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My fellow St. Maarteners,

Residents and Visitors of our beautiful island,

Ladies and Gentlemen.

Good afternoon.

Today is exactly 22 years ago when Hurricane Luis struck St. Maarten and left a trail of destruction...

Prime Minister William Marlin on Monday afternoon chaired his third Emergency Operations Center (EOC) meeting where he was briefed by various Emergency Support Function (ESFs) coordinators with respect to national...

Based on two meetings held on Sunday, an operational and an Emergency Operations Center (EOC) meeting in preparation for the arrival of Hurricane Irma, the Office of Disaster Management hereby...

The Department of Domain Affairs within the Ministry of VROMI will be open to the public on Mondays and Wednesdays only from 8AM to 4PM.

The Domain Affairs department has accumulated...

On August 21st 2017, the Compliance Team of the Tax Administration has started going door to door visiting businesses. All businesses in the Philipsburg area can expect a visit in the coming weeks....

On Monday, August 21, 2017, His Excellency Governor Eugene B. Holiday administered the oath to five of the six new members of the Supervisory Board of Directors of the Central Bank of...

With the new academic school year well on it is way, students in their last two years of school or those who recently completed secondary school will no doubt be thinking ‘What...

The M.A.C. Comprehensive Secondary Education has submitted an application to become a member of the UNESCO Associated School Project Network.  When accepted, this will be the first school on St. Maarten...

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – The Collective Preventive Services (CPS), a government department under the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, says due to Sunday’s rainfall, CPS re-enforces its message...

Kralendijk – Representatives from St. Maarten participated in United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s phase two of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) capacity building project for Suriname and the Dutch Caribbean...

Philipsburg -  Honorable Minister Christopher Emmanuel met with representatives of Vidanova in Curaçao to continue discussions regarding the 160 affordable homes.. The discussions were very positive and Vidanova expressed how impressed they were...

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – Dehydration occurs when your body loses more fluid than you take in, and this Easter holiday weekend, as well as during the Carnival season where a lot...

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – The St. Maarten Tourist Bureau (STB) in conjunction with Elliot Finkelman and Fred Mercer who both work for Expedia Cruise Ship Centers (ECSC) as Travel Consultants, coordinated...

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – More Movement for the Elderly, will take place on Saturday, April 15. 

Senior citizens are invited to the St. Martin’s Home which is located at St. John’s...

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – Ministry of Public Housing, Environment, Spatial Development and Infrastructure (Ministry VROMI), announces that the Ring Road will be closed to motorised traffic on Saturday, April 15.

The closure is...

CAY HILL -  On October 9th, the Ministry Education, Culture, Youth and  Sports organized its second event to bring about the Revitalization of our Natural and Cultural Heritage whilst commemorating Constitution Day in...

BARBADOS -  In the margins of the EU- Caribbean Sustainable Energy Conference in Bridgetown Barbados, Prime Minister of Sint Maarten, The Honorable William Marlin met with the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community,...

PHILIPSBURG - Good afternoon and welcome to St. Maarten.

Permit me to start by paraphrasing the Psalmist and say: “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for our Reverend Fathers to gather together in...

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – 15 October marks Global Handwashing Day.  The theme is “Make Handwashing a Habit!”

The day has been dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of...

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – Ministry of Public Housing, Environment, Spatial Development and Infrastructure (Ministry VROMI), announces that NV GEBE will be carrying out emergency work over a two day period on October...

This partial...

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – The St. Maarten Fire Department on Thursday responded to two fires.

At 9.38 AM the Fire Department received a call about a small fire which turned...

EBENEZER -  An Ambulance vehicle L-152 (unit 4) caught fire in the vicinity of Ebenezer on Thursday morning.  In the report issued by the Head of the Ambulance Department drs. Cylred Richardson, the...

PHILIPSBURG -  The President of the Commonwealth of Dominica His Excellency Charles A. Savarin and First Lady Clara J. Savarin paid a courtesy visit to Prime Minister The Honorable William Marlin at...