The Peoples Tribune

June 21, 2026

GREAT BAY--The St. Maarten Marine Trades Association (SMMTA), in collaboration with the National Employment Service Center (NESC), successfully hosted its Marine Industry Immersion Day on Wednesday, June 17, bringing together government officials, policy makers, educators...

June 21, 2026

MOROCCO -- St. Maarten sailor Nathan Sheppard has begun competition at the 2026 Optimist World Championship, taking place from June 20 to 27 in Moroccan waters. The event brings together 293 athletes from 73 countries, making it one of the largest and most competitive youth sa...

June 21, 2026

GREAT BAY--The St. Maarten National Athletics Federation is pleased to announce that Team St. Maarten officially departed on Sunday, June 21, 2026, to participate in the NK U18 and U20 Championships 2026 in the Netherlands. The three-day championship will begin on Friday,...

June 21, 2026

GREAT BAY--Leader of the Nation Opportunity Wealth Party Christophe Emmanuel on Sunday said the renewed recruitment process at NV GEBE should be limited to the positions of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer, while Temporary Manager Iris Arrindell should be f...

June 21, 2026

THE BOTTOM, Saba--A newly established working group on collections from a colonial context held its first in-person meeting on Saba, marking an important step toward greater Caribbean participation in decisions about cultural artifacts that were taken, surrendered under pressu...

June 21, 2026

ORANJESTAD, Aruba--Public health leaders and technical experts from across the Dutch Caribbean gathered in Aruba in early June for the 2026 Dutch Caribbean Public Health Expertise Network, DuCaPHEN, Conference, where regional cooperation, shared health priorities and stronger...

June 19, 2026

GREAT BAY--St. Maarten still does not have an integrated system for the guarding and protection of public officials, other persons, objects and services, even as security threats in society continue to increase, according to findings highlighted by the Law Enforcement Council....

June 19, 2026

GREAT BAY- - The Windward Islands Teachers Union, WITU, says teachers and non-teaching staff of the Charlotte Brookson Academy of the Performing Arts, CBA, should not be left in uncertainty over their vacation allowance, a known annual legal entitlement that families depe...

June 18, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Association for Consumer Protection St. Maarten, ACP-SXM, has formally requested a comprehensive written accountability report from the Bureau of Telecommunications and Post St. Maarten, BTP SXM, concerning its energy regulator mandate from 2017 to 2026 and...

June 18, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Association for Consumer Protection St. Maarten, ACP-SXM, has formally written to SOL Antilles NV seeking clarification on fuel supply negotiations with NV GEBE, the transparency of pass-through costs and the impact of SOL’s pricing structure on consumers i...

June 18, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Association for Consumer Protection St. Maarten, ACP-SXM, has formally written to the Public Prosecutor’s Office requesting access to the “Freya” investigation report, clarification on the formal status of the investigation, and consideration of whether the...

June 18, 2026

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti--Inside a former school now used as a shelter, more than 1,200 Haitians live side by side after fleeing homes overrun, burned or shot apart by gangs. Privacy is nearly impossible. One meal a day is all that is guaranteed. Parents worry about their childre...

June 18, 2026

GREAT BAY--Prime Minister Dr. Luc Mercelina has announced that the Supervisory Board of NV GEBE has decided to reopen the recruitment process for the company’s three C-suite level positions: Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operations Officer. The Pri...