French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on March 19, 2012
MARIGOT, St. Martin – Some 53 percent of the eligible voters in Sunday’s Territorial Council elections exercised their right to vote according to the report on voter turnout. There were reports of long lines throughout the day as people chose the
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 16, 2012
St. Maarten – The Court in First Instance acquitted Rolex-dealer Spifo N.V. yesterday of filing incorrect tax returns. Spifo operates Goldfinger jewelry stores in Philipsburg, Marigot and St. Barths. At the trial on January 19, prosecutor mr. Gonda
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 16, 2012
St. Maarten - Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams wished all of the candidates of Sunday’s French territorial elections all the best on Wednesday. With the recent signing of a Declaration of Intent between the French and Dutch sides of the island
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on March 14, 2012
MARIGOT – “The upcoming elections are of vital importance to the community and since the change of status I feel that the people are fed up with the way that our affairs are managed financially and administratively,” veteran politician Guillaum
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on March 13, 2012
MARIGOT, St. Martin - Popular Radio host Jacques “Billy Dee” Hamlet believes the Union for Progress is “the only political party to take the Collectivite into the future”. That is why he will be participating in the upcoming elections on that
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 9, 2012
MARIGOT – Alain Richardson’s RRR party has been in the opposition for the past four years. “It is the only alternative that the Collectivité needs,” Richardson told this newspaper. “We have a program that is geared towards restoring confid
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on March 6, 2012
MARIGOT –The hosts of “Woman 2 Woman” radio program - Josianne Fleming-Artsen and Jacqueline Louis – will be the moderators of a debate Wednesday night between female candidates of parties contesting the Territorial Council elections. The par
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on February 28, 2012
MARIGOT – If elections were held today, the list of Daniel Gibbs would come out on top, with Alain Richardson finishing a close second, an opinion poll conducted by Qualistat for the French-side newspaper St. Martin’s Week. Senator Louis Constant
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on February 21, 2012
St. Martin - Newly crowned St. Martin Carnival Queen Christiana Denis delivered a moving performance on Friday night when she sang a calypso called ‘Stand Up for Ourselves.’ The seventeen year old said that she was inspired to sing the piece that
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on February 20, 2012
St. Martin - An unforgettable talent piece and a confident prepared speech on women in politics secured 784 points for Christiana Denis who became St. Martin’s Senior Carnival Queen. The pageant was held on Friday night after a five year hiatus at
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on February 17, 2012
St. Maarten – Environmental Protection in the Caribbean (Epic) organizes another bird walk tomorrow morning at Le Galion on the French side. “If you have ever wondered, “What is that bird?” this is your chance to find out,” epic stated i
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on February 15, 2012
MARIGOT, St. Martin – Secretary General of Generation Solidarity Louis Jeffry says they are waiting for Martha Ogoundélé after she went to the media on a “private” discussion she had with the party’s president and secretary general. Jeffry
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on February 15, 2012
MARIGOT, St. Martin – Vice-President in charge of environment Pierre Aliotti has been elected chairman of the shores commission of the organization for French territories in the Americas. Aliotti succeeds Mayor of St. Anne and Martinique Malsa
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on February 14, 2012
MARIGOT – The set up of a university in St. Martin is one of the points that Territorial Councilor Louis Mussington will discuss with French presidential candidate François Hollande when the two meet on February 17. Thursday’s meeting with Holla
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on February 7, 2012
We are tired of getting shifted left and right every year GALISBAY- President of the Festivité Carnavalesque De Saint Martin (FCDSM) Phillipe Richardson has repeated calls for there to be more support by the Collectivité and the business sector fo
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on February 6, 2012
MARIGOT - Crowd favorite Tiffany Annicette beat out three other contestants on Sunday to become Ms. Pitchounette 2012 for St. Martin’s carnival festivities. Eight year old Annicette got the judges nod for outstanding talent, best princess (evening)
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on January 27, 2012
MARIGOT, St. Martin – Motorists heading to Grand Case will have to look out for traffic diversions because of road repairs being carried out in the area. The deviations were announced by the Collectivité of St. Martin on Thursday. “The Collect
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 27, 2012
Veerle Rolus (maritime school) and Rien Korteknie (Sbo)GREAT BAY/MARIGOT – Two trainees in the will have the chance to sail aboard the tall ship “Eendracht” for a week during a journey from St. Martin to Bermuda. They will pay nothing for the j
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on January 26, 2012
MARIGOT, St. Martin – The Rotary Club of St. Martin Nord the Rotaract Club, and Help St. Martin Association have organized a two day blood drive at the Chamber of Commerce Building in Concordia. People will be able to donate blood between 9:00 a.m.
