Council of Ministers appoints Claret Connor as Director of National Recovery Program Bureau
PHILIPSBURG – On Wednesday January 9th, during the Council of Ministers Press Briefing, Prime Minister Leona Romeo Marlin confirmed the appointment by the Council of Ministers of Claret Connor as Director of the National Recovery Program Bureau (NRPB). As Director of the NRPB Mr. Connor will be responsible for the execution of the National Recovery More...
Prime Minister Romeo-Marlin signs Grant Agreement for Debris and Landfill project
PHILIPSBURG – On Friday, December 21, Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin signed the grant agreement with the World Bank for the Emergency Debris Management Project. This agreement provides US$ 25 million in funding More...
Prime Minister of Sint Maarten responds to reports of the General Audit Chamber and the World Bank
PHILIPSBURG -– On December 14th, the General Audit Chamber of the Netherlands released a focus study on the contribution of the Netherlands to the recovery and reconstruction of Sint Maarten. This report recognizes More...
St. Maarten still a billion short after Dutch recovery-aid
Philipsburg – The total cost for the execution of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) have been estimated at €1.9 billion ($2.15 billion). The €550 million ($622 million) the Netherlands More...
Ministry of VSA sign health cooperation agreement with French Government
On Monday December 3rd, Minister of Public Health Emil Lee and Regional General Director Mrs. Valerie Denux of the French Government signed the long awaited MOU to solidify a structural working relationship between More...
SMMC receives building permit for new hospital
CAY HILL — St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) is elated to announce that it has officially received the building permit for the construction of the new hospital for which a groundbreaking ceremony is planned More...
World Bank confirms: Dutch want rep in airport management
PHILIPSBURG – It is not like the Netherlands wants to take over the complete management of the airport in exchange for financing of the airport’s rehabilitation, but the Dutch do want to have somebody More...
VROMI Minister Miklos Giterson attended Latin America GeoSpatial Forum in Mexico City
~ Ministry to develop national spatial data infrastructure plan for St. Maarten ~ POND ISLAND — Last week, VROMI Minister Miklos Giterson, along with his Secretary General Louis Brown, attended the Latin More...
Financial supervisor severely criticizes draft budget amendment
By Hilbert Haar PHILIPSBURG – The board financial supervision (Cft) has expressed severe criticism about the draft amendment to St. Maarten’s 2018 budget. In a ten-page letter to Finance Minister Perry Geerlings More...
SMDF meets Council of Ministers
Photo caption: Recently, St. Maarten Development Fund (SMDF) took a pause from its regular activities to meet with the Council of Ministers. In the meeting, SMDF took the opportunity to formally update the Ministers More...
