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...
Prime Minister’s address to Parliament on National Recovery & Resilience Plan
PHILIPSBURG, June 21, 2018 – Madam Chair, After months of intensive preparations, I’m pleased to present two important documents to Parliament today: (1) the National Recovery and Resilience Plan of Sint Maarten, More...
Sint Maarten represented at UNDP Crisis Preparedness and Resilience Workshop in Barbados
PHILIPSBURG — On June 13th, Rodney Richardson, Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin, represented Sint Maarten at the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) Crisis Preparedness and Resilience More...
COCI: New Businesses Opening while Closures are Down. Prepare for the 2018 Hurricane Season
PHILIPSBURG — St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry (COCI) Executive Director Anastacio Baker, says that COCI statistics for the 1st Quarter of 2018 compared to the same period in 2017 revealed that More...
Sint Maarten’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan is ready
Philipsburg — On Wednesday June 12th, Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin and Steering Committee member Mr. Marcel Gumbs returned from Washington D.C. where they attended the first official meeting of the Steering More...
ST. MAARTEN GAINS CONNECTIVITY WITH COPA AIRLINES FLIGHTS
Panama City, June 2, 2018 – Copa Airlines, a subsidiary of Copa Holdings, SA {NYSE: CPA}, and member of the global airline network Star Alliance, resumes its operations to St. Maarten starting on June 2 with More...
Bureaucracy
We can’t help the feeling that it is going to be a while before St. Maarten sees the funds from the World Bank allocated to where it is badly needed. In our report on the World Bank, we read too many big words More...
SHTA Organizes Recovery Photo Contest
Philipsburg — Over the next week, the Sint Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA) will be holding a recovery photo contest. By means of collecting pictures of the rebuilding of Sint Maarten, SHTA More...
Roadmap for Reconstruction and Recovery of Sint Maarten
PHILIPSBURG – Due to the severe damage that was caused by Hurricane Irma to both the social and economic infrastructure of Sint Maarten, the Government of Sint Maarten will develop a national recovery plan More...