The Peoples Tribune

October 23, 2026

(EDITOR'S NOTE: As MP Omar Ottley emphasized during Thursday's parliamentary meeting, this initiative is not intended to address general immigration issues. It specifically concerns children born on St. Maarten to foreign parents who have grown up and attended school on the is...

October 22, 2026

GREAT BAY--Member of Parliament Lyndon Lewis has called for stronger regional cooperation, better-equipped justice institutions and practical legislation to combat cybercrime and organized crime, warning that smaller Caribbean countries such as St. Maarten face increasing...

October 22, 2026

GREAT BAY--The General Audit Chamber has confirmed that its formal objection procedure concerning the Road Fund remains unresolved, with outstanding concerns about government's compliance and progress toward correcting identified problems. The Chamber is scheduled to meet...

October 22, 2026

GREAT BAY--The reconstruction of Sister Marie Laurence Primary School in Middle Region has entered a new phase, with the building's steel structure now rising above the construction site following the arrival of seven containers of steel materials last week. The project r...

October 22, 2026

GREAT BAY--Government will block wastewater pipes and connections found illegally discharging wastewater into public drainage systems or onto public roads, as the Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) moves to enforce regulations...

October 22, 2026

GREAT BAY--The WIFOL union has signed two Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) amendments with Pearl Development N.V. and Iron Shore Management, two companies operating at Oyster Bay, marking an early development in newly elected President Joanice "Dukie" Richardson's effort...

October 22, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Minister of Finance has sought to clarify suggestions that her ministry requested a further delay in the implementation of the Road Fund because of financial difficulties, explaining that the fund's proposed new structure could not be fully incorporated int...

October 22, 2026

GREAT BAY--Hundreds of Colombian tourists boarded two aircraft on Thursday without knowing where they were going, only to discover upon landing at Princess Juliana International Airport that their mystery Caribbean vacation destination was St. Maarten. The unusual arrival...

October 22, 2026

GREAT BAY- - What began as a motivational discussion about education and governance turned into an exchange about St. Maarten's public transportation system when students of the University of St. Martin's (USM) Caribbean Foundation Year (CFY) program welcomed President of...

October 22, 2026

GREAT BAY-The Voice of the Youth St. Maarten Foundation has secured funding from three organizations to strengthen the St. Maarten Youth Brigade Drum Band and support leadership training for its members, creating additional opportunities for young people to develop their music...

October 22, 2026

GREAT BAY--Although St. Maarten's Constitution allows for referendums, the country still lacks the national ordinance needed to regulate how they are conducted, President of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams has pointed out. The MP, who personally initiated legislation to estab...

October 22, 2026

KRALENDIJK, BONAIRE--Dutch political party Progressief Nederland (PRO) will hold its first public information meeting on Bonaire on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, bringing two members of the European Parliament to the island for discussions about Bonaire's relationship with the...

October 22, 2026

GREAT BAY--For the first time since 2017, St. Maarten and St. Martin will field a joint culinary team at the prestigious Taste of the Caribbean competition, bringing together talent from both sides of the island to compete against some of the region's leading chefs, bartenders...