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The fire was under control before the arrival of the fire engines. about 13 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Fire Department responded Monday morning at 12:55am for a fire at Lee,s Road Side Grill. Seemingly the fire was limited to the main grill. about 13 hours ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Some prisoners from Point Blanch have just been transported to the Simpson bay Prison at the police station. 12:28 PM Jun 2nd via Twitter for BlackBerry®
The Narcotic Department of the St. Maarten Police Force is currently busy with a new case. See sxmislandtime.com for more details. 5:00 PM May 30th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Mr. Vegas just arrive at airport. Scheduled to perform this weekend. 4:56 PM May 30th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Electricity returning to affected areas. 8:06 PM May 28th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Area affected by electricity outage widens. Cayhill, Cole Bay and surrounding areas are now affected by the outage. 7:23 PM May 28th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
The St. Maarten Fire Department & GEBE personal are currently busy with the investigation and repairs. 6:26 PM May 28th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
The transformer explosion caused a black out in some parts of St Peters, Ebenezer, South Reward, Betty Estate and Saunders. 6:25 PM May 28th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Thousands of electricity subscribers are now without electricity after a transformer blow up in the district of Waymouth Hill this evening. 6:25 PM May 28th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Governors speech concluded. 7:28 AM May 21st via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Source says that the Governor is reminding the new council of ministers about their responsibility towards good governance. 7:25 AM May 21st via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Governor currently giving his speech. 7:23 AM May 21st via Twitter for BlackBerry®
St. Maarten has a new Government. The new council of Ministers took the oath of office at 10am 7:23 AM May 21st via Twitter for BlackBerry®
New governing accord signed Friday under veil of secrecy. Press not invited. 7:05 AM May 11th via web
As a direct result of the change of UP/DP government, 42 people have lost their jobs. 8:13 AM May 10th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Ministers from the UP party in the UP/DP coalition government, tendered their resignation to the Governor of St. Maarten on Tuesday morning. 12:44 PM May 8th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
UP/DP government now indicating that resignation possible today. 2pm deadline established. 7:50 AM May 8th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
Body found in Simpson Bay Lagoon Sunday afternoon, police investigating. 3:29 PM May 6th via web
SXMIslandtime.com confirmed on Wednesday that the employment contract with Director Drs. Marva Richardson Richardson has been terminated. 6:01 PM May 2nd via web