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St. Maarten and Curaçao: Seperate countries by October 2010.
2009 October 2
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  a.. New Entities on the horizon:
To further the reply left by Marco, PJ7MF and to make more 
prominent on site, below are quotes from both Marco and The 
Daily Herald newspaper of St. Maarten, Netherland Antilles.

  As per tody’s newspaper, the government of the Netherlands 
Antilles and Holland agreed on the exact date 10-10-10 (10 
October 2010) when St. Maarten will become a country by 
itself, separate from the main Neth. Antilles island which 
is Curacao and separated from Holland. The two neighbor 
islands of Saba PJ6 and St. Eustatius PJ5 will become 
provinces of Holland and basically will be considered as 
European territory (same as French St. Martin FS).

>From the Daily Herald newspaper of St. Maarten.

  WILLEMSTAD–St. Maarten and Curaçao will become separate 
countries within the Dutch Kingdom on October 10, 2010, and 
this date is irrevocable.

  This is the agreement reached in the Kingdom Political 
Steering Group meeting held in the World Trade Center in 
Curaçao on Wednesday.

  However, while this date of 10-10-10 on which the 
Netherlands Antilles will officially cease to exist is 
irrevocable, the two new countries will be subjected to 
conditions should they not meet certain agreed criteria such 
as getting their Justice systems, police and good governance 
in order and up to acceptable levels.

Thanks to Marco PJ7MF for the update.

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