GREAT BAY--For most people, artificial intelligence still means asking a chatbot a question and receiving an answer. You type a request into ChatGPT, Gemini or another AI system, it responds, and you decide what happens next. But the technology industry is rapidly moving toward something more capable: AI that does not simply answer you, but can carry out tasks for you.

GREAT BAY--Minister of Finance Marinka Gumbs has provided Parliament with a detailed explanation of St. Maarten’s financial obligations related to the ENNIA resolution, while also acknowledging that several major fiscal risks, including healthcare fund deficits and other contingent liabilities, are not yet fully reflected in the 2027 national budget.

GREAT BAY--Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) Patrice Gumbs Jr. says Government is considering paid parking, multi-level parking facilities and public-private partnerships as part of efforts to address increasing parking pressure in commercial areas, particularly Philipsburg and Simpson Bay.

GREAT BAY--Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) Patrice Gumbs Jr. says Government’s housing policy is designed to expand the country’s housing supply through several approaches, with a strong focus on making better use of existing housing stock, increasing density and working with public and private sector partners.

LEIDEN, Netherlands--The House of Orange-Nassau earned the modern-day equivalent of nearly €576 million from the Netherlands’ colonial system, while generations of Dutch royals supported colonial expansion, slavery and the violent suppression of resistance, according to a major new investigation commissioned by King Willem-Alexander.

COLE BAY--Turkish businessman Sudi Özkan, founder and chairman of Princess International Group and a longtime investor in St. Maarten, has died at the age of 87, according to multiple reports from Turkey on Thursday.