SZV’s pension department not available from August 21 to August 31, due to software upgrade and migration (Sint Maarten)

The SZV Social & Health Insurances (SZV) has announced that due to a software upgrade and migration to a new system, the pension department will not be available from Friday August 21st to Monday August 31st (click here for a pdf of the announcement). During this period SZV’s pension department will not be able to respond to incoming requests by email or phone and that some pensioners will have a ...

Minister Geerlings signs Debt Repayment LOI with SZV (Sint Maarten)

On August 23 Minister of Finance Hon. Perry Geerlings and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Social & Health Insurances (SZV) Glen Carty signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) concerning the repayment of the Government debt owed to SZV, according to a press release on the website of the Government of Sint Maarten. From the press release: Minister Geerlings stated that this is a very important step in meeting the ...

IMF Country Report on Curaçao and Sint Maarten: 2018 Article IV Consultation

On 25 January 2019 the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published its Country Report “Kingdom of the Netherlands—Curaçao and Sint Maarten: 2018 Article IV Consultation Discussions”. Hereunder we will take up the integral texts (however without footnotes!) of the Press Release, the Executive Board Assessment and the Staff Report for the 2018 Article IV Consultation Discussions in the report. Furthermore, for both Curaçao and Sint Maarten we have filtered phrases from ...