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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The senate investigation into the nationality of the president and executive members of the government continues despite the decision of the Head of state to show his passports to prove his Haitian nationality. Senator Anick Francois Joseph (Artibonite/Alternative), declared the case is not closed, but has only just opened. “We...
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The vaccine — $417,000 worth of it — is stacked high in refrigerated containers to protect it from the Haitian heat. Hundreds of health workers are trained and ready to give the vaccine. They’re armed with programmed smartphones and tablet computers to keep track of who has been vaccinated and who needs a second...
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By Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE | Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:40pm EDT (Reuters) – Two U.N. peacekeepers from Pakistan have been sentenced to a year in prison for raping a 14-year-old Haitian boy after being convicted in a Pakistani military trial in Haiti, authorities said on Monday. U.N. spokeswoman Sylvie Van Den Wildenberg said...
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By G. Dunkel Published Mar 11, 2012 10:02 PM Over 10,000 supporters of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide marched in Port-au-Prince on Feb. 29 from Aristide’s church to the Parliament and the ruins of the National Palace, passing through most of the city’s poor neighborhoods, bastions of his support. Aristide, a former priest elected...
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dominicantoday.com Dajabón, Dominican Republic.- Dominican personnel in the consulate at Ouanaminthe, Haiti, left the premises on safety concerns, as the violent incidents of the last few days in towns near the border with Dominican Republic continue. Local media report that all nine Dominicans were evacuated in the heels of several protests staged in Haitian...
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Saturday, 10 March 2012 18:31 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – Senator Steven Benoit (Ouest/Alternative) wants the president to send very quickly, in addition to his eight passports, his U.S. green card to the Senate Inquiry Committee. As for Senator Jean-Charles Moïse (Nord/Inite), he wants the inquiry into the nationality of head of state to be...
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By Stewart Stogel WND.com UNITED NATIONS – Fresh from a visit to the troubled nation of Haiti, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice is telling Security Council members Washington is not happy with events on the Caribbean island. “Political stalemate threatens hard-won gains. Haiti’s politicians need to temper their partisan interests, put aside winner-take-all politics and...
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By Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE | Fri Mar 9, 2012 7:16am IST (Reuters) – Haitian President Michel Martelly held a hastily arranged news conference on Thursday to prove he is not a U.S. citizen in response to a mounting public campaign questioning his eligibility to hold office. In front of religious leaders and members...
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March 8, 2012 SENATORS LAMBERT AND LATORTUE HAVE RESIGNED FROM COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING CITIZENSHIP OF PRESIDENT MARTELLY. THEY SAY THAT SENATOR MOISE JEAN-CHARLES OF CAP HAITIAN ON VENDETTA TO DESTROY MARTELLY WITH FORGED DOCUMENTATION. LAMBERT AND LATORTUE WAR THAT COUNTRY WILL HAVE MAJOR EVENT THAT WILL TURN THE PLACE UPSIDE DOWN. ALL OF THIS ON...
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Wednesday, 07 March 2012 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – A presidential commission that included Gérard Gourgue and Georges Michel recommended to the Head of State not to publish a corrected version of the Constitution of Haiti amended by the Parliament in 2010. A commission member, George Michel, who in 1987 participated in framing the previous...
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