PHILIPSBURG – On Friday, December 21, Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin signed the grant agreement with the World Bank for the Emergency Debris Management Project. This agreement provides US$ 25 million in funding to suppress the fires on...
More infoGovernment Starts Survey in Neighborhood Adjacent to Landfill
PHILIPSBURG – Beginning Monday, December 10, a team of experts will go into the neighborhood next to the landfill to conduct a survey and to speak with residents about possible solutions for relocation. The survey is necessary to prepare...
More infoGovernment Starts Survey in Neighborhood Adjacent to Landfill
PHILIPSBURG – Beginning Monday, December 10, a team of experts will go into the neighborhood next to the landfill to conduct a survey and to speak with residents about possible solutions for relocation. The survey is necessary to prepare...
More infoWorld Bank Vice President Reaffirms Commitment to Strengthening Resilience in Sint Maarten and the Caribbean
PHILIPSBURG, October 25, 2018 — World Bank Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean Jorge Familiar concluded a three-day visit to Sint Maarten today where he addressed the Caribbean Oversees Countries and Territories Resilience Summit...
More infoSint Maarten joins Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance Facility
PHILIPSBURG – On Monday September 3rd, Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin and Minister of Finance Perry Geerlings announced that Sint Maarten joins the Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF). As of September 1st, the...
More infoParliament unanimously supports National Recovery & Resilience Plan
PHILIPSBURG – On Monday, August 27th the Parliament of Sint Maarten approved the National Recovery & Resiliency Plan (NRRP) as well as the Temporary Ordinance on the National Recovery Program Bureau. “I am very pleased that these...
More infoSMMC signs USD 25 million grant agreement with World Bank
CAYHILL: The St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) has signed an agreement to receive a USD 25 million grant from the St. Maarten Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience Trust Fund that is funded by The Netherlands and managed by the World Bank. The...
More infoAdditional US$47.5 Million Financing to Strengthen Sint Maarten’s Human Capital Post-Hurricane
PHILIPSBURG, August 23, 2018 – Two new projects for a total of US$ 47.5 million in grants from the Sint Maarten Recovery, Reconstruction and Resilience Trust Fund financed by the Government of the Netherlands have been launched. The first project...
More infoEmergency Income Support Grant Signed
PHILIPSBURG – On Tuesday, August 7th, a second Grant Agreement of the Sint Maarten Recovery and Resilience Trust Fund was signed by Prime Minister Leona Romeo-Marlin and the World Bank in the amount of $22.5 million US dollars. The Trust...
More infoWorld Bank Mission to Sint Maarten – Technical Support & Supervision Mission
PHILIPSBURG – On Tuesday July 24, 2018, the Prime Minister of Sint Maarten, the Honorable Leona Romeo- Marlin received a delegation from the World Bank Group headed by Mr. Edouard Erefio Blanchet, Disaster Risk Management Specialist. The...
More infoIrma Recovery and Resilience Trust Fund Steering Committee meets on Sint Maarten
PHILIPSBURG, July 18, 2018 – On July 11-13, 2018, the Steering Committee of the Sint Maarten Recovery and Resilience Trust Fund attended the signing of the first Emergency Recovery Grant financed by the Trust Fund – between Sint...
More infoFirst US$55 Million 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 and Resilience Trust Fund funded by the...
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