Reconstruction of the airport gets go-ahead

PHILIPSBURG/WASHINGTON — The Sint Maarten Trust Fund steering committee gave the final go-ahead to start the reconstruction of the Princess Juliana Airport on Sint Maarten. USD$72 million from the Trust Fund, More...

MP Emmanuel announces motion of no confidence

~ Minister Johnson absent from airport-debate ~ PHILIPSBURG – On the fringes of the parliamentary debate about the financing of the airport’s reconstruction National Alliance MP Christophe Emmanuel called More...

William: Europe trip waste of taxpayers monies, 50mil loan brokered by NA-led Govt.

GREAT BAY — Former Prime Minister William Marlin says the recent trip to Europe by Minister of Finance Michael Ferrier and Interim Prime Minister Leona Marlin Romeo was a total waste of tax payers’ monies More...

Parliament authorizes 50-million guilders loan

PHILIPSBURG – The Parliament approved on Thursday the ministerial regulation that authorizes Finance Minister Mike Ferrier to enter into a 50-million guilders ($27.9 million) loan agreement with the Netherlands. More...

Ferrier on saving money: lights out at the government building

PHILIPSBURG – “We still don’t know how much of the €550 million Dutch recovery fund will be a grant and how much will be a loan,” Finance Minister Mike Ferrier said at Wednesday’s Council of Ministers More...