GREAT BAY--The Methodist Agogic Centre Comprehensive Secondary Education, MAC CSE Clinton J. Spring Campus, is celebrating one of its strongest academic performances to date following the release of the June 2026 CXC CSEC examination results, with 13 subjects recording a 100 percent pass rate and one student earning Grade I in all 17 subjects he sat.

GREAT BAY--Minister of Justice Nathalie Tackling delivered her strongest public response yet to questions surrounding detention capacity and the continued incarceration of persons convicted of financial and integrity offences, rejecting suggestions that prison cells occupied by such offenders should automatically be made available for violent criminals and firmly denying that any personal issue involving the Prosecutor’s Office or her ministry is influencing the treatment of individual inmates.

GREAT BAY, St. Maarten –Member of Parliament Egbert J. Doran has tabled two motions during the 2026 budget debate, one calling for a review and modernization of St. Maarten’s firearm legislation, including protection provisions for qualifying Justice personnel, and another seeking a revised price-control basket for essential goods as households continue to face high food and living costs.

GREAT BAY, St. Maarten – Member of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams has tabled three motions aimed at strengthening community development, encouraging greater private support for causes of national importance and introducing a community-based approach to tackling littering and illegal dumping.

GREAT BAY--Member of Parliament Franklin Meyers has proposed redirecting Cg 2 million within the Ministry of Justice to strengthen staffing at the Point Blanche Prison, while also pointing out that approximately Cg 5.08 million has already been budgeted to address outstanding salary-related obligations to police personnel.

GREAT BAY--Member of Parliament Franklin Meyers has publicly and categorically rejected claims that he has attempted to influence whether Theo Heyliger remains incarcerated, saying he has never contacted anyone, participated in discussions or expressed a position that Heyliger should remain in prison.