Les représentants désignés du Corps Législatif promettent de bonnes élections

April 9, 2013
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Les représentants désignés du Corps Législatif promettent de bonnes élections

Les représentants désignés par le Parlement au Collège transitoire du conseil électoral permanent ont rencontré ce mardi les deux bureaux du Corps législatif. Marie Cluny Dumay Miracle promet de rester intègre et de travailler en vue de la réalisation de bonnes élections dans le pays. 09/04/2013 Première rangée : De gauche à droite :Mme...
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Le Premier Ministre assiste à l’ouverture de la troisième édition du Sommet sur la Finance et la Technologie appliquée à Karibe Hotel

April 9, 2013
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Le Premier Ministre assiste à l’ouverture de la troisième édition du Sommet sur la Finance et la Technologie appliquée à Karibe Hotel

Le Premier Ministre assiste à l’ouverture de la troisième édition du Sommet sur la Finance et la Technologie appliquée à Karibe Hotel. Le Premier Ministre prononce un discours au Sommet sur la Finance et la Technologie appliquée à Karibe Hotel.
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Haiti – Security : 32 suspects arrested in 4 operations

April 9, 2013
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Haiti – Security : 32 suspects arrested in 4 operations

Result of the ongoing cooperation between the Police Nationale d’Haiti (PNH) and the police component (UNPOL) and military of the Minustah (Brazilian and Sri Lankan military contingents), 32 suspects were arrested during the 4 joint operations conducted from 4 to 6 April. Informed of the presence of suspicious individuals in areas of Carrefour, Rivière...
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Inauguration de l’Ecole Nationale de Terre Blanche dans le Centre

April 9, 2013
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Inauguration de l’Ecole Nationale de Terre Blanche dans le Centre

L’éducation est la clef du développement et le President Martelly entend doter le plus de communes possibles d’une structure scolaire et de meilleures conditions d’apprentissage pour les enfants… A Terre Blanche, non loin de Las Cahobas, le FAES a remis une nouvelle structure flambant neuf a la communauté grâce a un financement de la...
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U.S. help for Haiti is a fraud and a shame

April 9, 2013
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U.S. help for Haiti is a fraud and a shame

By FinalCall.com News | Last updated: Apr 9, 2013 – 1:36:12 PM A resident sits at a destroyed area after a major earthquake hit the capital Port-au-Prince, January 14, 2010. Today the country remains beset by non-profits that deliver services that should be handled by government, which strengthens these organizations and further weakens Haiti’s...
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US military company gets $48.6 million contract in Haiti to staff officers for UN mission

April 9, 2013
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US military company gets $48.6 million contract in Haiti to staff officers for UN mission

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti –  A leading U.S. military contractor announced Tuesday that it won a contract for up to $48.6 million that will help support a U.S. contingent to the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti. The Falls Church, Virginia-based DynCorp International received the contract from the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and...
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LA NON GESTION D’UN MINISTERE LE MINISTERE DE L’INTÉRIEUR JETTE SES IMMONDICES AU BOIS DE CHENE ET AU CHAMPS DE MARS

April 9, 2013
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LA NON GESTION D’UN MINISTERE  LE MINISTERE DE L’INTÉRIEUR JETTE SES IMMONDICES AU BOIS DE CHENE ET AU CHAMPS DE MARS

Le Ministère de l’Intérieur et des Collectivités Territoriales chargé d’assurer la gestion des Collectivités ne dispose d’aucun mécanisme de gestion des détritus générés par le Bureau Central et les bureaux déconcentrés de l’ère métropolitaine. Les immondices générées au bureau central de la rue Duncombe sont jetés au Bois de Chêne à coté de l’hôpital...
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PORT MARGOT POLICE STATION BURNED AS MOB FREES ASSOCIATE OF DEPUTY JUDE CHARLES FAUSTIN

April 9, 2013
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PORT MARGOT POLICE STATION BURNED AS MOB FREES ASSOCIATE OF DEPUTY JUDE CHARLES FAUSTIN

April 9, 2013 Last night, hundreds of people, led by partisans of Deputy Jude Charles Faustin attacked the Port Margot  police station to free one of the deputy’s associates. They freed the prisoner, took the police officers’ guns and chased them away. The PNH station was then burned.  Port Margot  – Borgne Arrondissement, in...
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Haiti bishop who presided during ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier era dies

April 9, 2013
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Haiti bishop who presided during ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier era dies

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti –  A former Haitian bishop who presided over the lavish wedding of former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier and was viewed as a supporter of the regime has died. He was 85. The privately owned Radio Kiskeya is reporting that Francois-Wolff Ligonde died Monday following an unspecified illness. He had suffered from...
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1% Of Haiti Aid Went To Local Companies: Study

April 9, 2013
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1% Of Haiti Aid Went To Local Companies: Study

