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Excellent attitude

Dear Editor,

On Wednesday, August 26, right in between Danny and Erika, I found myself at the ER of the Sint Maarten Medical Center with my daughter. The family doctor had just diagnosed her with possible severe anemia and more testing was urgent. I went to the ER with a heavy heart, because of the multitude of reports of negative experiences at SMMC that have come to my ears over the years...

Miss my Mom

Dear Queenie,

My mother died a few years ago after my parents had been married for more than 30 years.

A while...

Dutiful daughter-in-law

Dear Queenie,

My husband doesn't have a close relationship with his mother because his grandparents mostly raised...

Ask the Earth and she will tell you

Dear Editor,

I recently read a letter to the editor of this newspaper from a narrow-minded brother, which brought a...

Fed up

Dear Queenie,

I babysit often for a neighbour. The problem is the mother has the habit of calling me at a...

Worried mother

Dear Queenie,

My 14-year-old daughter wants to go live with her father (we're divorced) because she says I have too...

Community Councils have a role to play regarding hurricane season pre-planning

Dear Editor,

I would like to see the different Community Councils play a more active role by advising the residents...

Thank God we live in a democratic country

Dear Editor,

Please allow me some space in your newspaper to address Mr. Clive Hodge.

Clive, this is to let you...

My drive of shame

Dear Editor,

Please allow me some space in your newspaper to address the Government of North and South...

Resentful

Dear Queenie,

My boyfriend has asked me to marry him and I am certain that that is what I want, except for one...

St. Maarten Prime Minister wants critics to commit suicide

Dear Editor,

“Tie a stone around your neck and jump off the pier. Seek help from a psychologist, jump out of an...

To be or not to be together

Dear Queenie,

My boyfriend wants me to move in with him so we can see if we're ready to get married. I would rather...

My next ‘Friendly Island’ will have reasonable rules, investor protection

Dear Editor,

After over 35 years of visiting on St. Maarten, and living on the island part time for the last dozen...

Undecided

Dear Queenie,

A friend of mine has gotten involved with a man she met online. He’s told her a lot of things about...

Who is really destroying the country?

Dear Editor,

Government officials are transferring their guilt to the population, which speaks volumes to their...

—Confused

Dear Queenie,

My girlfriend and I have been going together for a couple of years now. We are really close, we share...

Shy guy

Dear Queenie,

There’s this girl I like but I don’t know if she is interested in me. Her birthday is coming up...

Suicidal?

Dear Editor,

This morning while driving from Philipsburg towards the airport the words of our Prime Minister about...

On a serious note

Dear Editor,

As a concerned citizen, I stood on the side as I watched our brother Benji’s casket pass along and...

Exasperated

Dear Queenie,

A while ago I bought myself a house and since then my boyfriend started staying over a lot, in fact...

Fed up

Dear Queenie,

My teenage daughter argues with me about everything. If I said the sky is blue she would argue about...

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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...