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on January 17, 2012
MARIGOT, St. Martin – Dominique Riboud, who headed a list of his own in 2007 and planned to again this year, has announced he’s joining with Daniel Gibbs for the coming Territorial Council elections. Riboud said he’s joined the younger man, who
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on January 16, 2012
St. Martin - Critically Positive Radio (CPR) starts broadcasting again today on Youth Radio 92.5 FM. The daily morning show hosted by Lenworth Wilson Jr. (Dj-LJ) airs Monday to Friday from ten o’clock in the morning until twelve noon. CPR has bee
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on January 16, 2012
SANDY GROUND – A fisherman found the body of a 38-year-old man in the Sandy Ground lagoon early on Saturday morning. It is unclear how the man, whose name was not released by the gendarmerie, died.
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 9, 2012
MARIGOT, St. Martin – Carnival 2012, which is themed Let’s do it together, got off to jammin’ start on Sunday with a short parade from the Gendermerie to the Community Center in French Quarter. This is the first of four such events to get peopl
French St. Martin News, St. Maarten News - Posted by admin on January 9, 2012
(from left to right) FCDSM President Mr. Richardson, Erno Labega SCDF treasurer, SCDF President Stuart Johnson and FCDSM Public Relations Officer Robert Fleming.GREAT BAY – The St. Maarten Carnival Development Foundation (SCDF) and Festivité
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on January 6, 2012
MARIGOT - The French Saint-Martin Tourism Office hosts a Haitian art exhibit on its premises beginning January 12. The exhibit, which opens with a private viewing between 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m., will continue until mid-February and is in commemora
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on January 4, 2012
MARIGOT, St. Martin – The central authority in Guadeloupe has opened recruitment for municipal police officers. Interested candidates can complete the preregistration online up until January 31, 2012 and should be prepared to take written examinati
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on January 3, 2012
Marigot, St. Martin - The calendar for the annual French St. Martin Carnival is set with parades and jump-ups on four Sundays in January and twelve event-days in February that end on the twenty-second with the Ash Wednesday Parade. The first parad
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on December 30, 2011
MARIGOT, St. Martin – Leader of the opposition in the Territorial Council Alain Richardson has said the general outlook for St. Martin remains grim and there is “no element that gives the indication that the economy has started to turn in a posit
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on December 28, 2011
MARIGOT, St. Martin – The latest information from the Information Desk on French Overseas Territories reveals that nearly 93 percent of the population on St. Martin is under 60 years old. The data also shows that immigrants from the Haiti are the l
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on December 27, 2011
Report suggests three way commission on cooperation St. Martin / By Donellis Browne - A new report by the French Information Desk on Overseas Territories has called for the establishment of a mixed three way commission to strengthen cooperation
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on December 23, 2011
St. Martin – The communications department of the Collectivite of St. Martin issued a four point advisory for motorists on Thursday in hopes of promoting safe driving during the holiday season. Two of the four points have a tagline statement that p
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on December 23, 2011
The five bloggers who visited as part of the promotional tour for the launch of Air Caraibes’s third weekly flight pose together for a hand out photo.St. Martin - Air Caraibes launched their third direct flight per week between Saint-Martin and
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on December 23, 2011
Jahbash from the We agree with culture Association participates in an interview for one of three eight minute segments filmed by Men’s Up TV to promote St. Martin as a tourism destination to men from 25 to 60 years old in France. St. Martin �
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on December 23, 2011
MARIGOT, St. Martin – The water management authority is urging people on the eastern side of the island not to drink water from the tap until December 26. The prohibition is out of fear that people will become sick from water running through pipes
French St. Martin News - Posted by admin on December 11, 2011
MARIGOT - Wilfrid Moizan will be the feature artist exhibiting his work at the French Saint-Martin Tourist Office from December 14, 2011 to January 13, 2012. The show will officially open on Wednesday December 14 in an event between 6:00 p.m. and 8:0
