French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on July 6, 2016
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MARIGOT (SOUALIGAPOST)—Gendarmes suspect that another body found on the Grandes Cayes beach in Cul de Sac on Sunday at around 9:30am could be a case of a homicide. Two walkers found the body of a man on the beach. The gendarmes were alerted and wen
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on June 21, 2016
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St. Maarten News – While the price of unleaded gas on the French side has been a steady $0.87 for months, the price on the Dutch side goes up once again today, from 1.763 to 1.868 guilders (from $0.984 to $1.044). Gas is now $0.174 per liter more e
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on April 14, 2016
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Préfète-Déléguée Anne Laubies and Prime Minister William Marlin sign the treaty. Photo contributed Quadripartite meeting St. Maarten News - The Government of Sint Maarten hosted the third annual Quadripartite Meeting last Wednes
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News, St. Maarten Sports - Posted by admin on February 15, 2016
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St. Maarten News - Track and Field athletes from Anguilla, French Sint Martin and Dutch St. Maarten literally stepped on the gas last Saturday during the final event that was organized by the St. Maarten Amateur Athletic Association at the Raoul Illi
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on February 1, 2016
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MARIGOT - For the second straight year, the kids’ Carnival parade on the French side started and concluded on the Rue De Hollande, just outside the Louis Vanterpool Stadium in Marigot and according to the President of the FCDSM, Jean Philippe Richa
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 29, 2016
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St. Maarten News - The hardest part for any professional or amateur racing cyclists is getting back on the saddle after an extended period, the second hardest part is getting back in shape for racing at the start of a new season. When the cyclists
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 29, 2016
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From left: Captain Aveline Fernandes, Commander Jean-Luc Deras, Chief Prosecutor Ton Maan, Udo Aaron and Johishi Romney. Photo contributed St. Maarten News – The Executive Committee established to steer the execution of the Franco
Entertainment, French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 26, 2016
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St. Martin News: From the reactions of the almost capacity crowd inside the Festival Village in Galisbay late Sunday evening, Farlot Mae-Lys did enough to earn the crown in the Miss Pitchounette category. The same can be said about Shaliyah Ferro
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on January 20, 2016
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MARIGOT – Senator Guillaume Arnell has expressed his concerns about the outbreak of the zika virus to the French Minister of Public Health, Marisol Tourraine. In a letter dated January 19, Arnell says that he is concerned about the development o
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on December 18, 2015
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MARIGOT, St. Martin – “This year 2015 was a painful one at a societal point of view: The terrible November 13 attacks in France of course, but also those in Mali, in Tunisia, in the United States ... reminds us of how much our society m
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on December 3, 2015
Attorney Patricia Chance-Duzant (center) holds an enlarged image of the traditional Grand Case bridge design during a demonstration in Grand Case with supporters of the bridge’s restoration. Photo contributed St. Maarten – The tradi
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on December 1, 2015
Congressman Daniel Gibbs during yesterday’s press conference. Photo Today / Hilbert Haar MARIGOT, St. Martin – “I welcome that the state of emergency was extended to the overseas territories,” Congressman Daniel Gibbs (Union pour la Demo
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 23, 2015
A roadblock in St. James. Photo Today / Leo Brown Arnell: “We’ll go back to the drawing board” MARIGOT, St. Martin — The Second Vice President of the Collectivité Guillaume Arnell has agreed to revisit the Plan Local d’Urba
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2015
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FRENCH QUARTER—The residents of French Quarter who attended the meeting on the Plan Local d’Urbanisme (PLU) claim the plan is an effort by the Collectivité of Saint Martin to reclaim their ancestral land. They said that they are prepar
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on October 19, 2015
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MARIGOT - The Saint-Martin Tourism Office has presented its new communication campaign, in partnership with Atout France and Horizon Bleu, their communication agency. This new campaign has three goals: to create preference for the island of Saint-Ma
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on October 14, 2015
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Marigot, Saint Martin - Representatives of all six districts on the French side will be present at a press conference in French Quarter today where they protest against the P.L.U. – the Plan Local d’Urbanisme, the government’s plan for urban p
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on October 5, 2015
There is still Sargassum seaweed left on the parking lot in Cul-de-Sac and the place still stinks to high heaven. Photo Today / Hilbert Haar CUL-DE-SAC – The green brigade deployed by the Collectivité d’Outremer de Saint Martin has
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on October 5, 2015
