DAILY REPORTS, Direct From Haiti
April 4, 2012 Who cares if Martelly took some cash from a Dominican senator? What has been reported is peanuts, compared with the cash gobbled up by Haiti’s Senators and Deputies who must be bribed in order to do their duties. Unfortunately, the money upon which we are focused is but a grain of...
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Tuesday, 03 April 2012 13:47 BALTIMORE, USA (defend.ht) – A 37 year old resident Haitian in Maryland, USA is one of three winners of the U.S. lottery “Mega Millions” of $ 640 million . Reported by the Haiti Press Network, Mirlande Wilson was one of three out of 176 million players to win the...
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Having recently won the Chicago Music Award’s, Best Reggae Entertainer of the Year, the Haitian, Chicago-based, Reggae/ Pop sensation, Rooby Man, who has performed over 80 shows in 2011, continues to take the industry by storm. This time he is nominated for the highly coveted IRAWMA award, in the category of Entertainer of the...
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The Caribbean mobile phone company Digicel Group says it’s acquired a rival business in Haiti. The Jamaica-based private group says in a Monday news release that it’s purchased Voila from its parent company, U.S.-based Trilogy International Partners, for an undisclosed amount. Under the Friday deal, the two companies will continue to run separately. Advertisement:...
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April 2, 1012 It isn’t an April Fool’s Day joke. Members of the Haitian medical community are blocking use of cholera vaccine. They believe that use of the vaccine, to prevent thousands of deaths, will see the Haitian peasants neglecting their instruction to wash their hands with soap and water. These hypocrites all live...
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BBC: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he has started radiotherapy treatment for cancer in Cuba. Mr Chavez, 57, had surgery in Cuba last month to remove a tumour in his pelvic area after a recurrence of cancer first treated last year. The Venezuelan leader’s illness has cast doubt on his ability to campaign for...
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March 29, 2012 Garry Conille thought that his move to surprise everyone, with a resignation, would see a tsunami of local and international support that would see him remain in power. He expected to remain as Prime Minister for the next few years. Instead, his resignation resulted in ZERO reaction from the local or...
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March 28, 2012 With many things requiring a financial input, the Martelly team is focused on paying millions to Senators and Deputies to guarantee Laurent Lamothe’s acceptance as Prime Minister even though he does not meet the Constitutional residency requirements. The Constitution demands 5 years continuous residence immediately prior to taking office. We believe...
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Voter registration card information of Stephanie Villedrouin March 17, 2012 This was an expected revelation, however, it just magnifies the sad situation in which Haiti cannot benefit from the help of the Diaspora. Stephanie has been a dynamic, creative Minister of Tourism, to a degree we have not witnessed, in the past. And those...
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Roger Dunwell Steven Dunwell / Dunwell family BY ELINOR J. BRECHER ebrecher@miamiherald.com Just after a monster earthquake ripped through Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, a worried Roger Dunwell, in South Miami, connected with his daughter by phone at the family’s hotel outside Port-au-Prince. Melissa Dunwell Padberg reported that part of the 60-year-old Villa Creole,...
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