VROMI announces daily closing of landfill dump site at 6pm
PHILIPSBURG – Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI), Miklos Giterson, informs the general public that as of today, August 9th, the main landfill will close at 6pm daily for the next week until Thursday, August 16th. This action being taken by the Ministry to prevent unsupervised dumping of household More...
Emergency Income Support Grant Signed
PHILIPSBURG — On Tuesday, August 7th, a second Grant Agreement of the Sint Maarten Recovery and Resilience Trust Fund was signed by Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin and the World Bank in the amount of $22.5 More...
Minister Johnson addresses urgent dismissal of PJIA Holding Board
PHILIPSBURG—In addressing the intention of the Shareholder to terminate the service of the Supervisory Board of the Princess Juliana International Airport Holding (PJIAH) Company, Shareholder Representative and More...
Minister to tackle issues facing BIP and urged BIP to increase awareness of services
PHILIPSBURG—The Board of the Bureau for Intellectual Property BIP met with Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic & Telecommunication TEATT Stuart Johnson to provide updates on the organization, Monday, More...
Geerlings to reduce long lines, improve working conditions at Island Receiver’s Building
PHILIPSBURG — Repairs have begun on the former Island Receiver’s Building on Pond Island. Contractors started gutting the building on Monday this week, following the inspection of the facility by Minister More...
Council of Ministers signs declaration with Electoral Council
Philipsburg — All recently appointed Ministers have complied with Article 53 of the National Ordinance on Registration and Finances of Political Parties within 30 days of their appointment. By signing the More...
US Ambassador pays courtesy visit to St. Maarten Government
POND ISLAND – The United States, US Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands Peter Hoekstra, met with Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Finance for St. Maarten Perry Geerlings on Wednesday this week. The More...
Canadian High Commissioner pays Government courtesy visit
Photo caption: From the left; The High Commissioner of Canada Marie Legault paid a courtesy visit to the Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Finance for St. Maarten Perry Geerlings today July 18, during which More...
Irma Recovery and Resilience Trust Fund Steering Committee met on Sint Maarten
PHILIPSBURG – On July 11-13, 2018, the Steering Committee of the Sint Maarten Recovery and Resilience Trust Fund attended the signing of the first Emergency Recovery Grant financed by the Trust Fund – More...
Minister Johnson visit Old Fire Station demolition site
PHILIPSBURG — As the announced demolition of the old Fire Station next to the Philipsburg Market started on Thursday, Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Traffic & Telecommunication, TEATT Stuart Johnson More...
