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Three-Day STEAM training equips educators with new classroom strategies

Education

GREAT BAY--The Division of Educational Innovation of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport has completed a three-day STEM to STEAM Teacher Training Workshop aimed at strengthening innovative, interdisciplinary and student-centered teaching practices within St. Maarten’s schools.

Tribune Editorial Staff
September 16, 2026
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St. Maarten attorney Ashton Richardson earns admission to Geneva Academy

GREAT BAY--St. Maarten attorney-at-law Ashton Richardson has achieved two major academic milestones, completing his second Bachelor of Laws through the University of Curaçao and earning admission to the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights.
Regional

Antigua Cannabis sector looks beyond cultivation to tourism and education

ST. JOHN’S--Antigua and Barbuda’s evolving cannabis sector is increasingly moving beyond the initial debate over legalization and cultivation, with recent developments placing new attention on cannabis tourism, public education and the country’s ability to turn its existing regulatory framework into broader economic and social opportunities.
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Health
You did the test, and your PSA came back high. What happens next?
GREAT BAY--For many men, agreeing to a prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, blood test is the hardest part. Then the result comes back higher than expected and a new worry begins: does this mean prostate cancer?
Tribune Editorial Staff
September 15, 2026
Regional
Caribbean Remittance flows grow as global transfers reach US $728.6 billion
CARIBBEAN REGION--Remittances continue to play a major role in Caribbean households and economies, with new international data showing strong growth in money sent home by migrants as global transfers to developing countries reached US$728.6 billion in 2025.
Tribune Editorial Staff
September 15, 2026
PM chairs follow-up meeting on proposed Surinam Airways route to St. Maarten
GREAT BAY--Prime Minister and Minister of General Affairs, the Honorable Dr. Luc Mercelina chaired a high-level follow-up meeting on Monday, September 14, 2026, concerning the proposed introduction of Surinam Airways service to Sint Maarten.
Tribune Editorial Staff
September 15, 2026
Government
MP Ottley meets with PM, presents interim GEBE relief measures
GREAT BAY--Member of Parliament Omar Ottley presented Prime Minister Dr. Luc Mercelina with proposed interim measures on Tuesday aimed at addressing costs affecting NV GEBE consumers while government works toward a longer-term legal framework for regulating electricity and water tariffs.
Tribune Editorial Staff
September 15, 2026
Sports
St. Maarten senior women’s title at Her Way Curaçao Event
GREAT BAY--What began in St. Maarten as an initiative focused on creating more opportunities for girls and women through 3x3 basketball has taken another major step forward, with Her Way staging its first tournament in Curaçao and its largest event to date.
Tribune Editorial Staff
September 15, 2026
Justice
St. Maarten to host human rights conference featuring local and European experts
GREAT BAY--St. Maarten will host a Human Rights Conference on Friday, October 9, bringing together government officials, legal professionals, regional and European human rights experts, students and civil society representatives for discussions on international human rights systems and how those rights are monitored and applied.
Tribune Editorial Staff
September 15, 2026
Opinion
Of maps and men: redressing a centuries-old cartographic lie
September 14, 2026
“When We Goin Do Something That Is We” The Myth of Universality in Clinical Work Part 3
September 14, 2026
The Spirit and the Joy of the Rhythm of Giving Service
September 13, 2026
Weekend Read

St. Maarten says it values literacy, but do we actually know how literate we are?

September 12, 2026

17 committees in Parliament, 171 “seats”, but where is the committee’s actual work?

September 12, 2026

The people building AI are warning it could wipe us out A real threat or just PR?

September 11, 2026

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