen its doors for in-person services for senior citizens beginning in the week of Monday, January 26, 2026.