Pétion-ville, vendredi 23 Septembre 2016 : La Fondation Dr Louis G. Lamothe a eu, ce jeudi 22 septembre 2016, son sixième Conseil d’administration au siège de l’institution à Pétion-ville en présence des principaux responsables de la fondation, des dirigeants de la Fondation RAPINO, de Mme Élizabeth Borno, de Wicky Frisch et de M. Laurent...
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The Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA) added the voice of thousands of small-scale farmers throughout Haiti to deliberations at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) which were focused on global food production. The SFA was honored to join with four global food and beverage companies–Heineken, Unilever, Hershey and Sodexo–in providing input to a CGI report that...
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By Meg Wilcox ECO Watch Read any article about Haiti’s environment and you’ll encounter the same grim statistic, that 98 percent of the country is deforested. That’s hard to fathom. How could a country possibly have only two percent tree cover? Death by a Thousand Cuts, a 2012 film that tells the tale of...
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7 microcephalic infants have been born in the United States CDC head says health agency diverting funds from other needs to fight Zika. Three senior U.S. government experts testify before a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee to urge Congress to pass a $1.1 billion Zika prevention bill stalled by partisan politics. The bill stalled after...
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Haiti Libre: Friday, June 17, on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification which was held on the theme “Protect Earth. Restore Land. Engage People”, the United Nations in Haiti acknowledged the efforts of Haitian institutions to increase protected areas and called to the search of sustainable alternatives for stopping practices that...
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, Jun 16, CMC – Haiti’s ban on the entry of products from the neighbouring Dominican Republic, continues to have an impact on the economy of the Spanish speaking country. He said the decline occurred last year and the situation has increased smuggling.On Wednesday, Dominica’s Minister of Industry and Commerce Jose...
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By Tom Howell Jr. – The Washington Times – Sunday, June 12, 2016 The Obama administration says it doesn’t expect the Zika virus to blanket whole states if and when mosquitoes begin to spread the virus on the U.S. mainland, though it wants state officials to map outbreaks so locals can protect themselves. The...
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A woman along with her son, fills her containers at a water distribution point in Las Palmas, Haiti. Logan Abassi/UN/MINUSTAH 10 June 2016 – Some 30,000 residents of three localities in Haiti now have access to potable water, thanks to a sanitation campaign launched by the Government and supported by the United Nations following...
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The Haitian equivalent of Jamaica’s Best Dressed Chicken which is marketed under the brand Le Chic Poulet. Six years after an earthquake devastated Haiti, the country’s agriculture sector is bouncing back and a Jamaican company has been very instrumental in that aspect of its recovery. “Having gone into production for four years now and...
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Haiti Libre: The World Food Programme (WFP) Tuesday welcomed a contribution of US$11 million from the Government of the United States of America through the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The donation will be used to assist about 170,000 Haitians for three months, as part of an emergency drought operation. Some 1.5 million...
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