President Martelly and Prime Minister Lamothe have stated their willingness to have election in 2104 but there is more to the game than their agreement. Without the complete and total cooperation of the Haitian community, this will be politically and logistically impossible. People Like Senator Desras, and Deputy Arnel Belizaire mirror the roadblocks that...
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Le Nouvelliste: Le Premier ministre Vietnamien Dans le cadre du renforcement des relations de coopération entre Haïti et le Vietnam, le Premier ministre Laurent Lamothe reçoit vendredi, à Port-au-Prince, son homologue de cette République socialiste, Nguyen Tan Dung. M. Tan Dung sera accompagné d’une importante délégation composée, entre autres, de plusieurs ministres et investisseurs...
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FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell led a delegation to Haiti yesterday for bilateral talks on the issues of human trafficking, human smuggling and co-operation in agriculture. The first action item was the announcement on March 25 of the full 22-member Bahamas National Reparation Committee pursuant to a ten-point plan adopted by CARICOM at the...
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Posted: Thursday, March 27, 2014 11:15 am | Updated: 11:16 am, Thu Mar 27, 2014. BY LAURA KNOWLES | Correspondent The artists of Haiti rely on tourism for their livelihood. And yet they are at the mercy of Mother Nature. “Not only have the earthquakes and hurricanes devastated Haiti, but they have devastated the...
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By TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Aid workers in Haiti have begun distributing food to help some of the Caribbean nation’s poorest people cope with a severe drought, an official with a United Nations agency said Thursday. The World Food Program on Wednesday began handing out cereal, vegetable oil and iodized salt...
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By Jeb Blount 15 hours ago . Electricity transmission towers stand over a coffee farm in Santo Antonio do Jardim February 6, 2014. … By Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil is fighting against time to avoid crippling power blackouts and electricity rationing as a drought prevents the world’s most water-rich nation from...
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Tracy Robinson Presidente de la Commission Interamericaine des Droits de l’Homme et deux Membres, Felipe Gonzalez et Rose Barie Belle Antoine President de la Commission Tracy Robinson et Stanley Lucas Membres de la Delegation Haitiano-Dominicaine
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By jacqueline charles and Aaron Morrison jcharles@MiamiHerald.com UNITED NATIONS — As an increasingly confident and stronger Haitian police force take control of Haiti’s security, major crimes are seeing a double-digit drop and the United Nations is intensifying discussions about its future in the country. The talks of a reconfigured U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti,...
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By Patricia Rey Mallén on March 24 2014 9:37 AM A UN military vehicle patrols the slum area of Cite Soleil in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Reuters/Swoan Parker Four years after a devastating earthquake that wrecked the country in early 2010 and killed up to as many as 160,000 people, Haiti still bears scars. With a...
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Haiti Libre: Friday at the National Palace, President Michel Martelly, decorated Pastor Wallace Turnbull (American origin, born in 1925), founder of the Conservative Baptist Mission of Haiti, with the Order of Honor and Merit, grade “Commandeur”. The ceremony, that took place in presence of the wife of the pastor, Mrs. Eleanor Turnbull, Mayors Pétion-Ville...
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Haiti Libre: On Thursday, the President Michel Martelly, accompanied by Ms. Josette Darguste, the acting Minister of Culture, participated in Pandiassou (Hinche), at the ceremony of presentation of the first components of the Orchestra of the National Music Institute of Haiti (INAMUH). In his speech, the Head of State, in the presence among others...
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Haiti Libre: This Friday, as part of the “International Women of Courage” program, initiated for 3 years by the State Department to recognize the initiatives and actions undertaken by women around the world who play a prominent role in their society, Pamela White, Ambassador of the United States in Haiti, during a ceremony at...
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Saturday, March 22,2014, 13.00 hours ( Today) Fire in the Historic center of Jeremie According to reliable information ,it wasn’t an accidentally started fire. The fire seems to have been started by one of the Lavalas fragments in protest against Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe’s weekend visit to Jeremie for meetings with community elements. This...
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Le Plan spécial mis en place par l’équipe Martelly/Lamothe à Ile-de la Tortue en faveur de la population avance à grand pas.
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Caribbean Journal; Above: a map of the quake (graphic: United States Geological Survey) By the Caribbean Journal staff A 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck northeast of the coast of Les Cayes, Haiti on Friday evening, according to data from the United States Geological Survey. The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at around 9:11 PM local...
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Pastor Wallace very well deserved Congrats Honneur et mérite est décerné au Grade de commandeur au Réverand Pasteur Wallace Turnbull, pour son dévouement et sa contribution au développement des activités communautaires à travers le pays Honneur et mérite est décerné au Grade de commandeur au Réverand Pasteur Wallace Turnbull, pour son dévouement et sa...
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A makeshift latrine hangs over the water at the edge of Cite de Dieu, a slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. John W. Poole / NPR/John W. Poole / NPR It’s been more than three years since cholera struck Haiti. And the epidemic continues today. The deadly bacteria have killed more than 8,500 people. And it...
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GMA NEWS.COM The Philippines is seeking a bilateral labor agreement with Haiti to ensure that Filipinos working in the Caribbean nation would enjoy adequate protection. In a statement, the Philippine Embassy said Ambassador Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. discussed the bilateral labor agreement when he presented his credentials to President Michael Joseph Martelly as Manila’s...
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By EVENS SANON and TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press A drought is causing an extreme emergency in northeast Haiti, wiping out sorely needed crops and livestock, an official said Tuesday. Pierre Gary Mathieu of the government’s National Coordination of Food Security told The Associated Press that the eight-month-long drought in the region has caused the...
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