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St. Maarten midday Weather Forecast for Saturday

weather10-17-15DATE ISSUED: Saturday, October 17, 2015 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Sunday midday (12:00 LST) October 18, 2015 

WEATHER:  
This Afternoon through Sunday midday: Partly cloudy to occasionally cloudy with isolated showers and a risk of thunder.

Forecast High:   31°C / 88°F          Forecast...

SHTA poll: Businesses want anti-ship-jumping legislation

shtagraphClick here for SHTA graph pdf

PHILIPSBURG--The St. Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association (SHTA), in light of...

Home in Belvedere housing project reaches highest point

page8a128BELVEDERE--St. Maarten Housing Development Foundation (SMHDF) celebrated another milestone in its on-going social...

Nov. 10 last day to apply for year-end Fireworks Permits

PHILIPSBURG--Persons desirous of importing, transporting or selling fireworks, or having a fireworks show at the end...

Five searches were related to Tourism Bureau investigation

~Regina, Badejo under investigation~

 

PHILIPSBURG--The five searches conducted on Thursday were related to a...

Manzoni officially installed as Gendarmerie Commandant

page3b128MARIGOT--Sébastien Manzoni was officially installed as Commandant of the Gendarmerie for St. Martin and St. Barths...

Governor requests judges to evaluate positions in ongoing political impasse

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~ To provide advice in five working days ~

 HARBOUR VIEW--Governor Eugene Holiday has requested that...

Holland marks 200 years parliamentary democracy

page19a128THE HAGUE--Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte gave a speech on Friday at the special joint assembly of the Dutch...

National decree for new top cop at Governor for signing

PHILIPSBURG--The appointment of Police Commissioner Carl John as the new Chief of Police will soon become a reality...

St. Maarten midday Weather Forecast for Friday

weather-10-16-15DATE ISSUED: Friday, October 16, 2015 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Saturday midday (12:00 LST) October 17...

Dissolution decree corrected, sent back to Governor for his signature

PM__Marcel_Gumbs_and_Governor_Holiday_PHILIPSBURG--It looks like elections on December 8 may still be in the cards. The Marcel Gumbs Cabinet has made...

More than 100 attend Sonesta Maho Job Fair

page8a127MAHO--Maho Group announced that more than 100 people attended its two-day job fair held at Sonesta Maho Beach Resort...

Law-quirk mended by retroactive Rent Committee appointments

PHILIPSBURG--An interesting quirk in the law came to light in late June, whereby St. Maarten Rent Committee decisions...

Judge orders immediate release of Dutch child’s undocumented father

PHILIPSBURG--A judge in the Court of First Instance on Friday last ordered the immediate release of an undocumented...

Marketers gathering participants for Vakantiebeurs representation

PHILIPSBURG/UTRECHT--Two marketing professionals are in the process of garnering private business support and...

I Am King forum hones in on empowering young men

page6a127DAWN BEACH--Nearly 200 young men attended a motivational and interactive I Am King Men's Empowerment Conference on...

Sarah elected new Parliament Chair in spite of De Weever’s cancellation

page4d127PHILIPSBURG--Democratic Party (DP) leader Member of Parliament Sarah Wescot-Williams is again at the helm of...

Government has ‘autonomous right’ to dissolve Parliament

~ Governor wrote in 2013 letter ~

 

PHILIPSBURG--“The right to dissolve Parliament by national decree is a...

Regina’s office, home, Badejo’s home among five searches Thurs.

~ Badejo, Merx say search ‘political’ ~

 

DEFIANCE--The home and office of Princess Juliana International...

De Weever cancels NA meeting, cites safety, security challenges

MPCdeWeeverPHILIPSBURG--Second Deputy Chairman Cornelius de Weever has cancelled the Parliament meeting called by the new...

