Team Gibbs wins first round
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MARIGOT – With 49.2 percent of the vote, Team Daniel Gibbs booked a resounding victory in the first round if the territorial elections on Sunday. A distant second was Louis Mussington’s MJP (13.8 percent) followed by Alain Richardson’s MVP with 11.9 percent. These three parties will go into the second round of voting this upcoming Sunday. Voters More...
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Dramatic low turnout for first round of territorial elections
MARIGOT – The enthusiasm for the territorial elections on the French side has never been impressive. In 2012, just 52.1 percent of the 17,892 voters went to the polls and yesterday the numbers looked even worse More...
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Helligar, thrown out of the MJP turns to New Direction
MARIGOT (soualigapost.com) – Raymond Helligar, co-founder of the Movement for Justice and prosperity (MJP) left the movement to join Jeanne Vanterpool’s list. On February 10, Louis Mussington unveiled the name More...
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Grassroots Movement rallies around Nadika Stephen
GREAT BAY – On Thursday morning at 8.30 a.m. the court in Marigot handles the case of Nadika Stephen, a member of the Soualiga Grassroots Movement on charges of using racial slurs against officers of the Police More...
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Dutch side gets support from Louis Mussington
MARIGOT—“I am in full agreement with the decision taken by the government of the day and the Council of Ministers to boycott the November 11 event,” leader of the political party Movement for Justice and Prosperity More...
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Semsamar remains in control of marina
MARIGOT (soualigapost.com) – The Collectivité has extended the Semsamar concession for Marina Fort Louis for another two years. This decision was justified by the designation of the future concessionnaire More...
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Collectivité installs three fitness trails
MARIGOT – As part of its prevention policy on the risks related to overweight, the Collectivité launched the construction of three fitness trails in August. These public amenities have been provided to fight More...
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Marigot road work
Work on the replacement of drinking water and sewage lines in downtown Marigot began at the end of July and is now about halfway through the four months that were scheduled for the project’s completion. Photo More...