Knops: no deal with World Bank yet

THE HAGUE – Almost five months after the passing of Hurricane Irma the Netherlands still does not have an agreement with the World Bank about the reconstruction of St. Maarten, the Volkskrant reports. Pending 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...

World Bank focuses on risk reduction and recovery

PHILIPSBURG – The involvement of the World Bank with the reconstruction of St. Maarten is starting to take shape, after the World Bank’s representatives – Doekle Wielinga and Edouard Ereno-Blanchet – 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...

Hurricane recovery: St. Maarten in the driver’s seat

PHILIPSBURG – “Because St. Maarten is in the driver’s seat it is important that the government organizes itself well to be able to carry that responsibility.” Nico Schoof, head of the civil mission that More...