Landfill Fire: Urgent Notices from Government
Landfill Fire: COM Closes Schools in Philipsburg. Business Owners and residents should take measures GREAT BAY – Due to the fire at the Pond Island landfill, the Prime Minister in collaboration with the Council of Ministers took the following decisions after assessment of the current on-going situation. All schools in the Philipsburg area were ordered More...
Post-Irma cleanup invoices are a maze of incomprehensible claims
PHILIPSBURG – In the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Irma, local contractors massively jumped on the bandwagon to make some good money by providing cleanup services to the government. A total of 68 companies – More...
Photo caption: Lights on at Government Building
Photo caption: Finance Minister Mike Ferrier said last week that all ministries have to find ways to cut costs and that one of the options he is looking at is switching off the lights at the Government Administration More...
State Secretary Knops to PM Marlin-Romeo: elections must go on
THE HAGUE/PHILIPSBURG — In a letter dated January 25 addressed to the Prime Minister of Sint Maarten, Leona Marlin-Romeo, Dutch State Secretary Raymond Knops turned down the request of the Sint Maarten Government More...
Government of Sint Maarten & UNDP sign 2.6 million dollar project document
PHILIPSBURG – The Government of Sint Maarten and UNDP signed a project document outlining the support of UNDP towards the early recovery process in Sint Maarten. The project entails house repairs, clean-ups and More...
World Bank Team starts work with Government Civil Servants
PHILIPSBURG – Over the next two weeks a World Bank team will work with Government civil servants to identify priorities for the recovery and reconstruction of Sint Maarten. The team was welcomed by Prime More...
PM and MinJust visit scene of Cole Bay fire
Cole Bay — Prime Minister Leona Romeo Marlin and Minister of Justice Cornelius de Weever visited the scene of the fire in Cole Bay Tuesday night to get a first-hand view of the situation. At the same time, More...
Prime Minister Romeo Marlin welcomes World Bank Team on Sint Maarten
PHILIPSBURG — On Friday January 19th, Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin welcomed a delegation of the World Bank at the Government Building. During the meeting, the Prime Minister and the head of the World More...
German Ambassador pays Courtesy Visit to Prime Minister of Sint Maarten
PHILIPSBURG – On Friday January 19th the German Ambassador Dirk Brengelmann paid a courtesy visit to Prime Minister Leona Romeo Marlin at the Government Building. During the meeting the two parties discussed More...
Work Group formed within EOC to assess National Tsunami Preparations
GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – A small Work Group (WG) within the Emergency Support Functions (ESF) that falls under the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), has been formed to assess and ensure National Tsunami More...