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A new report on American aid to Haiti in the wake of that country’s devastating earthquake finds most of the money went to U.S.-based operations. The Center for Economic and Policy Research analyzed the $1.15 billion pledged after the January 2010 quake. The group says a lack of transparency makes it...
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Solar Energy and Briquettes Make Headway in Haiti

April 9, 2013
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Solar Energy and Briquettes Make Headway in Haiti

Solar panels light up the night on this avenue in the Haitian capital. Credit: Jean Reniteau/IPS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Apr 4 2013 (ipsnews.net) – While Jean Reniteau mulls over the idea of using solar panels to light his house, Frantz Fanfan is wondering how to expand production of biomass briquettes to replace the use of charcoal...
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Rebuilding Haiti: The dependency, the hurdles and the pitfalls

April 9, 2013
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Rebuilding Haiti: The dependency, the hurdles and the pitfalls

Rebuilding Haiti: The dependency, the hurdles and the pitfalls April 9, 2013 · By Staff Writer ·stabroeknews.com During his visit here in March Haitian President and sitting Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman Michel Martelly provided confirmation of what we already knew …that more than three years after a devastating earthquake that claimed thousands of lives...
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30ème anniversaire du Musée du Panthéon National Haïtien. Le président et Le Premier Ministre participent aux célébrations du 30ème anniversaire du Musée du Panthéon National Haïtien.

April 8, 2013
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30ème anniversaire du Musée du Panthéon National Haïtien. Le président et Le Premier Ministre participent aux célébrations du 30ème anniversaire du Musée du Panthéon National Haïtien.


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Author Inspires Stuart Girls With Tales of Haiti and America

April 8, 2013
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Author Inspires Stuart Girls With Tales of Haiti and America

Girls at Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart on Friday welcomed award-winning author, Edwidge Danticat, the fifth writer to come to Stuart as part of the school’s Lies, Light, McCarthy Visiting Author Program. Danticat is a storyteller who navigates the terrain of lives lived in both Haiti and America. Her award-wining memoir, Brother,...
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TRADUCTION FRANÇAISE MESSAGE DU 29 MARS 2013 DE ME JEAN-HENRY CEANT La Constitution de 1987 26 ans après

April 6, 2013
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« Une voie d’eau fait submerger un vaisseau », « Chimen Bouton, Chimen Maleng ». Ce dicton, emprunté  à la sagesse populaire qui enseigne qu’il faut aller au devant des problèmes pour mieux les résoudre, inspire et éclaire le sens et la raison du présent message que j’adresse aux citoyens et citoyennes, gouvernants et gouvernés, eu égard...
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CORRUPTION!!! Aristide’s American Profiteers: Martelly should reopen case derailed by Preval-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

April 6, 2013
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CORRUPTION!!! Aristide’s American Profiteers: Martelly should reopen case derailed by Preval-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

It took eight years, but on Oct. 8 I finally secured a copy of Fusion Telecommunications’ 1999 contract with the Haitian telephone monopoly Teleco. By law the agreement is a public document but Fusion wouldn’t give it to me until the FCC required them to do so. Now I think I know why. Getty...
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Tribute to the memory of Toussaint Louverture

April 6, 2013
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Tribute to the memory of Toussaint Louverture

Lesly Condé, Consul General of the Republic of Haiti in Chicago, reminds the Community as a whole that, Sunday, April 7, 2013, brings the 210th anniversary of the death of Toussaint Louverture. “It’s time to pay tribute to the man, who in the eighteenth century, challenged the world order, his lucidity and courage, showed our...
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More than half of US earthquake aid to Haiti went to US firms, organizations, study finds

April 6, 2013
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More than half of US earthquake aid to Haiti went to US firms, organizations, study finds

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A new report on American aid to Haiti in the wake of that country’s devastating earthquake finds most of the money went to U.S.-based operations. The Center for Economic and Policy Research analyzed the $1.15 billion pledged after the January 2010 quake. The group says a lack of transparency makes it...
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Venezuelan oil program uncertainty fuels Caribbean concern

April 6, 2013
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Venezuelan oil program uncertainty fuels Caribbean concern

In the Dominican Republic, discounts on Venezuelan oil imports keep the lights on. In Jamaica, they are helping a limping economy stay afloat, and in Haiti, a young and inexperienced leadership is using them to achieve quick results. But despite financial benefits of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s Petrocaribe oil agreement with cash-strapped...
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Haitian NEWS: Drought, Tropical Storms Lead to Growing Food Insecurity-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

April 6, 2013
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Haitian NEWS: Drought, Tropical Storms Lead to Growing Food Insecurity-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

By the Caribbean Journal staff Malnutrition rates in some parts of Haiti have increased since last fall as more and more people in the country do not have enough food to eat, according to the United Nations’ Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Food shortages are now affecting seven of 10 departments in...
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