The Peoples Tribune

August 17, 2026

GREAT BAY--Foresee Foundation (4C) is inviting applications for a new Co-Director as the organization prepares for an important leadership transition and the retirement of one of its founders, Jose Verschueren-Sommers. Having grown over the years into an organization supp...

August 17, 2026

GREAT BAY--St. Maarten will place greater emphasis on attracting higher-spending and more affluent visitors rather than focusing solely on increasing arrival numbers, with the St. Maarten Tourism Bureau, STB, targeting premium travelers, families, yacht and charter clients, tr...

August 17, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Minister of Justice has rejected a call from the Nation Opportunity Wealth, NOW, faction for an independent review of Chief of Police Carl John’s temporary designation as Acting Secretary-General of the Ministry of Justice, stating that assigning the acting duti...

August 17, 2026

GREAT BAY--Government says it does not believe broad price controls are the best long-term answer to St. Maarten’s high cost of living, but intends to strengthen consumer protection, modernize the Maximum Price System, closely monitor essential goods and shipping costs, and ac...

August 17, 2026

GREAT BAY----Government has acknowledged that full implementation of General Health Insurance, GHI/SAAHA, by January 1, 2027, is no longer considered feasible, although a phased introduction of the new healthcare system could begin from that date. The confirmation was pro...

August 17, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Minister of Justice Nathalie Tackling has identified eight priority areas for a major modernization of St. Maarten’s Road Traffic Ordinance, including tougher rules on mobile phone use while driving, speed cameras, stronger DUI laws, vehicle impoundment for reck...

August 17, 2026

GREAT BAY--Government is targeting October 1, 2026, to submit the long-awaited Visitor’s Tax legislation to the Council of Advice, but the Ministry of Finance cannot yet say when the collection system will become operational or when government will receive its first revenue fr...

August 17, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Cannabis Legislative Inter-Ministerial Work Group (CLIWG) has described its national cannabis symposium as a successful first step in a wider public education and consultation process, with a good turnout of citizens attending the August 14 event at the Universi...

August 17, 2026

GREAT BAY--The Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure, VROMI, will officially open a new public tender for St. Maarten’s solid waste collection services on Monday, August 17, beginning a second attempt to award garbage collection contracts...

August 16, 2026

GREAT BAY--Government currently collects approximately Cg 8 million annually from the gaming sector, while acknowledging that the existing regulatory and fiscal framework needs to be modernized to determine whether the sector is contributing adequately to the country’s finance...

August 16, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Justice Nathalie Tackling has clarified that the eventual introduction of ASYCUDA does not mean government is preparing to impose a new import duty, stressing that the customs management system can provide detailed import information and administer dutie...

August 16, 2026

GREAT BAY--Government had Cg 46 million in available liquidity spread across eight bank accounts as of August 12, 2026, but expects that position to decline to approximately Cg 18.5 million by the start of September after remaining income and expenses for August are taken into...

August 16, 2026

GREAT BAY--Construction activity is now visible at the Philipsburg Marketplace reconstruction site, while government has confirmed that relief for affected vendors will be provided through the retroactive waiving of applicable license fees from the start of the project un...