St. Martin News Network

Marigot:--- The head of communications for the Collectivity of St. Martin it is understood is not performing her duties. SMN News learnt that members of the president’s cabinet are having constant problems with the employee who was recruited from Guadeloupe. It is also understood that several department heads had huge arguments with Collette Erivan whom they said is always getting in their way.

Several employees of the COM said the woman who once worked at the Chamber of Commerce in Pointe Pitre Guadeloupe would find herself doing everything else except the job she was hired and is paid over Euros 4000 to do.

The historic research committee in France (Comite de Liaison et d’Application des Sources Historiques) once contacted Erivan for information regarding May 28 and she took weeks before responding with incorrect information. Besides that, Erivan withheld information regarding a visit from the Dutch side to the French side.

Sources say members of the president cabinet are at war with Erivan because she presents herself in all meetings and most of the time gets in the way of progress. SMN News also learnt that Erivan had an argument with someone in the communication department and the person went to senator Fleming’s office to lodge a complaint.

Former president of the COM and now Senator Louis Constant Fleming including the current president Frantz Gumbs said on several occasions that they neglected to communicate with the people of St. Martin since they were elected. Both men promised to enhance communication over a year ago.

The COM spent thousands of Euros to prepare a new office over Forum Caraibe for communications, which is of no use to the Collectivity.

They have since hired three new employees in the department of communication, yet communication from the Collectivity is a nightmare. When the UPP took office some two years ago, they eliminated the “Our News”. The political appointees from UPP went as far as taking away the fax machine and other equipments from the department. SMN News learnt that the two hosts of “Our News” had a struggle with the vice president of communication Louis Jeffry who finally agreed to allow the news program back on the air about a month ago. SMN News learnt that even though Erivan is head of communications she has nothing to do with the half hour television program that is produced by staff of the communication department.

During the Victor Schoelcher fete this year, Erivan fought with Grand Case residents over food, she even went as far as telling the locals that she was the one that organized the day’s activity. Sources say Louis Jeffry had given the employee he recruited a warning letter for her actions.

5 Comments

Sherry October, 09, 2009, 03:52 200.7.56.20 Votes: +0	This woman is a joke , she is always in melee. Somebody say she is behind Frantz for personal reasons. They say she believes she was hired as Frantz press secretary Is that so? report abuse vote down vote up
Danny October, 11, 2009, 04:01 90.63.155.185 Votes: +0	I don't like that subjet, you always say that people from guadeloupe or france are not good, but why the government is obliged to call them in st martin? I don't give the response because everybody knows already!!! Let those people do their job, it's the only chance we have to see something change one day... Do you think those numerous incompetents in the collectivity will do so for their island? come on... They don't care about, and we all know that for years. Racism never help a country, and the harm you do to that person you will pay it on day (god is looking at you, don't forget). Try to be smart in your choice of subjets, please... report abuse vote down vote up
Romea October, 11, 2009, 08:49 90.63.155.185 Votes: +0	I don't understand what you say! "Our News" program is produced by collectivity employees!!?? Those people do NOTHING of their day when they're at work (I should say when they decide to come at work one hour or two in the day!) and the collectivity pays them to produce a program, it's completly crazy. Everybody at the government knows that at the communication office half employees work and the others do bubbles all day long, and Colette Erivan is definitly known as the one who works the most. So please, tell the truth to the people and don't build your writing on those unreliable sources you have at the COM that bring nothing to the island and that are famous incompetents. We are fed up of that! report abuse vote down vote up
sherry October, 11, 2009, 13:01 200.7.56.225 Votes: +0	Ask Erivan why the Guadeloupeans fire her from chamber of commerce. Why Jeffry chose an incompetent Guadleloupean, because his mother is one. Erivan works for the Gendarmes as translator, conflict of interest. and those lazy locals were put away by Felicia Baly and Fuentes. Erivan is the director she is the one who has to give them a*sisgnments and make them work. But how can she do that when she herself dont know anything else but melle. report abuse vote down vote up
Romea October, 11, 2009, 15:14 90.63.155.185 Votes: +0	Difficult for Erivan to act as the boss, cause some of the employees of her office don't treat her as the boss, they go directly to Jeffry. And Jeffry like that situation cause it serves its big ambition, he don't change anything, it 's good like that for him. I am so happy not to be part of that big mess, but poor St Martin Land! report abuse vote down vote up