PHILIPSBURG:--- The St. Maarten Parliament convened for an urgent public meeting on May 8th, 2025, to address ongoing delays in the ratification and publication of the 2025 national budget. Highlighting frustrations over stalled processes, Members of Parliament (MPs) raised sharp questions about the technical challenges tied to amendments and the implications for government operations.
MPs call out delays and accountability issues.
MPs expressed significant discontent with the prolonged delay in finalizing the 2025 budget, initially requested as ...
PHILIPSBURG:--- During the Central Committee meeting of Parliament on May 7th, 2025, Member of Parliament (MP) Darryl York raised critical questi...
PHILIPSBURG:--- During the Parliament's Central Committee meeting on May 7th, 2025, Member of Parliament (MP) Lyndon Lewis delivered a robust as...
PHILIPSBURG :--- During the Central Committee meeting of Parliament on Wednesday, May 7th, 2025, Member of Parliament (MP) Omar Ottley highl...
PHILIPSBURG:--- In a historic move to strengthen Sint Maarten’s disaster resilience and public safety infrastructure, the Honorable Prime Minist...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The National Recovery Program Bureau (NRPB) and N.V. GEBE have signed a US$5.1 million agreement to begin underground placement of mid...
PHILIPSBURG: --- Prime Minister Dr. Luc Mercelina has expressed cautious reservations about the legalization and commercialization of cannabis in St. ...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Foundation for Secondary Education (SVOBE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Sergio D. Blomont as Education Director, ...
PHILIPSBURG:--- Prime Minister Dr. Luc Mercelina has addressed escalating concerns about the bidding process and the awarding of contracts for project...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport, and Telecommunications (TEATT), Grisha Heyliger Marten, has recently addressed c...
PHILIPSBURG:--- During Wednesday's press briefing, the Minister of Tourism, Economic Affairs, Transport, and Telecommunications (TEATT), Grisha H...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Permanent Committee of Agriculture, Fisheries and Animal Husbandry (CAFAH) of Parliament will be meeting on May 9, 2025.
The Committee meeting, which was adjourned on May 5, 2025, will reconvene on Friday at 14.00 hrs....
PHILIPSBURG :--- The Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure (VROMI) is providing an important update on the ongoing asphalt resurfacing works along Welfare Road.
As part of the Department of Infrastructure Man...
PHILIPSBURG:--- The Honorable Minister of Public Health, Social Development and Labor, Mr. Richinel Brug, proudly extends his full support to the Labor Symposium, taking place from May 13 to 15, 2025, at Port St. Maarten. The Windward Islands Civil S...
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There’s been a lot of talk lately about boosting agriculture in Sint Maarten. Ministers are talking about farming, people are sharing ideas on food security, and even a few small initiatives have popped up around the island. That’s all go...
We have read your recent and passionate condemnation of the deeply offensive and racist remarks made by Dutch MP Thierry Baudet. We commend your courage in speaking out so clearly against colonial rhetoric, demographic engineering, and the degrading ...
Dutch Special Envoy Edison Rijna, former governor of Bonaire, is being deployed by the Dutch government to the Global Sustainable Island Summit (GSIS) in May 2025 in St. Kitts and Nevis. Framed as an advocate for increased funding to the Forum for Su...
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La Collectivité de Saint-Martin informe la population que le Service Funéraire prolonge la campagne d’identification des sépultures au sein des différents cimetières publics. Cette campagne aura lieu du 1er avril jusqu’au mois d’aout 2025. Dans le cad...
La Collectivité de Saint-Martin, l’Office de Tourisme et la Chambre Consulaire Interprofessionnelle de Saint-Martin (CCISM) sont fiers d’annoncer la participation de Saint-Martin à la Foire de Paris 2025, du 30 avril au 11 mai à Paris Expo, Porte de ...