Airport on the road to recovery
PHILIPSBURG — In the first seven months of the year, Princess Juliana international airport handled 425,000 departing passengers. “The airport is currently at 95 percent recovery in terms of traffic and More...
SHTA’s Reflections on Recovery Progress two years Post-Irma
PHILIPSBURG — As we pensively anticipate the anniversary of Hurricane Irma, after witnessing Dorian’s destruction of the Bahamas, we reflect on how little meaningful progress has been made not one but a More...
SHTA OP-ED: Economic Recovery Process Too Slow
SHTA thanks the Netherlands for the generous support, primarily provided through the Trust Fund set up with the World Bank but also the funds spent on early help and recovery projects as well as the liquidity support More...
All Roads Lead Back into the Terminal Building by November 2018 Transfer of the Temporary Operations Facilities
SIMPSON BAY — St. Maarten (Tuesday July 17, 2018) — “It is quite a giant step forward into the long anticipated terminal building,” declared the Chief of Operations (COO), Michel Hyman. The Managing More...
Minister Plenipotentiary Wuite & Cabinet Welcomes Deputy Minister Somersall. Continues with Courtesy Calls
GREAT BAY — Sint Maarten (DCOMM) — On Monday July 16, the Minister and Cabinet members welcomed the Deputy Minister Plenipotentiary, Michael Somersall at Schiphol Airport as he arrived to take up his More...
Council of Ministers meets Committee on Kingdom Relations of the Dutch House of Representatives
PHILIPSBURG — On Thursday, July 12, 2018, the full Council of Ministers met with the standing Committee on Kingdom Relations of the Dutch House of Representatives. The committee comprised of Alexander Pechtold More...
First US$55M Grant from the Sint Maarten Trust Fund for Recovery & Resilience
PHILIPSBURG — July 12, 2018 — Sint Maarten Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin and World Bank Country Director, Tahseen Sayed, signed yesterday the first grant of the Sint Maarten Recovery, Reconstruction More...
Prime Minister Romeo Marlin bids Hans Leijtens farewell
PHILIPSBURG — On Tuesday July 11th, Prime Minister Leona Romeo Marlin attended the farewell party for Mr. Hans Leijtens. “On behalf of the Government of Sint Maarten I would like to officially thank Mr. More...
Trust Fund, Ombudsmen Dr. Arduin and Mr. van Zutphen, have issued a joint letter
Philipsburg — Following their meetings on 14 June, 2018 with various stakeholders on the island regarding the ongoing hurricane recovery and the Trust Fund, Ombudsmen Dr. Arduin and Mr. van Zutphen, have More...
Minister Wuite extends thank you as she ends her term as Minister ECYS
PHILIPSBURG — My fellow Sint Maarteners, My tenure as Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport (MECYS) in the Interim Romeo-Marlin Cabinet has come to an end. When I transitioned into the role as Minister More...
