Sources: Government of Sint Maarten (Great Bay) and Sint Maarten bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Following parliamentary delays in the approval of a bill to make July 1st an annual non-working public holiday in Sint Maarten, the government of Sint Maarten has signed another ordinance to make July 1, 2012 an official non-working public holiday to mark Emancipation Day. [full story]