Press Release

Upcoming COCI Election DEC 9 2022

The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry would like to remind the members of the business community of the upcoming COCI Elections for the Board of Directors. We have two polling stations, which are the Chamber of Commerce and the other being the Simpson Bay Public Service Center. Both will be open from 8.30am[…]

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Coming Up: Available Board Positions

Philipsburg November 15, 2022 Three positions on the Board will become vacant as of January 1st, 2023, and these positions will be filled by three (3) candidates chosen in the upcoming Election. One (1) small & Two (2) large seats. Nomination period for the filling of these positions shall be from November 15th to November[…]

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Chamber receives Building Permit for Pelican Park

PHILIPSBURG–The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry (COCI) has received its building permit for the development of Pelican Park, the first Economic Service Center (ESC) in St. Maarten. The permit was received from the Ministry of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure VROMI on August 5.The Pelican Park will be constructed on Walter[…]

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Election Screening

Philipsburg, November 22, 2021 The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry would like to inform its Registrants that during the postulation period that ended on Tuesday November 16th, 2021, eight (8) persons submitted their postulation forms for the thee (3) vacancies on its Board of Directors. For the Large Business Sector, there are two[…]

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List of first 500 plus Businesses facing Deregistration at COCI now public

Deregistration List of first 500 plus businesses facing deregistration now public Phillipsburg, The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (COCI), has published its first listing of businesses that are liable to the deregistration process given their non-compliance status in the trade register of COCI. This publication was made official through its publication in the National Gazette on[…]

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COCI launches NEW WEBSITE

COCI launches new website SINT MAARTEN (PHILIPSBURG) – The Chamber of Commerce and Industry has unveiled its new website,www.chamberofcommerce.sx. The general goal behind this new designed website is to create a user-friendly browsing experience for our business community and the public at large, that incorporates enhanced content and functionality. Within the new feature, updated content[…]

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Jun 05 2021

COCI focuses on Economic Resilience trough Entrepreneurship Nurturing

COCI Focuses on Economic Resilience through Entrepreneurship Nurturing The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry (COCI) has completed its first in a series of presentations to the students of the various secondary educational institutions on the island. This initiative of COCI, was primarily geared towards the equipping and nurturing of our high school students[…]

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Jun 04 2021

Avoid Being De-Registered

Chamber of Commerce to Commence Deregistration of Businesses in the Month of June 2021 PHILIPSBURG – The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry (COCI), calls on the business community, social organizations, foundations and other legal entities to update their information at the Chamber within the soonest time possible, since its deregistration process will commence[…]

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May 31 2021

COCI Host yet another Successful Webinar for the Business Community

COCI Host yet another Successful Webinar for the Business Community The St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce & Industry (COCI, is happy to announce that it has once again hosted another successful webinar on the topic of Business Planning for Business Loans. This webinar was held last week Thursday, May 27th and had as the main[…]

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May 03 2021

COCI Congratulates and Recognizes Small Business Week

COCI Congratulates and Recognizes Small Business Week As it is recognized as the Small Business Week (May 3 – 7, 2021), The management and staff of the St. Maarten Chamber of Commerce and Industry would like to take this opportunity to express a sincere thank you to all our Small Businesses for the resilience, confidence,[…]

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