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HAITI LOST TWO MEMBERS OF THE ART COMMUNITY TODAY:

October 9, 2012. PREFETE DUFFAUT AND MILOT….NOW MILOT WAS NOT WORLD RENOWN LIKE DUFFAUT. INSTEAD, MILOT WORKED FOR 30 OR 40 YEARS AT STAKERS, AN…

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Haiti: Health Minister Guillaume hands in resignation

Former Health Minister Florence Duperval Guillaume [file] PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The Minister for Public Health and Population, Florence Duperval Guillaume resigned as minister on…

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Haiti: Electoral Councilors Do Not Intend to Resign or be Removed

Partial CEP induction ceremony. Salnave Exantus and Yves Benoit Jean-Marie [highlighted] PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – A day before the Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSPJ)…

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Martelly à la recherche d’une majorité au Sénat

Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : lundi 08 octobre 2012 Robenson Geffrard, rgeffrard@lenouvelliste.com Après avoir dégagé une majorité à la Chambre des députés, le président de la…

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Martelly salue la réélection de Chavez

Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : lundi 08 octobre 2012 Amos Cincir mcincir@lenouvelliste.com Dominique Domerçant dominiquedomercant@gmail.com Hugo Chavez a été réélu dimanche à la tête du Venezuela….

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Décès du peintre Préfète Duffaut

Préfète Duffaut Préfète Duffaut est décédé le samedi 6 octobre 2012 à l’hôpital Saint-Louis, à Port-au-Prince. Né à Jacmel le 1er janvier 1923, Préfète Duffaut,…

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Haiti’s UN mission chief praises progress-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Xinhua: A chief of a UN mission in Haiti on Monday praised advances made by the Haitian government over the past one and a half…

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IMF: Haiti, Suriname, Dominican Republic Boast Top Regional Growth -Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Print By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti, Suriname and the Dominican Republic will post the Caribbean’s highest GDP growth rates i 2012, according to quarterly…

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Haiti’s Government Sending Cadets to Ecuador for Military Training

Above: Haiti and Ecuador’s leaders in July (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Ministry of Defence has selected eight cadets to travel…

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In rural Haiti, looking for a way to make clean water sustainable

Dieu Nalio Chery/AP – A woman arrives at Wharf Jeremie to fill her two containers with water that she will use to wash her dishes,…

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Dominican Republic, Haiti in 10-Year Cholera Fight

Officials in Haiti and the Dominican Republic are preparing for a long campaign against cholera, the water-borne disease that has sickened tens of thousands of…

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Haiti PM Announces Sin Tax to Pay for Education-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

ABC News: Haiti’s government wants to raise $100 million for a special education fund by putting additional taxes on alcohol, cigarettes and gambling, the Caribbean…