byRichard Knox- Morning Edition October 23, 2013 3:12 AM A nurse treats a cholera patient in the Dominican Republic on Aug. 27, at the Juan Pablo Pina Hospital in San Cristobal. Health officials say that the strain of cholera circulating in the Dominican Republic — the same one that first appeared in Haiti three...
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The new Episcopal Church cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti would make a strong statement of hope on a busy corner in the country’s capital, which is still recovering from the 2010 earthquake. Artist rendering: Kerns Group Architects The architects of a dramatic new cathedral for Haiti unveiled their design...
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HARD TO BELIEVE!! IT SHOULD BE REMEMBERED THAT $1,000,000 IN $100 BILLS WEIGHS 23 POUNDS…. THAT’S 69 POUNDS OF $100 BILLS PLUS THE WEIGHT OF LUGGAGE. WHAT DOES INTERIOR MINISTER DAVID BAZILE HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS. REPORTS CLAIM ARRESTED PERSON SAID MONEY WAS FOR PURCHASE OF IMMIGRATION MATERIAL. WHAT HAPPENED TO CHECKS AND...
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Above: the soon-to-open NH El Rancho By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti currently has five hotels and 644 rooms in its active hotel development pipeline, according to data from STR. The country recently saw the opening of two major hotels in the last year, including the 109-room Best Western and the 128-room Royal Oasis,...
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The second of two parts: In a country recovering from recent catastrophes, its people are looking to Internet-connectedness and the great potential their homeland has to gain October 20, 2013 12:17 am Deborah Todd/Post-Gazette Louis Baptiste Nadege, educational director of the Steve Apple Polytechnic School, below, saved for two years to build the school’s...
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Félicitations au gouvernement d’avoir mis l’action publique en mouvement pour les malfrats qui sont prets à tout faire pour terroriser le pays et semer des troubles partout. Selon nos constats ,ce matin ,Arnel Belizaire qui avait rendez vous avec le chef de gangs de Grand Ravine allias Ti Kenken et avec plusieurs autres chefs de...
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THIS month, as every year since 2004, the United Nations Security Council agreed to extend its peacekeeping mission in Haiti. But the UN is at last making plans for its departure. The budget of the mission, known as Minustah, is down by 30% in the past two years, and its headcount is at its...
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October 18, Aristide loyalists Terneb Delpe, Maryse Narcisss, John Joel Joseph, Moise Jean Charles, Arnel Belizaire and others did their best to generate a big anti-government manifestation in Port-au-Prince. On this occasion, Aristide’s cash generated a bigger turn out than the 227 who marched in their last fiasco. Several thousand people took to the...
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – An anti-government protest march in Haiti’s capital has ended in tear gas and flaming barricades. Thousands of people joined Thursday’s protest, marching through the streets of Port-au-Prince to complain mainly about the higher cost of living. It was one of the biggest demonstrations against the administration of President Michel Martelly this...
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hackeducation.com by Audrey Watters on 09 Apr, 2012 “25 million laptops later,” Mashable announced today, “One Laptop Per Child doesn’t increase test scores.” “Error Message,” reads the headline from The Economist: “A disappointing return from an investment in computing.” The tenor of these stories feels like a grand “Gotcha!” for ed-tech: It’s shiny stuff,...
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Le Nouvelliste | Publi� le :15 octobre 2013 Louis-Joseph Olivier ljosepholivier@gmail.com La justice haïtienne a procédé mardi à l’arrestation de l’homme d’affaires Philippe Victor Chatelain, dans le cadre de l’enquête sur la contrebande menée au sein de l’Administration générale des douanes toujours paralysée par la grève des agents de douane. Le directeur de la compagnie Chatelain...
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Haïti s’apprête à célébrer avec le reste du monde mercredi 16 octobre prochain la journée mondiale de l’alimentation sur le thème : » Des systèmes alimentaires durables, au service de la sécurité alimentaire et de la nutrition ». En Haïti, cette journée sera axée sur la production bananière. Le Ministère de l’Agriculture des Ressources...
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The court plans to define exactly what a “foreign official” is under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act By Zach Warren October 16, 2013 • The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Miami began to tackle an important foreign bribery case on Oct. 11, and the resulting interpretation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)...
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Le journaliste Jacques Roche ” assassiné par les terroristes de l’ancien Président Aristide “, selon le cinéaste et ex ministre de la culture Raoul Peck http://www.alterpresse.org/article.php?id_article=2837#.Ud2vZL-troA Texte soumis ce 14 juillet 2005 à AlterPresse par le cinéaste haïtien et ex ministre de la culture Raoul Peck, qui participe au festival de film de Jacmel (sud-est...
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Monsieur le directeur, Ce n’est pas sans indignation qu’il m’a été donné, Monsieur Le directeur, de lire dans Le Nouvelliste du 12 octobre 2013 un article à caractère diffamatoire sur ma personne. Le RNDDH n’en est pas à son premier coup, mais, cette fois-ci, s’érigeant en juge et partie, cet organisme pousse l’assurance jusqu’à...
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Richard Perry/The New York Times Workers in a garment shop in Haiti. Production quotas and overtime figure in a report that says such employees are underpaid. By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD and STEVEN GREENHOUSE Published: October 15, 2013 MEXICO CITY — Garment factories in Haiti, the backbone of an effort to revive the country’s earthquake-shattered...
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Le Nouvelliste | Publi le :14 octobre 2013 Danio Darius Les services de l’Administration générale des douanes ont été quasiment paralysés ce lundi 14 octobre. Certains employés de l’institution avaient en effet annoncé un arrêt de travail en signe de solidarité avec leurs camarades Erald Préval et Harold Guillaume, interpellés dans le cadre d’une enquête ouverte...
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by Stephen Lendman Long-suffering Haitians know adversity and anguish as well as anyone. For over 500 years, they’ve suffered hugely. They experienced enslavement, colonization, reparations, despotism, persecution, serfdom, exploitation, resource theft, embargoes, extreme poverty, starvation, disease, early death, immiseration, and dismissiveness of world leaders able to help. Haiti is the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country....
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Publié le vendredi 11 octobre 2013 15:01 Mgr Jude Thaddeus OkoloLe pape a nommé ce lundi 7 octobre un nouveau nonce en République Dominicaine. Mgr Jude Thaddeus Okolo a 57 ans et il est .. noir ! Ce n’est pas une coïncidence. Et d’ailleurs personne ne me ferait croire le contraire. Je gagerais bien...
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