
Millions in subsidies available for sustainable projects
PHILIPSBURG — State Secretary Alexandra van Huffelen has made more than $23 million in subsidies available to St. Maarten for projects that strengthen the country’s sustainable ability to generate income. The More...

Lawyers for Silveria Jacobs demand $4 million in penalties from Olivier Arrindell
PHILIPSBURG -- In November of last year the Court in First Instance ordered Olivier Arrindell to rectify statements he had made in several videos about former Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs. The penalty for not More...

Former director Palm has to repay millions to ENNIA
WILLEMSTAD — Former Ennia Holding and Ennia Investments director Ralph Palm and his company Palm Management Services have to repay the insurance company close to 4 million guilders, the Court in First Instance More...

BES-islands get millions from the Netherlands
THE HAGUE — State secretary Alexandra van Huffelen (Kingdom Relations) makes €35 million available for the preservation and restoration of nature on the BES-islands. This comes on top of the structural More...

Medical expenditures explode
PHILIPSBURG - Medical expenditures in St. Maarten went through the roof between 2014 and 2017 and increased by 48.2 percent from 82.3 to 122 million guilders. In 2017 alone SZV collected 74 million in premiums More...

Prosecution aims to reclaim millions from Schotte
WILLEMSTAD – The public prosecutor’s office aims to seize more than 2 million guilders from Curacao’s former Prime Minister and leader of the MFK-party Gerrit Schotte and his partner Cicely van der Dijs. More...

Millions for training hospitality workers
PHILIPSBURG – The amendment to the 2017 budget contains a provision of 8 million guilders for a training program for employees in the hospitality sector, Finance Minister Richard Gibson said yesterday afternoon More...