St. Maarten midday Weather Forecast for Thursday

mdsoct15middayDATE ISSUED: Thursday, October 15, 2015 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC)

VALID UNTIL: Friday midday (12:00 LST) October 16...
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St. Maarten midday Weather Forecast for Saturday
Saturday, 17 October 2015
DATE ISSUED: Saturday, October 17, 2015 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Sunday midday (12:00... Read more...
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SHTA poll: Businesses want anti-ship-jumping legislation
Saturday, 17 October 2015
Click here for SHTA graph pdf PHILIPSBURG--The St. Maarten Hospitality and Trade Association... Read more...
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Dominica’s tourism sector ready to welcome visitors after TS Erika
Friday, 16 October 2015
ROSEAU, Dominica--“Dominica is open for business and ready to welcome visitors to its shores.”... Read more...
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Reparations Committee: Withdraw Queens’ names from Suriname’s highest mountains
Thursday, 15 October 2015
PARAMARIBO--Suriname’s National Reparations Committee NRCS has filed a request with President... Read more...
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Ex-US House Speaker Hastert to plead guilty in hush-money case
Friday, 16 October 2015
CHICAGO--Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is expected to plead guilty in a hush-money case... Read more...
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Hillary Clinton to 'look hard' at Julian Castro as possible VP pick
Friday, 16 October 2015
WASHINGTON--Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton won the backing of Housing and Urban... Read more...
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Half a million Yemen children face severe malnutrition
Friday, 16 October 2015
GENEVA--More than half a million children in Yemen face life-threatening malnutrition as a risk of... Read more...
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Modi to open 70-year-old files in challenge to Gandhi dynasty
Friday, 16 October 2015
NEW DELHI--Prime Minister Narendra Modi says he will seek to unravel one of India's most enduring... Read more...
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Cuba in cash crunch due to low commodity prices, Venezuela woes
Friday, 16 October 2015
HAVANA--Low commodity prices, a drought at home and Venezuela's economic crisis have created a cash... Read more...
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Apple's newest courtroom foe is patent-savvy university
Friday, 16 October 2015
NEW YORK--As a veteran of the global smart phone wars, Apple is used to courtroom battles with... Read more...
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Focus needs to be on fighting crime & helping unemployed
Friday, 16 October 2015
Dear Editor, With all of the political situation on the island, we can't lose focus on some of the... Read more...
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Had enough
Friday, 16 October 2015
Dear Queenie, My brother died years ago but his widow stayed close to our family. Eventually she... Read more...
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RBC St. Maarten Little League School Tournament
Saturday, 17 October 2015
Sister Marie Laurence defeated Leonald Conner in the RBC St. Maarten Little League School... Read more...
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Nadal trounces Wawrinka, Djokovic tames Tomic
Friday, 16 October 2015
CHINA-- Former world number one Rafa Nadal displayed more signs of a return to top form with a... Read more...
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Junk shop photo spurs quest to confirm Billy the Kid image
Friday, 16 October 2015
DENVER--For the $2 he spent to buy three old photographs, Randy Guijarro may have hit the mother... Read more...
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Few signs of improvement for NBA star Odom after collapse
Friday, 16 October 2015
LAS VEGAS--Pro basketball and reality TV star Lamar Odom spent a third day hospitalized on... Read more...
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Bruney cruises into retirement
Friday, 16 October 2015
~ After three decade in cruise industry ~   By Alita Singh   Frank Bruney has seen tiny... Read more...
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ALL HANDS ON DECK, WE MADE IT!
Friday, 16 October 2015
~ Fair Transport Sailing Vessel Nordlys is launched ~   St. Maarten has been graced by the... Read more...
Editorial - Anybody’s guess
Saturday, 17 October 2015
Governor Eugene Holiday has decided to seek legal clarity on the current constitutional impasse.... Read more...
Editorial - Time is up
Friday, 16 October 2015
With so much ongoing constitutional turmoil, the fact that more than 100 people attended the... Read more...
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Notices October 16
Friday, 16 October 2015
General Meeting St. Maarten Professional Softball Association (SMPSA) general meeting for the... Read more...
Notices October 15
Thursday, 15 October 2015
General Meeting S.M.P.S.A. general meeting for the softball season 2016 will be held at Sundial... Read more...