The Peoples Tribune

August 05, 2026

GREAT BAY--Government officials, healthcare professionals, researchers, legal experts, educators, business leaders, law enforcement representatives, civil society organizations, students and members of the public will gather on Friday, August 14, for the St. Maarten Symposium...

August 05, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication Grisha Heyliger-Marten has announced that discussions are underway toward establishing a possible Sister City relationship between St. Maarten and Miami-Dade County, subject to the approval of th...

August 05, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport and Telecommunication Grisha Heyliger-Marten has confirmed that utility company GEBE has fully cooperated with the Bureau Telecommunications and Post, BTP, and met all deadlines established as part of the independent...

August 05, 2026

AMSTERDAM--Twelve representatives of human rights and LGBTQIA+ organizations from Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, St. Maarten and Saba are participating in WorldPride Amsterdam this week, joining forces to promote visibility, mutual respect and equality across the Caribbean. The regi...

August 05, 2026

AMSTERDAM--Prime Minister Rob Jetten has warned that hatred and intolerance directed at the LGBTQI+ community are increasing, while progress achieved through decades of advocacy and legal reform is being weakened in countries around the world. Speaking on Wednesday at the Worl...

August 05, 2026

GREAT BAY-- Nation Opportunity Wealth (NOW) Member of Parliament (MP) and Vice Chair of the Justice Committee, Lyndon Lewis has expressed grave concern regarding the recent robberies in broad daylight. One of these robberies was committed in broad daylight, reportedly jus...

August 05, 2026

GREAT BAY--Outgoing National Recovery Program Bureau Director Claret Connor has expressed pride in the work accomplished under his leadership as he prepares to be sworn in on Wednesday, August 5, as Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, VSA. “It has been a p...

August 05, 2026

GREAT BAY--Member of Parliament Egbert Doran has described Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure Patrice Gumbs as the greatest obstacle currently facing the Ministry of VROMI, citing stalled projects, delayed permits, declining revenue co...

August 05, 2026

CAY HILL--St. Maarten Medical Center carried out 13,641 hemodialysis treatments in 2025, while continuing to expand the specialist services available to patients through a combination of permanently based and rotational doctors. The kidney-care figures form part of a much larg...

August 05, 2026

GREAT BAY--"The Minister and her defenders need to be honest with themselves and the people." Leader of the Nation Opportunity Wealth Party Christophe Emmanuel on Tuesday said Minister of Justice Nathalie Tackling exercised poor judgement by seeking advice from UNOPS on the ca...

August 05, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Government of St. Maarten began a structured effort to identify solutions to the country’s worsening traffic congestion when it issued a Request for Information, RFI, for mobility and traffic-management concepts on July 10, 2026. Companies, consortiums and other...

August 05, 2026

ORLÉANS, Saint-Martin--The reconstruction of the Thelbert Carti Stadium is set to move forward, with demolition of the existing facility scheduled to begin in the coming weeks and continue for approximately three months. Local officials and the representative of the French Sta...

August 04, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Board of Supervisory Directors of the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten, CBCS, has warned that the continued reliance on temporarily appointed members raises questions about democratic legitimacy and has urged the governments of both countries to complete...