Month: April 2017
Legislative Agenda 2017, 50 draft laws and proposals
Monday, President Jovenel Moïse, accompanied by Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant and the Presidents of both Houses, Youri Latortue (Senate) and Cholzer Chancy (Chamber of…
Bruns speaks at Rotary on group
Sun Staff Wade Bruns, board member of the International Farmers Organization for Sustainable Development and Valley City area farmer, spoke to the Jamestown Rotary Club…
Donald Trump appoints Lee Francis Cissna to Immigration
On Saturday, the White House announced that President Donald Trump has appointed Lee Francis Cissna to lead the US Citizenship and Immigration Services. The US…
COLONEL REBU: Un nouveau directeur-général de la Défense à l’attaque
La politique générale du Premier ministre, dans son volet Défense, a suscité beaucoup d’espoirs chez ceux qui, depuis quelque temps, réclament le retour des Forces…
Haiti president’s office bristles over stoning of motorcade
Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The office of Haiti’s president is using strong language to criticize people who threw rocks at his motorcade, calling them…
BRH limits bank transactions in US dollars
Georges Henry Fils, Vice-Governor of the Bank of the Republic of Haiti (BRH) informs that the BRH had injected 10 million US dollars into the…
Grieving Haitians go into lifetime of debt to fund funerals
By: David McFadden – @inquirerdotnet Associated Press / 12:44 PM April 06, 2017 In this photo, taken March 29, 2017, Loubert Gouin moves a broken…
Civil society groups against mining in Haiti
(Photo: CMC) PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Civil society organisations here have called on the new Haitian government to abandon plans for allowing for…
Jamaican and Bahamian convicted of international drug trafficking in US
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — A Jamaican is among two Caribbean nationals are due to re-appear in court in June for sentencing after they were…
Hurricane Matthew – Six months on
from CBM Published on 02 Apr 2017 — Six months after Hurricane Matthew, CBM response is ensuring that persons with disabilities and other more at-risk…
Haiti has the highest rate of tuberculosis in the Americas
Despite the many efforts of the Haitian government to reduce tuberculosis, including free patient care in 256 specialized centers financed by the State Treasury. In…
Mirlande Manigat for the drafting of a new Constitution
While the Special Commission for the amendment of the Constitution of the Chamber of Deputies officially launched the beginning of its work on Wednesday, the…
After emigrating from Haiti, 10-year-old eyes future in pro basketball
‘He has an intrinsic drive that propels him to get anything done he wants to do’ By CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning, Hallie Cotnam, CBC News Posted:…
Haiti Stands Up to US, Rejects OAS ‘Coup’ Attempt Against Venezuela
Haiti is asserting its independence by not aligning with Washington’s foreign policy interests in the region. Haiti’s new administration is pushing back against U.S. hegemony…
Six months post-hurricane, hunger gnaws at southern Haiti
Amelie BARON AFP News2 April 2017 Hurricane Matthew slammed into Jeremie and then killed more than 700 people and caused some $2.8 billion in damage…
PREVAL WAS POISONED
Avril 3, 2017 Agatha Christie could have titled it “Murder on Kenscoff Road,” “The Clairin Caper,” or “A Toast to Death,” or, had Preval still…
Haiti’s Prison from Hell: ‘I can’t cope, I have no-one’
Debra Killalea, news.com.au April 4, 2017 2:33am IT’S so overcrowded there’s barely room to move. Dozens of men are crammed into cells for hours on…
REMEMBER JOHNY JEAN – RAPED BY 5 URUGUAYAN SAILORS IN PORT SALUT – Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Reports of sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers include Haiti, CAR, DRC and South Sudan Number of reported cases worldwide has risen since 2015 Abusers to…
Bob Dole’s Reward for Endorsing Donald Trump? Trump Wants to Dump Dole’s School Lunch Program
by William Lambers One of the greatest travesties of President Trump’s budget is the elimination of the international school lunch program started by former senators…
Haïti ne votera pas des sanctions contre le Venezuela à l’OEA, selon le porte-parole de Jovenel Moïse
Publié le 2017-03-28 | Le Nouvelliste National – Si la position des Etats-Unis est contraire au dialogue et à la conciliation, Haïti ne va pas…