The Peoples Tribune

June 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Melissa D. Gumbs has issued a detailed clarification following public comments by the Windward Islands Teachers’ Union concerning classroom conditions at the Marie Genevieve de Weever Primary School. Minister Gumb...

June 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--Former Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel says any move by government to appoint a local temporary manager at NV GEBE must be based on competence, a clear mandate and public accountability, not symbolism. “It cannot be business as usual with a local face. The...

June 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--Jru’s Essential Business Solutions (J.E.B.S.) has made a financial contribution to promising young athletes Nahjah Wyatte and Carlos Brison Cainez as they prepare to compete in the prestigious ASICS NK Dutch Championships, taking place in the Netherlands from June 2...

June 10, 2026

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦’𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘭𝘶𝘪...

June 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--Antonio Carmona Báez and Tadzio Bervoets received the Presidents Award at the 23rd edition of the St. Martin Book Fair on June 6, 2026. The presentation of the Presidents Award was the final highlight of the two-day literary festival, according to Book Fair Committe...

June 10, 2026

THE HAGUE--Zenarah Brown, the current Miss Dutch Caribbean Teen, has launched a GoFundMe campaign to support her participation in the Miss Netherlands Teen pageant, where she will once again represent St. Maarten on a national stage. Brown said the pageant gives her an opportu...

June 09, 2026

GREAT BAY--Member of Parliament Francisco Lacroes is calling on Prime Minister Dr. Luc Mercelina, in his capacity as Acting Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, VSA, to explain what safeguards are being put in place to protect civil servants, advisors,...

June 09, 2026

GREAT BAY--A group of affected staff members of the Charlotte Brookson Academy for the Performing Arts, CBA, is calling for urgent transparency from the school’s Board of Directors over pension deductions that they say have been withheld from employee salaries but not remitted...

June 09, 2026

GREAT BAY--Former Member of Parliament and community leader Cloyd Ohndae Marlin is renewing his call for NV GEBE to place greater confidence in local leadership, following reports of resignations within the company’s management structure. Marlin said the latest developments re...

June 09, 2026

GREAT BAY-- NV GEBE Transition Manager Thomas Roggendorf has submitted his conditional resignation, with his final day at the utility company set for June 12, 2026, according to an internal notice issued to staff. Reportedly the CFO and possibly the COO of GEBE will soon...

June 09, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Association for Consumer Protection St. Maarten, ACP-SXM, is calling on the public to reject violence and refrain from any aggressive behavior toward NV GEBE employees, following a report that a GEBE employee was attacked on Tuesday morning and had to defend him...

June 09, 2026

THE HAGUE--The Dutch House of Representatives has approved legislation to increase the number of Island Council members and executive council members in Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, a move intended to strengthen local democracy and improve administrative capacity in t...

June 09, 2026

CAYMAN ISLANDS--Motorworld Group, authorized distributor of Chery across the Caribbean region, has launched the Chery brand in the Cayman Islands through its dealer partner, Arch Automotive. The brand made its public debut on May 30 at the Out of This World Music Festival, whi...