Unbiased look at the Sint Maarten Elections
New Parts For Causeway Bridge, Dutch Engineers To Arrive Shortly
From left: PSG CEO Alexander Gumbs, Mike Williams and Facilities Manager Benjamin Ortega touring the engine room underneath the causeway bridge.
PHILIPSBURG--Technicians of construction company Hollandia Infra BV in the Netherlands are scheduled to arrive at the end of the week with additional parts and equipment to carry out Read more
Carty, Ortega And Badejo Re-Elected To Coci Board
From left: Benjamin Ortega, Ife Badejo, Jennifer Carty and COCI Executive Director Jude Houston.
PHILIPSBURG--Jennifer Carty, Ifelola Ife Badejo and Benjamin Ortega were re-elected to the St Read more
Revan Hosts Dreams To Reality Entrepreneurship Info Workshop
From left: COCI Director Jude Houston, NRPB Director Claret Connor; event host Khalil Revan; NRPB Project Manager Elozona Ochu; COCI representative Benjamin Ortega and Edsel Gumbs of Qredits.
PHILIPSBURG--Building on his passion to assist young potential entrepreneurs, businessman Khalil Revan, in collaboration with Shoreline Beach Bar, hosted a business information workshop last Thursday Read more
Dormoy: 100 Per Cent Of Businesses Have Been Impacted By Border Closure
St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Benjamin Ortega.
MARIGOT--Activation of businesses down 56 per cent, first registration of businesses down 42 per cent, and a fifteen per cent increase in closures of businesses over a seven-month period 84 in 2019 compared to 97 in 2020 were some of the statistics highlighting the plight of the Dutch-side business community mentioned by St Read more
Ortega Calls On Business Sector And Community To Stand Together
Benjamin Ortega.
PHILIPSBURG--President of the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry (COCI) Board Benjamin Ortega on Tuesday called on the public and the business commu Read more
Coci Attends Regional Conference In Suriname
President of the COCI Board Benjamin Ortega (back row, second left) with other representatives of the region and from BRICS countries.
PHILIPSBURG--Representatives of the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry (COCI) recently returned from attending the two-day Caribbean Chambers of Commerce CARICHAM-BRICS plus Read more
Coci Meets With Vsa Minister On Employment Policy Changes
VSA Minister Pamela Gordon-Carty (fourth left) and COCI President Benjamin Ortega (fifth left) with COCI board members and VSA Ministry officials.
Ortega Re-Elected Coci President
Benjamin Ortega
~ Executive Board also re-elected ~
PHILIPSBURG--Benjamin Ortega has been re-elected as President of the Board of the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry (COCI).
This will be his second term as president of the board Read more
It’S Election Day
By Alita Singh
PHILIPSBURG--The fate of the country of St. Maarten, just two weeks shy of its sixth birthday, and its 59,800 plus residents from more than 115 countries lies in the hands of 22,302 people. Those voters, privileged by birth or naturalisation with the Dutch nationality, head to the polls today, Election Day, to cast their ballots for one of the 125 candidates across the slates of nine political parties.
The number of eligible voters may change this morning when the Court of First Instance hands down its decisions on several petitions filed by people with Dutch nationality who registered in the Civil Registry after the Voters Register was closed on June 11 Read more
Ortega Promises To ‘Champion’ Issues ‘Like A King’ For Everyone
PHILIPSBURG--St. Maarten Development Movement (SDM) leader Benjamin Ortega said, while he may be the youngest political party leader in the country, he plans to “champion†the issues affecting the population “like a king for Read more
Sdm Wants Awarding Of Colours To Go Ahead
PHILIPSBURG--The awarding of colours to political parties without representation in Parliament should not be held up due to the court case filed by United St. Maarten Party (US Party), said St. Maarten Development Movement (SDM) leader Benjamin Ortega Read more