The Most Worthy Performance of the 2026 St. Maarten Heineken Regatta went to local boat Ryan Hope Ross’s J 105 “More Zessin ’’.

PHILIPSBURG--Bernard Stroud (55), who was convicted on July 7, 2022, and sentenced to 17 years in prison for sexual offences involving four underage girls, insisted on Wednesday during his appeal hearing that he is innocent. Stating that he never raped or harmed a child, he begged the judges to free him from what he called “a never-ending nightmare.”

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).

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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.