The Peoples Tribune

October 13, 2026

GREAT BAY--St. Maarten remains among the countries and territories receiving the lowest ranking in the United States' annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, with the 2026 assessment finding that the Government has still not demonstrated significant efforts to meet minimum...

October 13, 2026

GREAT BAY--The University of St. Martin (USM) will bring an often misunderstood and insufficiently discussed stage of women's health into the public conversation when it hosts a lecture titled "(Peri)Menopause… Nobody Told Me This!" on Thursday, October 15, 2026, from 6:30 p.m...

October 13, 2026

GREAT BAY--Nature conservation organizations and other eligible local entities in St. Maarten have a new opportunity to secure grants of up to €100,000 for projects aimed at protecting the island's biodiversity, restoring damaged ecosystems and strengthening environmental resi...

October 13, 2026

GREAT BAY--A financial investigation involving three suspicious international money transfers totaling US$102,525 was referred to the Public Prosecutor's Office in St. Maarten but was not pursued because authorities lacked sufficient financial investigative capacity. The case...

October 13, 2026

GREAT BAY--NV GEBE will no longer handle applications, determine eligibility or select beneficiaries for its Senior Citizens Relief Program beginning in 2027, following a new agreement with the Government of St. Maarten that transfers those responsibilities to the Department o...

October 13, 2026

THE HAGUE--Sixteen years after St. Maarten and Curaçao became autonomous countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, two prominent researchers are calling for a fundamental restructuring of Kingdom relations, arguing that the current system places excessive responsib...

October 13, 2026

THE HAGUE--The stories of people who resisted slavery and colonial rule remain largely overlooked in school history lessons across the Netherlands and the Caribbean islands of the Dutch Kingdom, according to a new government-commissioned study that found significant gaps...

October 13, 2026

GREAT BAY--St. Maarten is among five Eastern Caribbean islands now connected through the Eastern Caribbean Internet Exchange (IX), a regional telecommunications initiative designed to improve internet efficiency, strengthen digital infrastructure and reduce dependence on inter...

October 12, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Performance Sports Academy (PSA) Athletics Association's 2026 High School Basketball League enters its final week of competition on Wednesday, October 14, with teams preparing to battle for the championship title at the L.B. Scott Sports Auditorium. The league,...

October 12, 2026

ST. EUSTATIUS--The Statia Cultural Heritage Implementation Committee (SCHIC) has submitted a letter to Local Authorities and the Descendant Community confirming that the reburial of the Golden Rock ancestral remains will continue on November 13, 2026, while continuing to advoc...

October 12, 2026

KRALENDIJK, Bonaire--Progressief Nederland (PRO), a Dutch political party holding 20 seats in the Netherlands' House of Representatives and 14 seats in the Senate, is establishing a local branch on Bonaire, extending its political presence into the Dutch Caribbean. The progres...

October 12, 2026

GREAT BAY--July 1, already recognized as a national public holiday on St. Maarten to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people, could eventually become a national holiday throughout the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The possibility is now being examined by the Dutch S...

October 12, 2026

GREAT BAY--Latin America and the Caribbean have recorded the steepest decline in monitored wildlife populations anywhere in the world, with an average decrease of 95 percent between 1970 and 2022, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) newly released Living Planet...