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Let’s ACT launches research working dinners with AUC and Howard University

Culture

GREAT BAY--The Let’s ACT program has officially launched its Community Engagement Research component with a first Research Working session, bringing together the nine local cultural project coordinators and nine medical students from the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC). The initiative is conducted in collaboration with Howard University in Washington DC as part of a structured academic partnership.

Tribune Editorial Staff
February 25, 2026
Regional

Rubio arrives as U.S. pressure on Cuba Dominates CARICOM summit

BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts and Nevis--U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in the Caribbean on Wednesday and began talks with leaders in the region who are warning that a growing humanitarian crisis in Cuba could destabilize their region.
Justice

Minister Tackling shares more details about suriname support Plan for prison

GREAT BAY--Minister of Justice Nathalie Tackling on Wednesday delved a little deeper into the government’s decision to formalize a one-year agreement with Suriname to provide temporary operational support at the Point Blanche Prison, describing the measure as a carefully structured response to ongoing staffing and operational pressure at the facility.
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Government
11,898 QR code stickers sold thus far; ahead February 27 deadline
GREAT BAY--As of February 25, the Sint Maarten Tax Administration reports that 11,898 QR code stickers, about 23% of the total 51,869 ordered, have been sold for the 2026 Motor Vehicle Stickers period.
Tribune Editorial Staff
February 25, 2026
Infrastructure
Gumbs explains Philipsburg bin delays as Govt. moves to improve garbage collection
GREAT BAY--Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI), Patrice Gumbs, has provided an update on ongoing challenges affecting garbage collection, public bin placement, and waste enforcement across St. Maarten, with particular focus on Philipsburg and the Boardwalk area.
Tribune Editorial Staff
February 25, 2026
Infrastructure
Min. Gumbs: Votes cannot keep blocking tough decisions on development and traffic
GREAT BAY--Minister of VROMI Patrice Gumbs had fairly straight forward and blunt personal opinion on Wednesday: if leaders campaign on traffic congestion and infrastructure failures, but refuse to take the steps needed to address them because those steps may cost votes, then the same unresolved issues will continue dominating elections for years to come.
Tribune Editorial Staff
February 25, 2026
Infrastructure
Minister Patrice Gumbs Announces Road Fund to take effect January 1, 2027
GREAT BAY--Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI), Patrice Gumbs, has announced that the long-awaited Road Fund is set to officially take effect on January 1, 2027, marking a major step toward improving the management and financing of road infrastructure in St. Maarten.
Tribune Editorial Staff
February 25, 2026
Dutch Kingdom
UN report sounds alarm on justice failures facing women in Aruba, Curaçao, St. Maarten
GENEVA-GREAT BAY--A new United Nations review of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has placed several justice-related issues in Aruba, Curaçao, and St. Maarten under sharp scrutiny, citing barriers to legal aid, gaps in victim protection, limited shelter access, and weaknesses in anti-trafficking safeguards that continue to affect women across the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom.
Tribune Editorial Staff
February 25, 2026
Dutch Kingdom
UN Committee calls for abortion to be legalized in Aruba, Curaçao, St. Maarten
GENEVA-GREAT BAY--A new United Nations review of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has directly called on Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten to decriminalize abortion and, at minimum, legalize abortion in cases of rape, incest, risk to the life or health of the pregnant woman, and severe fetal impairment, placing reproductive rights in the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom at the center of one of the report’s strongest recommendations.
Tribune Editorial Staff
February 25, 2026
Opinion
Might is Right, or is it? The Empire Strikes Again Part 2
February 24, 2026
It Wasn’t Me, And That’s the Problem - Part 2
February 24, 2026
If We Don’t Raise Our Children, the Justice System Will
February 22, 2026
Weekend Read

Cuba was there for the Caribbean, the Caribbean has abandoned Cuba

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