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September 08, 2026

GREAT BAY- - Chairlady of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams is urging government ministries to make greater use of existing laws to issue fines, impose penalties and generate revenue, while warning that limited legal and administrative capacity could slow the government’s...

September 08, 2026

GREAT BAY--Parliament will not repeat the written-question procedure used during the handling of Budget 2026 when it begins deliberations on the 2027 national budget, Chairlady of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams confirmed Tuesday, saying MPs will return to the regular Ce...

September 08, 2026

GREAT BAY- - Prime Minister Dr. Luc Mercelina described Tuesday’s official presentation of the 2027 national budget to Parliament as a historic moment, saying it is the first time since St. Maarten became a country on 10-10-10 that a national budget has been submitted bot...

September 08, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Finance Marinka Gumbs formally presented the 2027 national budget to Parliament on Tuesday within the timeframe required by law, but cautioned against treating the timely submission as an accomplishment, saying government’s real test will be whether...

September 08, 2026

GREAT BAY--St. Maarten marine biologist and natural resource manager Tadzio Bervoets recently led three days of hands-on training in Barbados aimed at strengthening sustainable fisheries management and marine spatial planning across the region. The training was held from Septe...

September 08, 2026

GREAT BAY/THE HAGUE--Children and young people in St. Maarten and across the Dutch Caribbean are expected to benefit from a new four-year effort to make theater and cultural education more accessible throughout the Kingdom of the Netherlands. More than 80 organizations from th...

September 08, 2026

The Collective Prevention Service (CPS) COVID-19 vaccination clinic will be open by appointment only on Friday, September 18, 2026. CPS reminds the community that COVID-19 has not disappeared. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) latest global respiratory virus upd...

September 08, 2026

PHILIPSBURG--Prime Minister Dr Luc Mercelina says government should move toward buying buildings rather than continually renting properties from third parties, with the long-term goal of leaving the country with government-owned assets.  Speaking at a press conference in...

September 08, 2026

GREAT BAY--St. Maarten must continue strengthening its institutions, modernizing public administration and building a professional government capable of meeting the responsibilities of an autonomous country, His Excellency Governor Ajamu Baly said Tuesday at the opening of the...

September 08, 2026

GREAT BAY--The St. Maarten/St. Martin Annual Regional Tradeshow, SMART, will return from June 14 to 18, 2027, with registration now officially open and organizers again using an early-booking system intended to give participating businesses first choice of space and lower regi...

September 08, 2026

In the first two installments of The People’s Tribune’s Prostate Cancer Awareness Series, we looked at the possible warning signs of prostate cancer and explained what a PSA blood test can, and cannot, tell you. The next question is particularly important for our community: Ar...

September 08, 2026

Command transfer to Glenn Werleman ORANJESTAD/WILLEMSTAD--Two new Commanders for the Aruba Militia (AruMil) and Curaçao Militia (CurMil), respectively Glenn Werleman and Ryan Cabenda, were officially installed during change-of-command ceremonies on both islands. According to a...

September 08, 2026

The ministers of justice from Curaçao, Aruba and the Netherlands together with St. Maarten Justice Minister Nathalie Tackling during the Judicial Four-Party Consultation (JVO) in Curaçao last week. Discussions of youth crime prevention, organised and cross-border crime, border...