The Peoples Tribune

August 27, 2026

GREAT BAY--Native Nation St. Maarten is celebrating a new milestone after more than 2,600 recyclable bottles were collected during its latest Farmers Market & Recycling Drive, marking the largest bottle collection recorded by the initiative to date. The organization said t...

August 27, 2026

GREAT BAY--Civil servants are set to receive the long-awaited 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment, retroactive to January 2026, once Parliament approves the 2026 National Budget and Government moves forward with the payment process, Minister of Finance Marinka Gumbs has stated...

August 27, 2026

GREAT BAY--Exactly one week after Parliament opened debate on the 2026 national budget, Members of Parliament will return to the floor Thursday for what is expected to be one of the most consequential stages of the process, voting on 15 motions and 10 budget amendments submitt...

August 27, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Finance Marinka Gumbs on Wednesday asked Member of Parliament Sjamira Roseburg to share her draft legislation on personalized license plates so that the proposal can be followed up with the legislative lawyers of the Department of Legal Affairs, providin...

August 27, 2026

GREAT BAY--Prime Minister Dr. Luc Mercelina and Member of Parliament Omar Ottley are scheduled to meet on September 15 to discuss possible additional relief measures for the people of St. Maarten, in what Mercelina described as a willingness to work across political lines for...

August 27, 2026

“𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘳. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵...

August 27, 2026

GREAT BAY--As students and educators across St. Maarten return to the classroom, TelEm Group is extending best wishes to the entire school community for a successful, inspiring and rewarding new school year, while reaffirming its longstanding commitment to supporting educ...

August 27, 2026

GREAT BAY--A new scientific study examining sharks and rays across the Dutch Caribbean has found that Caribbean reef sharks become less common in coastal areas affected by heavier development and intensive diving activity, findings with direct relevance for St. Maarten as...

August 27, 2026

GREAT BAY--Member of Parliament Sjamira Roseburg has submitted a budget-neutral amendment to the 2026 national budget to make Cg 100,000 available for the temporary hiring of legislative lawyers, describing the proposal as a practical follow-up to a motion she authored in 2025...

August 27, 2026

GREAT BAY--Member of Parliament Veronica Jansen-Webster has submitted two amendments to the 2026 national budget, one aimed at temporarily strengthening critical staffing capacity within the Ministry of General Affairs and a second seeking to increase funding for Financia...

August 27, 2026

GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Melissa Gumbs has pushed back against the argument that St. Maarten is “not ready” to address cannabis legislation, saying the country has already been living with cannabis use, youth exposure and an unre...

August 27, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Methodist Agogic Centre Comprehensive Secondary Education, MAC CSE Clinton J. Spring Campus, is celebrating one of its strongest academic performances to date following the release of the June 2026 CXC CSEC examination results, with 13 subjects recording a...

August 26, 2026

GREAT BAY, St. Maarten –Member of Parliament Egbert J. Doran has tabled two motions during the 2026 budget debate, one calling for a review and modernization of St. Maarten’s firearm legislation, including protection provisions for qualifying Justice personnel, and another see...