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The flyer the association is handing out to citizens on the French side. Photo Today / Hilbert Haar MARIGOT/St. Martin – PLU has rapidly become an offensive word on the French side. The letters stand for Plan Local d’Urbanisme – th
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on September 16, 2015
Members of the Soualiga Grassroots Movement, from left: Freddy Richardson, Horace Whit, X-Ray, Natigua Stephen and Ras Mystic. Photo Today / Andrew Dick Ras Mystic: “Other suffer from the same treatment” MARIGOT – “A
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on August 28, 2015
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Frank Mingo holding his one of his sons on vacation. Photo contributed St. Maarten / By Andrew Dick - The late Frank Mingo was a force to be reckoned with says Prime Minister Marcel Gumbs who served with him in the Netherlands Antilles
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on August 4, 2015
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Construction of Aventura in Hope Estate is still in the early stages. Photo Today / Hilbert Haar HOPE ESTATE, St. Martin – The Zone Artisanale et Commerciale (ZAC) in Hope Estate on the French side is about to get another boost w
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on July 27, 2015
St. Martin – Painter Stephy Tihanyi is incensed that Teri van Horn, a Texan reiki master has used the image of one of her paintings without permission on her web site and on her Face book page healinglightonline. When the artist called Van Horn on
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on July 22, 2015
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Attorney Patricia Chance-Duzant is on a roll during her address. Photo Today / Leo Brown GRAND CASE, St. Martin – Victor Schoelcher, the 19th-century abolitionist writer who had a large influence on the abol
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on July 16, 2015
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Monsieur Boussat and Madame Fabreaux of the Veterans Association at the wreath laying. Behind to the right are President Aline Hanson and Préfète Anne Lobiès. Photo Today / Leo Brown MARIGOT – Less than an hour before the wreath laying ceremo
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on May 11, 2015
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Sandy Ground, St. Martin—One man in his early twenties is dead from gunshot wounds and his shooter wanted for questioning following an altercation in Sandy Ground that begun around 10pm on Friday night. On Friday at approximately 9:15pm, Kern He
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 2, 2015
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COLOMBIER – The Nature Valley Association of Colombier held its annual Arrowroot Jollification on Saturday. From early in the morning, villagers were busy uprooting a field in the center of the village to collect the precious arrowroots. As the
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 23, 2015
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St. Maarten - The noticeable presence of a Go pro camera affixed to the uniform of an officer from the French side of the island raises more questions than answers, but the biggest question is, was the decision by that officer personal or has it bee
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on February 2, 2015
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St. Martin - For the second straight week, the main street in the busy thoroughfare of Grand Case was closed to traffic for a few hours and during that spell, revelers, shoppers and party goers had the opportunity to interact under the theme, Saint
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on December 9, 2014
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MARIGOT – SXM Autism organizes a tombola during the festive season with a four day stay for two people in New York – between May 1 and June 30 - as the main prize. Other prizes are a Haier D85 tablet and a dinner for two at Sol et Luna in Mont Ve
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on November 25, 2014
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MARIGOT, St. Martin - The SXM Autism Association organizes this week and in early December autism awareness trainings in partnership with the National Education, General Social Security Fund (SSTC) of Guadeloupe and Sessad Northern Islands - a servic
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 20, 2014
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St. Maarten —Four armed Gendarmes were yesterday escorted to the border by police from Dutch St. Maarten, in what many view as retaliation for the embarrassment suffered by Dutch police at the hands of Gendarmerie on St. Maarten Day. At approxim
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on November 6, 2014
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Marigot, St. Martin – The Soualiga Grassroots Movement is urging the government of the Collectivité Saint Martin, along with Préfet Philippe Chopin, to institute an immediate moratorium on the “indiscriminate issuance of residence permits”, c
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on November 3, 2014
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St. Maarten –No ebola travel plan has been put in place on French St. Martin, although officials there have said they have three levels when dealing with a suspected case of ebola. Dutch St. Maarten issued an ebola travel ban on October 27. Col
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on November 3, 2014
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St. Maarten - A casting call for men, women and children has been issued by the Saint-Martin Tourism Office, the Collectivité of Saint-Martin, SXM ARTISTS and Caribproduction for actors in an upcoming police series to be shot on St. Martin. The
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on November 3, 2014
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MARIGOT/St. Martin - The Territorial Council of the Collectivité will be initiating efforts to collect their margin on the gasoline in taxes from the Petrol Stations. President of the Collectivite Aline Henson said in an interview following the Terr
