PHILIPSBURG — Minister Responsible for Economic Affairs Mellissa Arrindell-Doncher has dispatched the controllers of the Economic Control Department to conduct rigorous controls of supermarkets and businesses that sell hurricane items. After reports of exorbitant prices, the Minister had already warned last week that any business caught price gouging will be severely fined. The Minister also announced that the list of the max prices for hurricane items is available for download on government’s website (www.sintmaartengov.org) under the “announcements” section of the website. This will also be available via the Government of St. Maarten Facebook page. For complaints against businesses selling listed…
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PHILIPSBURG — Sint Maarten’s “Social & Health Insurances” (Sociale Ziektekosten Verzekering – SZV) herewith requests the attention of all our SZV-Clients who are now temporary living in Curaçao for the following important information. For medical treatment on Curacao, our SZV-Clients can contact the following general practitioners: Medical Center Aesculapius – SBN Doormanweg 47 Tel: 737 0522 R. Filet – Winston Churchillweg 131 Tel:888 232 Medical Center Sòrsaka – Caracasbaaiweg 274 Tel: 7360530 Medical Center Sta. Rosa – Rosaweg 329 Tel: 767 6666 Medical Center de Savaan – De Savaan 109-A Tel: 868 3035 In case of emergency, please call one…
(Click on image above to enlarge) Hurricane Maria Stats: Date: Sep 17 Time: 21:00 GMT Lat: 13.8° Lon: -57.5° Wind: 75 mph Pressure 982 mb Storm type: Hurricane Cat: 1 The islands of the northeast Caribbean, hard-hit by Hurricane Irma, are bracing for the impact of another ferocious Cape Verde-type hurricane, as Tropical Storm Maria, packing winds of 65 mph, headed west-northwest at 15 mph late Sunday morning. Hurricane watches were up for all of the Lesser Antilles Islands blasted by Irma’s eyewall winds earlier this month, including Barbuda, St. Maarten/St. Martin and St. Barthelemy, and Anguilla. Hurricane watches and…
PHILIPSBURG – On Sunday afternoon, September 17, 2017, the Government of Sint Maarten – Governor Drs. Eugene Holiday and the full Council of Ministers – met with the mission team established by the Dutch Government, headed by Mr. Erwin Arkenbout and locally supported by the Representative of the Netherlands in Philipsburg (VNP), Mr. Chris Johnson. The Dutch mission is offering assistance in the recovery and rebuilding phase of Sint Maarten in areas required and desired by the government of Sint Maarten. The present mission team consists of a group of experts in various areas such as communication, telecommunication, crisis management,…
Philipsburg, Sint Maarten (17 September 2017)—Prime Minister The Honorable William Marlin of Sint Maarten releases the following briefing on the infrastructure, along with words of thanks. Please note that all was current at press time and is subject to change as work and talks progress. ROADS Main roads are cleared and work continues on inner roads to the districts. ELECTRICITY / WATER Several districts have received electricity and water thus far. Emphasis and priority is being placed in this regard also for the schools to receive the same. TELEPHONE / INTERNET SERVICE Major telecommunication services including TELEM and UTS is functioning, however…
PHILIPSBURG — On Friday September 15th 47 police officers from the Netherlands arrived on Sint Maarten and also on Sunday September 17th 8 officers from the BES-islands (Caribisch Nederland) and 13 from the V.K.C (Curacao) arrived on the island to assist the Police Force of Sint Maarten (KPSM) in collaboration with police forces from Aruba and Curacao, the Royal Marechausse, the Customs department, V.K.S and the Dutch Marines in helping country Sint Maarten get back on track after the devastation by hurricane Irma. They will assist in various assigned tasks including combating the violation of the curfew, dealing with looters…
Simpson Bay — On the 6th of September powerful category five storm Hurricane Irma struck Sint Maarten with 185 MPH winds, causing widespread damage to the island and its infrastructure. The storm also caused significant damage to the island’s nature and environment prompting the Sint Maarten Nature Foundation to conduct rapid qualitative assessments to determine the level of impact. Terrestrial and Marine Assessments were carried out from the 12th to the 16th of September and will continue after the passing of Hurricane Maria. Terrestrial Impacts: Hurricane Irma caused significant damage to the island’s flora. The majority of large trees, some…
GREAT BAY — On Sunday morning, the Prime Minister of Dominica, the Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit paid a brief courtesy visit to the Prime Minister of Sint Maarten, the Honouorable William Marlin. The Dominica Prime Minister said that he had to come personally to express sympathies to the government and people of Sint Maarten, because of the longstanding bond and friendship with Sint Maarten. The Prime Minister expressed the willingness of his government to assist with water, dry goods and some time next week, a shipment of provisions, plantains and avocados will also be sent. Sint Maarten’s Prime Minister gave a…
GREAT BAY — Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic and Telecommunications (TEATT) Mellissa Arrindell-Doncher met with the management team of TEATT on Saturday to discuss strategy and actions moving forward for the entire Ministry. Discussions during the meeting on Saturday centered around the Ministry’s vital input in drafting a short and long term economic recovery plan, with a tourism recovery plan at its core. The formalizing of this cohesive plan will also include other departments and arms of government, however, the Minister stressed, TEATT because of its sheer nature will play an important role. The Minister has been active with…
SXM Airport — Minister Responsible for Civil Aviation and the airport Mellissa Arrindell-Doncher on Sunday reported that almost 9,000 people have been evacuated from St. Maarten after the passing of hurricane Irma. The Minister has been present at the Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIA) almost every day to assist in the coordinating of the evacuation flights. As of Sunday, September 17, the Dutch Military moved 1,569 people to Curacao, the US military moved approximately 1,800 people, evacuations using commercial aircraft were approximately 4,000 people (including private charters), about 600 people were moved by Royal Caribbean cruise liners Majesty of the…
