GREAT BAY--The Council of Advice raised a series of concerns over St. Maarten’s draft 2027 national budget and recommended that it not be forwarded to Parliament until government had taken those concerns into account, but the government subsequently responded point by point, saying several changes were made before the adjusted budget documents were submitted.

GREAT BAY--NV GEBE will close all of its offices to the public at 12:00 noon on Thursday, September 10, as the utility company begins an important system upgrade aimed at improving its internal operations and overall customer experience. Offices will reopen Friday, September 11, at 7:45 a.m.

 MARIGOT, SAINT-MARTIN--Business owners in Saint-Martin are being urged to seek assistance at the first signs of financial difficulty, after figures presented during a CCISM conference showed that all 33 collective insolvency proceedings opened on the territory last year ultimately resulted in liquidation.

GREAT BAY--The Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten (CBCS) will receive international technical support to better understand how stronger storms, droughts, rising temperatures and other effects of climate change could impact the economies, banks and wider financial systems of St. Maarten and Curaçao.

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦’𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘦’𝘴 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘗𝘚𝘈 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘬 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵.

GREAT BAY--Royal Caribbean’s new Hero of the Seas is scheduled to make its first call on St. Maarten on August 24, 2027 (barring a change), placing the destination among the early Caribbean ports to welcome the fourth ship in the cruise line’s Icon Class fleet