Month: June 2012
Gold rush in Haiti brings foreign companies to rural communities-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
As delegates and activists from around the world gather this week in Brazil for the RIO+20 conference on sustainable development, they’ll be discussing a broad…
Martelly publie l’amendement avec l’accord des pouvoirs législatif et judiciaire
Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : mardi 19 juin 2012 Roberson Alphonse ralphonse@lenouvelliste.com Michel Joseph Martelly a attendu 12 mois et 16 jours avant d’annuler l’arrêté présidentiel…
Haiti: President Martelly Lands in Brazil for UN Conference
Tuesday, 19 June 2012 18:38 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – President Michel Martelly left Haiti on Tuesday to attend the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development…
Haiti constitutional amendments finally take effect
By Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE | Tue Jun 19, 2012 10:11pm EDT (Reuters) – Haitian President Michel Joseph Martelly published an amended version of the…
Constitution of Haiti Finally Published
Tuesday, 19 June 2012 12:43 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The President of the Republic, Joseph Michel Martelly, in a ceremony at the National Palace on…
New constitution gives Haitians abroad more rights-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A new constitution that takes effect Tuesday gives 2 million Haitians living abroad more rights in their homeland, including the ability to…
MARTELLY GOVERNMENT STARTING TO WOBBLE – WILL IT SURVIVE BEYOND OCTOBER SCHOOL OPENING?
June 18, 2012 People are beginning to become disenchanted with Michel Martelly’s government. He promised Security and Education for all Children. Those were the two…
WOW ! Strong words from Anthony Phelps….
Non, merci ! Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : vendredi 15 juin 2012 Anthony Phelps Anthony Phelps 51 Paris, le 15 juin 2012 J’ai lu, avec étonnement,…
Haiti Needs More Cholera Aid
PORT-AU-PRINCE, June 18 (BERNAMA-NNN-PRENSA LATINA) — Humanitarian non-governmental organisation Medecins Sans Frontiers regrets the low international response to Haiti’s request for aid to fight the…
NRG Installs 52 Kilowatt Solar Array at Haiti Children’s Home
–Partners donate components, volunteer labor to Zanmi Beni Home for Children– PRINCETON, N.J., Jun 18, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — NRG Energy Inc. NRG +1.26% volunteer…
Chilean sailor murdered in Haitian capital
Fox News Latino: A non-commissioned naval officer assigned to the Chilean Embassy in Haiti was murdered during a robbery in Port-au-Prince, the Defense Ministry said….
Rio+20 deal weakens on energy and water pledges
BBC:The draft text at the Rio meeting identifies poverty as the greatest challenge Governments are set to weaken pledges on boosting access to water and…
Rio: Imagineering the future
BBC In recent years the Technology, Education and Design (TED) gatherings have attempted to position themselves as the modern world’s imaginarium, giving people a view…
Haïti-Sécurité alimentaire : Vers la diminution de la production agricole en 2012
Après la chute de 20 % de la production agricole l’année dernière, le secteur agricole est sous la menace d’une réduction plus drastique de l’offre…
Fanmi lavalas, bientôt l’émergence
Contre toute attente, l’ex-président Jean Bertrand Aristide, leader incontesté de l’organisation politique Fanmi lavalas, garde un profil bas depuis son retour dans le pays en…
Martelly a ouvert la boîte de Pandore
Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : mercredi 13 juin 2012 Roberson Alphonse ralphonse@lenouvelliste.com A Lascahobas, il y a quelques mois, le président Michel Joseph Martelly affichait un…
Karan, Sean Penn for Haiti; Lilly’s Lechleiter: D.C.
Brunswick Group partner David Sutphen, Inter-American Development Bank president Luis Alberto Moreno, and fashion designer Donna Karan. Photographer: Stephanie Green/Bloomberg Bloomberg news Haitian Prime Minister…
IOM hopes landmark trial will stem child trafficking from Haiti
Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:18 GMT Source: alertnet // Anastasia Moloney An immigrant child from Haiti cleans the windshield of a car before asking for…
PM Lamothe: Venezuela will Build 5,000 Homes in Haiti
Wednesday, 13 June 2012 19:16 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – Venezuela will construct 5,000 homes in Haiti and join in with Cuba to build a $70,000…
Dominicans weigh blocking illegal immigrants from public schools
From Diulka Perez, For CNN June 14, 2012 — Updated 1002 GMT (1802 HKT) The Dominican Republic is considering legislation banning illegal immigrants from public…