Local News

September 02, 2026

At 8 a.m. yesterday, the road from Spring to Concordia saw a steady stream of cars, backpacks, and uniforms. In front of Daniella Jeffry Vocational High School, students trickled in, some accompanied by their parents. Between the nervousness of discovering a new classroom, the...

September 02, 2026

Last Friday the Rector of the Guadeloupe academic region Gabriele Fioni visited Soualiga College for a back-to-school meeting with managers and staff of the National Education system , in the presence of, among others, the Secretary General of the Academic Region and the Acade...

September 02, 2026

THE HAGUE--The Dutch government is pushing for St. Maarten and the other Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) within the Kingdom to gain broader and easier access to European Union funding under the EU’s next long-term budget covering 2028-2034. State Secretary for the In...

September 02, 2026

GREAT BAY--Member of Parliament Egbert Doran has prevailed in a court case brought against him personally by Alegria Real Estate N.V. over a decision he made while serving as Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) concerning approx...

September 02, 2026

GREAT BAY--FREEGAN Foundation is opening its doors to residents across St. Maarten for a series of free Community Mornings designed to give people a welcoming place to meet others, enjoy a meal, participate in activities or simply spend time in good company. The initiativ...

September 01, 2026

GREAT BAY--Former President of the Windward Islands Teachers Union (WITU), Stuart Johnson, says confirmation that the criminal investigation into the alleged disappearance of nearly NAf. 2 million from the Charlotte Brookson Academy for the Performing Arts (CBA) has entered it...

September 01, 2026

GREAT BAY--Commercial attorney Thaïsa Heymans has joined DEJONG effective September 1, 2026, strengthening the law firm's growing commercial and corporate practice as it continues expanding its presence across the Dutch Caribbean. Heymans will focus on serving businesses,...

September 01, 2026

WILLEMSTAD/GREAT BAY--The Centrale Bank van Curaçao en St. Maarten (CBCS) has formally bid farewell to President Richard Doornbosch after six years at the helm, as the institution prepares for a leadership transition that will see Ference Lamp and Candice Henriquez assume seni...

September 01, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Performance Sports Academy (PSA) Athletics Association will launch its second annual High School Basketball League on September 1, bringing together all 10 high schools on the Dutch side of St. Maarten for seven weeks of competition, school pride and youth devel...

September 01, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Committee for Financial Supervision, Cft, has welcomed St. Maarten’s significantly earlier preparation of the 2027 budget, calling it a clear improvement over previous years, but cautioned that the country still faces major financial risks involving health funds...

September 01, 2026

GREAT BAY/THE NETHERLANDS--The family of fitness instructor Angelo Bryson, who has close family ties to Curaçao and St. Maarten, is hoping video evidence will play a central role in determining whether he acted in self-defense during a violent confrontation involving a group o...

September 01, 2026

Throughout September, The People’s Tribune will place a strong focus on prostate cancer as part of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, with a series aimed at encouraging men in St. Maarten to learn more about their prostate health, understand their risks and become more comfortab...

September 01, 2026

The winners receiving their awards and certificates. BELVEDERE--Milton Peters College (MPC) student Marley-Bo Deekman won first prize in the St. Maarten Institute for Public Policy Studies’ (SIPPS) Commemoration and Awareness Campaign on Dutch-colonial enslavement, with her es...