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~Calls issued to rename Waterfront in the name of longest serving Mayor of Saint Martin. ~

MARIGOT: ---Persons from all walks of life throughout the community of Saint Martin and dignitaries from Sint Martin, Anguilla, St. Barths, and Guadeloupe gathered at the waterfront in Marigot on Friday to pay their last respects to Mayor Albert Fleming who passed away on June 28th, 2023, at the Louis Constant Fleming Hospital.
The late Mayor Fleming was described as a patriot, a man for his people, simple and humble, and a man who cared for his family and that of his community Read more

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Constitutional Courts Dismissed Daniel Gibbs Requests To Annul National Assembly Elections

MARIGOT: --- On August 5th, 2022, the constitutional court rendered its decision in the case presented by Daniel Gibbs to annual the elections of the national assembly held on June 11th and 18th on St. Martin and St. Barthelemy.
According to the decision rendered by the court, Gibbs did not provide any evidence to the court to substantiate his claims Read more

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~ Gumbs and Lake ticket received 3 times the vote than Former President Daniel Gibbs and Thomas Greaux~

MARIGOT:--- Voters on St. Martin and St. Barthelemy sent a clear message to the former president of the Collectivity of Saint Martin Daniel Gibbs and his suppliant when they voted massively for the Frantz Gumbs and Melisa Lake ticket.
Of the 24.6% of the voters that cast their votes on Saturday Frantz Gumbs and Melisa Lake received 3,921 (67.21% ) votes Read more

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~President elect acted emotionally when he was declared President of the COM, Gibbs presented a list to form the executive council.~

MARIGOT:---Leader of the Rassemblement Saint Martin and Alternative Loui Mussington that merged for the March 27th, 2022 run-off territorial election was elected unanimously as the President of the Collectivity of Saint Martin on Sunday, April 3rd, 2022 at the installation (swearing-in) ceremony.

When the announcement was made that all twenty-three members of the incoming council voted in favor of Mussington as the President-elect he reacted emotionally as he did not expect the opposition members of the council to support him as the newly elected president of the council Read more

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~ New Council to be sworn in on April 3rd, 2022~

MARIGOT: --- The voters of St. Martin spoke loudly at the polls on Sunday when 49.11% of the votes cast were in favor of the Rassemblement Saint Martin (RSM) and Alternative coalition.
RSMA headed by Loui Mussington received 4,742 votes while incumbent President Daniel Gibbs that headed the list Team Gibbs 2022 received 3,216 votes Read more

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Rsm And Alternative Join Forces To Contest Second Round Of Territorial Elections. (Updated1)

MARIGOT:--- Le rassemblement Saint-Martinois (RSM) headed by Louie Mussington and Alternative headed by Valerie Damaseau have joined forces by forming a coalition to contest the second round of the Territorial Elections that will take place on March 27th, 2022.
The RSM/ Alternative coalition list will be submitted on Tuesday at the Prefecture of Saint Martin. SMN News learned that Alternative received five seats on the RSM slate Read more

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Rsm Takes Narrow Lead Ahead Of Team Gibbs In 1St Round Of Territorial Elections.

~ Negotiations will begin as early as Monday for Unity List--- Mussington.

MARIGOT:--- Rassemblement Saint Martin (RSM) took a narrow lead in the first round of the territorial elections held on Sunday, March 20th, 2022. Of the 8,732 persons that voted some 2,128 (25.39%) persons voted for the RSM led by Louie Mussington.
Team Gibbs led by incumbent President Daniel Gibbs received 2,074 votes (24.74%), while Generation Hope received 1,465 votes (17.48%), Alternative received 934 votes (11.14%), Avenir Saint-Martin received 626 votes (7.47 %) and Saint Martin Avec Vous received 1,155 votes Read more

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~ President Gibbs does not care, else he would have acted earlier.~

MARIGOT:---- Territorial Councilor Louie Mussington founder of the Rassemblement Saint Martin (RSM) made clear on Monday and again on Tuesday that the territorial council meeting that is being held today Tuesday, January 25th, 2022 is a total waste of time and will not assist the Webster family that are now protesting the auction of their land by blocking the main road in the vicinity of Gedimat.
The President of the Collectivity Daniel Gibbs does not have any political will to solve this problem, if he had he would have done so before because he had ample time to prepare for the auction slated for January 25th, 2022, Mussington said.
The law allows the Collectivity of Saint Martin to pre-empt the sale Read more

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MARIGOT: --- The protestors that are supporting the Webster and Beauperthuy families that are facing the possibility of losing their lands blocked the road on Monday as they continue to put pressure on the State of France and the Collectivity of St. Martin to intervene in the ongoing land saga.
On Monday morning the family along with several politicians gathered on the property that is located next to Gedimat and just below Leader Price. On the scene was President Daniel Gibbs who spoke at length to Rudy Webster and his sons and other members of the family Read more

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Vice Presidents Formed Group To Obtain Information.

~ Enough is Enough and it's better late than never, we were fooled to give up power.~

Marigot:--- Five members of Team Gibbs and members of the Territorial Council have formed a group in order to obtain information from the President of the Collectivity Daniel Gibbs. Those that formed the group are Sofia Codrington Carti, Maude Ascent Gibbs, Annick Petrus, Yawo Nyuadzi, Romeo Piper, and Bernadette Davis.
Also part of the press conference was Steven Patrick who supports the initiative but said he will not be joining the group because he felt that the forming of the group took place way too late while there were signals of lack of communication over two years ago Read more

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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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PHILIPSBURG/MARIGOT:--- On Thursday, November 5, 2020, a monitoring committee meeting was held between the governments of Dutch- and French St. Martin and the office of the Prfet of Saint Barths and Saint Martin. Present and giving opening remarks during the meeting were Prime Minister Silveria Jacobs, President of the Collectivit of Saint-Martin Daniel Gibbs, Secretary-General of the Prefecture Mikal Dore, representatives of the European Commission as well as technical representatives of both governments Read more

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PHILIPSBURG:--- On Wednesday, September 23, 2020, Prime Minister Silveria E. Jacobs, Head of Collective Prevention Services (CPS) Eva Lista-de Weever, and Interim Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs Patrice Gumbs together with President of the Collectivit of Saint-Martin Daniel Gibbs attended a cooperation meeting held by Prfte Dlgue of Saint-Martin and Saint Barths Sylvie Feucher along with her Secretary-General Mikael Dore and Director of the Regional Health Agency (ARS) Valerie Denux to discuss matters of public health in regards to COVID-19.

During the meeting, Director of the ARS Denux and Head of CPS Lista-de Weever discussed the status of COVID-19 on both sides of the island Read more

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MARIGOT:--- The President of the Collectivity of Saint-Martin, Daniel Gibbs, participated this Wednesday, September 23, 2020, in the cooperation meeting organized in the prefecture, in the presence of the deputy Prefet Sylvie Feucher, the Prime Minister of Sint Maarten Silveria Jacobs, the director from the Regional Health Agency of Guadeloupe and the Northern Islands, Valrie Denux and their respective teams.
Competent in matters of public health, the State and Sint Maarten authorities discussed the establishment of joint health protocols for both parts of the island as part of the fight against the spread of Covid19 Read more

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