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Bank and Public Holidays for Sint Maarten

Sint Maarten bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

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11 May 2012 (Government of Sint Maarten-Great Bay) Sint Maarten's Parliamentary Central Committee has approved a draft ordinance recently presented by Education and Culture Minister, Rhoda Arrindell, and which would finally make July 1st a new annual national non-working public holiday, beginning in 2012. • 19 Mar 2012 (Government of Sint Maarten-Great Bay) Following a tripartite meeting with the Sint Maarten Minister of Labour, the Windward Island Chamber of Labour Unions (WICLU) 1st Vice-President, Claire Elsot. has announced that it seems that July 1st, 2012, will finally become a full national non-working public holiday beginning in 2012. • 17 Oct 2011 (The Daily Herald-Philipsburg) The leader of the National Alliance (NA) group in Sint Maarten's Parliament, William Marlin, has renewed calls for October 10 to also be declared an annual non-working public holiday in Sint Maarten. • 30 Sep 2011 (The Daily Herald-Philipsburg) The Prime Minister of Sint Maarten, Sarah Wescot-Williams, has announced that there were no plans for Sint Maarten to also declare October 10 as a non-working public holiday. • 29 Jun 2011 (The Daily Herald-Philipsburg) The Sint Maarten Council of Ministers has finally decided to declare a one-off public sector holiday and give all government workers the day off on Friday, July 1, 2011, on account of the upcoming Emancipation Day. • 18 Jun 2011 (The Daily Herald-Philipsburg) Sint Maarten Education Minister, Rhoda Arrindell, has announced that, despite a smooth sailing through the legislative process, the draft law making July 1st a new annual public holiday, is "unlikely to go into effect this year". • 03 Jun 2011 (The Daily Herald-Philipsburg) Sint Maarten Education and Culture Minister, Rhoda Arrindell, has announced that the draft law to make Emancipation Day, on July 1, into a new annual public holiday is expected to be sent to Parliament soon. • 15 Apr 2011 (The Daily Herald-Philipsburg) The Sint Maarten Council of Ministers signed off on a draft law to make Emancipation Day, on July 1, a new annual public holiday in Sint Maarten. • 10 Mar 2011 (The Daily Herald-Philipsburg) The Sint Maarten Labour Department has signed off on a list of the Sint Maarten public holiday dates for 2011. • 17 Feb 2011 (Today Newspaper-St. Maarten) St. Maarten's Culture Minister, Rhoda Arrindell, has announced that no decision had been taken concerning the possible declaration of Friday, April 29, 2011, as a public holiday to facilitate the Jouvert morning. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Sint Maarten public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Sint Maarten became an independent country on October 10, 2010. • For Sint Maarten public holidays from before October 10, 2010, see the Netherlands Antilles list of official public holidays. • Sint Maarten International Codes SX and SXM (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .sx (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Sint Maarten information and news: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Sint Maarten maps, demographics and economic statistics), and Wikipedia (includes Sint Maarten commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Sint Maarten, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

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In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Sint Maarten, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Sint Maarten, before planning any trip to Sint Maarten. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.