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Tempers Flare Up As Residents Speak Their Minds In French Quarter On Tuesday.

~ No real solutions to pending issues.~

FRENCH QUARTER:--- Residents of French Quarter mostly the younger generation met with the Prefet of Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy Serge Gouteyron and President of the Collectivity Daniel Gibbs on Tuesday. The officials were met with a roadblock on Chamba Hill where the meeting was held. Members of the media and other persons that were in attendance were told that they were not allowed to tape the meeting Read more

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MARIGOT:--- After three months of mobilization of the Territorial Union UNI.T978, a conflict suspension protocol was signed this Friday, October 8, 2021, between the President of the Collectivity of Saint-Martin, Mr. Daniel Gibbs, and the UNI.T978 and UNSA Territoriaux unions, the latter having rallied during the strike notice of August 2.
This protocol, which provides for the implementation of concrete actions in favor of territorial agents, occupational health, and social relations within the institution, suspends a strike that has hampered the proper functioning of territorial public action Read more

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Dgs Leaves St. Martin On Sick Leave To End Social Unrest.

~UNI.T 978 informed on Thursday, the signature of the protocol expected today~

MARIGOT:--- Directrice Gnrale des Services, Christiane (DGS) Ayache has left the territory of St. Martin over a month ago on arrt Maladie (Sick Leave) in order to end the social unrest that has been ongoing at the Collectivite Saint. Martin.
SMN News learned that while the DGS was not on the island for a period of time only on Thursday the President of the Collectivite Daniel Gibbs informed the unions on the departure of the DGS.
The DGS left the island on a 3-months sick leave which will be extended for another 3 months which will run until the territorial elections in March 2022 Read more

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~ Meeting with President Gibbs and Prefet Serge Gouteyron next week~

 MARIGOT:--- Protestors supported by their unions and the Collectif took more aggressive actions on Friday and called on the drivers of the heavy equipment's block all roads in and around Saint Martin.
The entrance into Marigot thru Bellevue border point, Agrement Round About, Mount Valois, and La Savannah are some of the areas that were blocked completely.
The more aggressive actions started when the strikers and their unions could not reach a consensus with President Daniel Gibbs, on Friday Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- The work carried out by the Collectivity and its provider Sogetras on the Sandy Ground Bridge has been done without major difficulties.
Everything has been done to activate the site and cause as little inconvenience as possible to users, so that the bridge will be able to reopen to road traffic as of Sunday, 10 days ahead of the forecast work schedule.
By adapting the execution procedures, the company is able to complete the finishing and tuning work without impacting daytime traffic.
Accordingly, the bridge will be reopened to road traffic this Sunday, September 05 at 8 pm.
President Daniel Gibbs salutes the teams in charge of the construction site for their involvement in the service of users.
However, it should be noted that in order to make the installation settings, one-time road traffic closure sessions will be scheduled before 30 September Read more

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MARIGOT:--- A week ago three organizations, representative of the people, made a request to the President of the collectivity and his team to solve the longstanding protest in the interest and respect of the population.
Lo and behold, a week later, President Daniel Gibbs and his team have remained unbelievingly uncompromising. They have maintained their decision to allow the general manager, Mme Ayache, to impose discriminatory, unjust, and humiliating practices on the workers of the collectivity and maintain deplorable working conditions in various services Read more

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Blocking Of The Collectivit Administrative Building

~Situation Update on Tuesday, July 13, 2021~

MARIGOT:--- As announced on Monday, July 12, 2021, in the press, President Gibbs and the General Directorate of the Collectivit of Saint-Martin received a delegation from the local union UNI.T978, to discuss the 29 points listed on the strike notice that was issued on July 2, 2021.
At this stage, it should be noted that the purpose of this meeting was to provide concrete answers to the legitimate concerns of the employees.
However, after 1h30 of discussions, the social dialogue initiated by President Daniel Gibbs and his team was broken off by the union delegation which decided to leave the negotiating table, consequently terminating the meeting.
Together with her directorates, heads of departments, and staff members, the General Director of the Administration constitutes a fully integrated team of dedicated people at the service of Saint-Martin.
Furthermore, the President insisted that the debate could not be limited to an issue of persons.
"It is therefore an entire team around me and all the people who were all expecting answers to the real issues that were raised.
In the current social and economic context, it is unfortunate that we cannot move forward with the modernization of our administration that is necessary for us to face tomorrows challenges.
Our Collectivit has full competency; it is our duty to collectively rise to the occasion.
I call upon the reason and the collective intelligence that we represent together Read more

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MARIGOT:--- Following the incident that took place at the Cit administrative, located in Concordia, on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, and given the seriousness of the facts, Vice-President Steven Patrick was removed from his Cadre de Vie delegation. However, he retains his function of vice-president and member of the Executive Council.
Due to a sufficiently serious incident, which occurred on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in the premises of the Cit administrative de la Collectivit, rue Jean-Jacques Fayel, I decided to remove my vice-president Steven Patrick from his delegation in terms of the living environment Read more

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~Possibility of tax harmonization between both sides.~

PHILIPSBURG:--- Minister of Finance, Ardwell Irion and President of the Overseas Collectivity of St. Martin, Daniel Gibbs, together with their delegation, met on Friday, March 19th to discuss how both sides of the island could achieve tax cooperation Read more

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MARIGOT:--- The president of Saint-Martin Daniel Gibbs and the President of St Barthlemy Bruno Magras co-signed a letter, Wednesday, February 3, 2021, addressed to the Minister of Overseas, Sbastien Lecornu, asking for the immediate lifting of the new travel restrictions for St. Martin and St. Barthelemy.
President Gibbs delivered the letter by hand to Sbastien Lecornu, this Thursday, February 04, during his meeting with the Minister Read more

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MARIGOT:--- The Collectivity of Saint-Martin informs the inhabitants of the sectors going from Orient Bay to Marigot that following the stoppage of the public household waste collection service since Friday, January 29 in the evening, a requisition procedure for the collection of garbage in all collection points, was launched on Monday, February 1, 2021. This procedure was initiated as a matter of urgency at the request of President Daniel Gibbs, with the support of the State authorities, for the sake of public health and safety Read more

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