Even though some brainless voters, ignoring the weight of their statements, upset with traditional politicians, have opted to elect what they called a “legal bandit“ into the presidency, many citizens who favored placing Joseph Michel Martelly at the National Palace, have already regretted making that decision. In less than two years in office, the...
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Background On January 12, 2010 a 7.2 earthquake hit Haiti. The country lost 320,000 people. Not only was this a devastating blow to the population, it took a serious blow on the country’s workforce. About 25% of those losses were from the civil service, 18% teachers and 9% doctors and nurses. That day more...
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By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA | Sat Nov 24, 2012 2:57pm EST (Reuters) – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, moving quickly to nip a new scandal in the bud, ordered the dismissal on Saturday of government officials allegedly involved in a bribery ring, including the country’s deputy attorney general. Federal police raided government offices in Brasilia...
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Media Note Office of the Spokesperson Washington, DC November 23, 2012 Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Melanne Verveer will travel to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, November 25-26, to engage with Haitian women business owners, civil society, government officials, and private sector leaders to highlight the importance of women’s and girls’ economic, political, and social advancement to...
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government issued a warning Friday telling a band of former soldiers who have been in hiding for six months that it will not tolerate any actions that disrupt public order. The statement suggested the ex-soldiers who once embarrassed the government and the United Nations peacekeeping mission with their paramilitary-like...
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25/11/2012 08:20:35 The United Nations Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti (OSE) has revised its analysis of pledges made for post-earthquake recovery activities, revealing a disbursement rate for the 2010-2012 period among public sector donors of 53,2%. The 55 donors pledged approximately $5,33 billion for recovery activities...
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As part of the modernization process of registration of limited companies, Wilson Laleau, Minister of Commerce and Industry, proceeded this week at the presentation of the Electronic Single Window (GUE) to the Metropolitan Industrial Park (SONAPI), to representatives of Chambers of Commerce and private sector operators. The Minister Laleau declared “the public will finally...
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Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe (left) in talks with Japan’s Ambassador to Haiti, Kenji Kuratomi (right) (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe met Thursday with Kenji Kuratomi, Japan’s Ambassador to Haiti, to identify areas of priority for Japanese-Haitian cooperation. The Prime Minister has asked Japan for...
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Armed Forces minister Sigfredo Pared Pérez. Santo Domingo.– Armed Forces Minister Sigfrido Pared Pérez said the check posts in the border area will be reduced from 78 to 40, approximately. He explained that the goal of this initiative is to add more equipment to optimize the service. Security cameras will be installed at each...
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Caribean360.com Residents from the Jamaican community of New Town in the parish of St Elizabeth alleged that the men were chased and shot by the police. (File photo) KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sunday November 25, 2012 - The fatal shooting of four men by the police in the southern parish of St Elizabeth on Friday, has...
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