WIB Country Manager Daisy Tyrol-Carolus.

PHILIPSBURG--Since taking the helm at The Windward Islands Bank (WIB) in 2023, Country Manager Daisy Tyrol-Carolus has been focused on three key goals: making banking more customer-friendly, pushing digital innovation, and staying deeply connected to the community, all while keeping the bank’s personal, human approach at the centre.

ECYS Minister Melissa Gumbs.

PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (ECYS) Melissa Gumbs is calling on schools to begin preparing their institution for the policy shift that is expected ahead of the still-to-be-enacted legislation that will ban hair discrimination in all learning institutions.

DUTCH QUARTER--While public and subsidised schools across the country will officially reopen on Wednesday, August 20, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Primary School (MLK) will reopen on Monday, August 25 at 7:30am, the school announced on Tuesday afternoon.

St. Dominic High School

PHILIPSBURG--The six Catholic schools in St. Maarten will open the 2025–2026 academic year with full staff and new academic offerings, including expanded International Baccalaureate (IB) programme at St. Dominic High School.

A QR code shows how the public can donate online to help cover employees’ living expenses in addition to the donation box outside the store. (Robert Luckock photo)

HOPE ESTATE--Following a press conference organised by union UNI.T 978 on Thursday on behalf of the striking Grand Maison employees, the Guadeloupe-based management of the store issued a press release to the media the next day.