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Thursday, December 10 HUMAN RIGHTS LECTURE Organised by SAFE Place: University of St. Martin Time: 7:30 to 9:00pm Please RSVP to SAFESXM1@gmail.com

CAY HILL—The Pineapple Pete Open Doubles Tennis Tournament got off to a wet start at the Raoul Illidge Sports Complex Tennis Pavilion Friday. Mehrdad/Peter beat Jory/Jaring in a very close match: 6-2, 2-6, followed by the deciding super-tiebreak, which ended in 15-12 after a rain-delay of about an hour in the first Men’s Doubles match in group 1.

DATE ISSUED: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Thursday midday (12:00 LST) December 10, 2015 WEATHER: Today through Thursday midday: Partly cloudy with isolated showers possible. Forecast High: 29°C / 84°F Forecast Low: 24°C / 75°F Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:33 A.M. Sunset Today: 5:37 P.M. SURFACE WINDS: Today through Thursday midday: East-southeast with a gentle to moderate breeze of 08 to 15 miles per ...

SIMPSON BAY--Team Budget Marine / Gill skippered by Andrea Scarabelli was the overall winner in the 12th annual Course De L’alliance. The Regatta is a three day event which spans the three neighboring islands, Sint Maarten, St. Barths and Anguilla. Team Budget Marine / Gill was first in class all three days to win the overall title. Erwan Le Normand’s Carib Diesel from St. Barths was second in racing class a great achievement considering it was the first time racing his new boat. Ia...

GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – The Collective Prevention Services (CPS), a department within the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labour, strongly advises against any swimming in Great Bay on Tuesday until early afternoon. This advisory is in relation to water that is being released into Great Bay from the ponds. Pumping of the Great Salt Pond is part of a control lowering of the water levels in the ponds. This water can be contaminated, from amongst others, rainwat...

EVENTS Saturday December 12 CHRISTMAS FAIR Organised by Sister Regina School Time: 4:00 to 9:00pm Place: Sister Regina School Simpson Bay

DATE ISSUED: Sunday, December 06, 2015 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Monday midday (12:00 LST) December 07, 2015 …A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST.MAARTEN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE… WEATHER: Today through Monday midday: Partly cloudy to cloudy and breezy with isolated showers possible. Forecast High: 30°C / 86°F Forecast Low: 25°C / 77°F Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:30 A.M. Sunset Today: 5:36 P.M.

POINTE BLANCHE--The Port of St. Maarten welcomed the CMA CGM Marseille on Saturday. In addition to the container vessel arrival, the Port took the opportunity to inaugurate its new Model 6 crane. A special ceremony was held at the Port facilities Saturday afternoon to celebrate the special occasion. Intermar Managing Director George Pelgrim served as Master of Ceremonies and said in his opening remarks, “This is a step into the future and a sign of better things to come.”

DATE ISSUED: Thursday, December 03, 2015 @ 12:00 LST (16:00 UTC) VALID UNTIL: Friday midday (12:00 LST) December 04, 2015 WEATHER: This afternoon through Friday midday: Partly cloudy and breezy with isolated showers possible. Forecast High: 30°C / 86°F Forecast Low: 25°C / 77°F Sunrise Tomorrow: 6:29 A.M. Sunset Today: 5:36 P.M. SURFACE WINDS: This afternoon through Friday midday: Easterly with a gentle to fresh breeze of 10 to 18 miles per hour and possible higher gus...

Private jets are starting to vie for space at Princess Juliana International Airport SXM as the 2015-2016 tourism high season gets started. Traditionally, United States Thanksgiving weekend sees the sleek iron birds start to arrive from the North with snowbirds escaping the freezing weather conditions. Looking to the holiday season, the scene at the airport is expected to be even more thick with iron birds parked almost wingtip to wingtip. (Ellinger Paul photo)