October 04, 2026
Valeska Laurant earns Toastmasters’ highest Educational Award | The Peoples TribuneSXM Talks — Latest News from St. Maarten / St. Martin
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October 04, 2026
OpenAI Warns More Than 100 Organizations About Rogue AI Agent Activity | The Peoples Tribune
October 04, 2026
Free Migratory Bird Festival at Amuseum Naturalis on Saturday October 10th | Soualiganewsday
October 04, 2026
Government grants civil Servants Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve off | The Peoples TribuneGREAT BAY--The Council of Ministers has approved two full days off for civil servants for the remainder of 2026, Christmas Eve on Thursday, December 24, and New Year’s Eve on Thursday, December 31. The approved days off are subject to the condition that the service permits. Ci...
October 02, 2026
AI agents are coming: What Exactly are they and why do they matter? | The Peoples TribuneGREAT 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 towar...
October 02, 2026
Finance Minister clarifies ENNIA costs, fiscal risks and SZV fund pressures | The Peoples TribuneGREAT 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 conti...
October 02, 2026
Gumbs: Paid parking and parking garages being considered for Philipsburg, Simpson Bay | The Peoples TribuneGREAT 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 pressu...
October 02, 2026
Gumbs: housing policy focuses on reuse, densification and new partnerships | The Peoples TribuneGREAT 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 existin...
October 02, 2026
Dutch Royal House earned nearly €576 Million from colonial system | The Peoples TribuneLEIDEN, 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 majo...
October 02, 2026
Princess International Founder, St. Maarten Investor Sudi Özkan Dies at 87 | The Peoples TribuneCOLE 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. Özkan, whose international business interests included...
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GREAT BAY--When most people think about breast cancer, they think about finding a lump. A lump is one of the best-known warning signs, but it is not the only change that can signal a problem. As The Peoples’ Tribune begins its Breast Cancer Awareness Series, the first message...
Read more : Breast Cancer does not always start with a lump | The Peoples Tribune
October 02, 2026
Saba Lace Ladies take island’s heritage to A’dam craft festival | The Daily Herald
Members of the Saba delegation at the Saba Lace stand during the “Ambacht in Beeld” festival in Amsterdam. Front row (from left): Saba Lace Ladies Madelyn Johnson, Alma Peggy Barnes and Miranda Simmons. Back row (from left): Public Entity Saba’s Island Secretary Bram Streppel,...
October 02, 2026
Wescot-Williams: Kingdom Summit and IPKO serve different roles | The Peoples Tribune
GREAT BAY--President of Parliament MP Sarah Wescot-Williams says the upcoming Kingdom Summit and the Interparliamentary Kingdom Consultation (IPKO) should not be viewed as competing or duplicating structures, stressing that one brings together the governments of the Kingdom wh...
October 02, 2026
Gumbs extends condolences on passing of cultural icon Louis ‘Pork Chop’ Richardson | The Daily HeraldMinister ECYS Melissa Gumbs standing with cultural icon Louis “Pork Chop” Lambert Richardson at the Sage Cultural Award ceremony on December 13, 2024. (File photo) PHILIPSBURG--Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (ECYS) Melissa Gumbs has extended condolences to the...
October 02, 2026
Aruba tourism plan proposes new $25 visitor fee on top of existing $20 charge | The Peoples TribuneORANJESTAD, Aruba--Visitors to Aruba could face several new and higher tourism charges beginning in 2027 under a draft government tourism plan, including a new US$25 fee for eligible stay-over visitors that would be charged in addition to Aruba’s existing US$20 Sustainability...
October 02, 2026
USM welcomes new CFY cohort with two-day orientation programme | The Daily HeraldA scene during one of the sessions. PHILIPSBURG--The University of St. Martin (USM) welcomed its new Caribbean Foundation Year (CFY) students on Thursday, October 1, with the first day of a two-day orientation programme designed to prepare students for the start of classes. Th...
October 02, 2026
Queen of Essence & Mind inspires Group 2 pupils through reading visit | The Daily HeraldThe Queen of the Essence, and Mind, Khadijah Muller during the class visit. PHILIPSBURG--As part of its Literacy Month activities, Oranje School Group 2 students welcomed the Queen of the Essence and Mind Khadijah Muller, to their classroom for a special reading session recent...
October 02, 2026
Trust Fund's Mental Health Project Making Mental Health Support Easier to Access in Sint Maarten | SoualiganewsdaySINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - The Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor (VSA), together with the NRPB are working towards reforming how people access appropriate mental health care support in Sint Maarten. Under the Improving Mental Health Services Project, seve...
October 02, 2026
MP Roseburg Welcomes Ministry's Openness to Business Donations of Security Cameras | SoualiganewsdaySINT MAARTEN (GREAT BAY) - Member of Parliament (MP) Sjamira Roseburg says she is pleased that the Ministry has confirmed that donations of security cameras from the business community are welcome as part of efforts to improve public safety on Sint Maarten. Speaking during the...
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October 02, 2026
NV GEBE meter checks remain largely reactive | The Daily HeraldPHILIPSBURG--Utilities company NV GEBE does not currently conduct comprehensive, system-wide testing of all electricity and water meters, with investigations generally taking place when customers report suspected billing or consumption problems or when an issue is identified i...
Read more : NV GEBE meter checks remain largely reactive | The Daily Herald
October 01, 2026
St. Maarten’s high season airlift grows with new routes, returning flights and larger aircraft | The Peoples Tribune
GREAT BAY--With the Caribbean’s winter tourism season approaching, St. Maarten is beginning to see the familiar buildup in airlift that accompanies the busiest travel months of the year. This season, however, the increase is coming from several directions at once, including a...
September 30, 2026
Tourist Police to carry batons and handcuffs as Justice targets 20 recruits | The Peoples Tribune
GREAT BAY--Minister of Justice Nathalie Tackling says St. Maarten’s planned tourist police officers will be permitted to carry batons and handcuffs, while the Ministry is also studying whether equipment such as pepper spray and stun guns could eventually form part of their ope...
September 29, 2026
Lacroes suggests Causeway toll as possible source of govt. revenue | The Daily HeraldMP Francisco Lacroes. PHILIPSBURG--United People’s party (UP) Member of Parliament (MP) Francisco Lacroes has suggested introducing a toll on the Causeway Bridge as a possible way for the government to generate revenue and help reduce costs. Lacroes made the suggestion during...
September 29, 2026
New figures indicate 73.6% of St. Maarten adults overweight, nearly 44% obese | The Peoples TribuneGREAT BAY--Nearly three out of every four adults in St. Maarten are overweight and almost 44 percent are obese, according to figures attributed to the country’s 2023-2024 PAHO/WHO STEPS Survey, placing St. Maarten alongside Aruba in confronting extremely high levels of overwei...
September 28, 2026
Foundation Poured for new Soualiga Marketplace | Government of Sint MaartenThe first concrete of the new Soualiga Marketplace is now in place, following the pouring of its foundation and floor slab, with Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication Grisha Heyliger-Marten on hand to witness the event. The work on Thursd...
