The Peoples Tribune

August 11, 2026

AMSTERDAM--St. Maarten parents and students seeking accommodation in the Netherlands should exercise increased caution when responding to housing advertisements online, particularly on social media, following a sharp rise in reports of fraudulent student housing advertisements...

August 11, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, VSA, Claret Connor has confirmed that all St. Maarten patients currently receiving medical treatment in Colombia have been accounted for and are safe following the powerful earthquake that struck the country o...

August 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Police Force of St. Maarten, KPSM, together with the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, KMar, and the Immigration Department, conducted a control operation at an adult entertainment establishment in Oyster Pond on Saturday night, August 8, 2026, following informati...

August 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Democratic Party has welcomed the appointment of Claret Connor as Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, VSA, while stressing the need for immediate attention to several pressing health, social and labor issues affecting St. Maarten. The party...

August 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--Longtime community contributors Cesar Gomez and Mayra Provence have donated more than 20 pairs of brand-name Nike and New Balance shoes to Sister Borgia Primary School as part of their continued effort to support families and children at the start of the new school...

August 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--Members of the Workers Institute for Organized Labour Association, WIFOL, are moving ahead with an open search for a new union leader after longtime President Theophilus Emanuel Thompson failed to respond to repeated correspondence asking him to convene a membership...

August 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--St. Maarten marine conservationist Tadzio Bervoets has completed a series of professional engagements in Australia and New Zealand focused on coral reef restoration, climate resilience, environmental monitoring and stronger regional responses to coral reef emergenci...

August 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--Two of St. Maarten's major yachting facilities, Simpson Bay Marina and Yacht Club Isle de Sol, are on course to come under the ownership of Blackstone-backed Safe Harbor Marinas following a definitive US $1.5 billion agreement to acquire MarineMax Inc., the parent c...

August 10, 2026

GREAT BAY -- Minister of Finance Marinka J. Gumbs reflected on an important chapter in her own professional career as she delivered a farewell address marking the retirement of Paul van Vliet after 38 years of service to the profession and business community of St. Maarte...

August 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--Member of Parliament Dimar Labega is calling for a structured national discussion on whether St. Maarten’s laws governing self-defense, firearm licensing and private security remain adequate in light of present-day crime and public-safety concerns. Labega stressed t...

August 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Melissa Gumbs used Sunday’s Back to School Expo to make a direct appeal to parents, teachers, businesses, community organizations and students to carry the spirit of cooperation displayed at the event into the 2026-202...

August 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--The St. Maarten Association for Development Environment (SMADE) has set an ambitious 2026 agenda centered on increasing the participation of qualified local companies and professionals in major public and private development projects, and a closer look at its newly...

August 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--Nearly three years after St. Maarten and France signed an agreement intended to finally establish a precise legal boundary between the northern and southern sides of the island, the treaty is moving through the final stages required before it can enter into force. T...