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 Herald

MP 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 Tribune

GREAT 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 Maarten

The 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...

September 25, 2026

Netherlands moves toward legalizing water cremation as new funeral option | The Peoples Tribune

THE NETHERLANDS--The Netherlands is moving toward allowing water cremation, also known as alkaline hydrolysis or resomation, as a legal alternative to traditional burial and flame cremation under a proposed overhaul of the country’s funeral legislation. The planned change form...