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EIAP not boosting Dominican apparel exports to US: USITC

The Earned Import Allowance Program (EIAP) is not offering enough incentives to significantly boost Dominican apparel exports to the United States eight years after it…

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Paul Farmer Works to Heal Haiti in ‘Bending the Arc’

NY Times: By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS OCT. 5, 2017 A young Paul Farmer in Haiti, in a still from “Bending the Arc.” Credit Partners in Health/AbramoramaA…

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Miami’s Hottest Neighborhood is Probably Not Where You’re Looking

Joe Raedle / Getty Images This winter, expect to hear a lot about Little Haiti. David Landsel September 27, 2017 Hot new restaurants, cutting-edge galleries,…

Posted in Ag/Farming DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

A FIRST – HAITI SHIPS AID TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN TURKS & CAICOS AFTER HURRICANE IRMA

Sep 17, 2017 Brad Johnson, the President of Haiti’s Mission of Hope, https://mohhaiti.org/ passed through Turks & Caicos where he met with Premier Sharlene Cartwright…

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Hurricane Maria is following Irma’s path and getting stronger

(CNN)Hurricane Maria is forecast to rapidly strengthen over the next two days as it takes aim at Caribbean islands devastated by Hurricane Irma just days…

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For first time in 300 years, no one is living on Barbuda

(CNN)When Hurricane Irma ravaged the island of Barbuda in the Caribbean, the ferocious storm “extinguished” the isle’s way of life and left the beautiful spot…

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2 Atlantic disturbances likely to develop: National Hurricane Center

By National Hurricane Center, NOAA As Tropical Storm Jose threatened to bring life-threatening rip currents to the East Coast, the National Hurricane Center was watching two…

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Coffee, Bees and Climate Change Are Linked In Ways You May Not Have Expected

By Merrit Kennedy • Sep 11, 2017 Weekend Edition Saturday A coffee farmer picks fresh coffee cherries in Colombia. New climate research suggests Latin America…

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Irma mostly spared Haiti. But for struggling farmers, the damages are devastating

By Jacqueline Charles jcharles@miamiherald.com September 09, 2017 1:58 PM SAINT-LOUIS-DU-NORD, Haiti The morning after Hurricane Irma skirted Haiti’s northern coast, Artis Esperance walked his farm…

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IRMA SET FOR HAITI – CAP HAITIAN REPORTS NO EMERGENCY PREPARATIONS OR SUPPLIES – PREPARE FOR THE WORST- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

HURRICANE Irma is surging through the Caribbean with the Dominican Republic and Cuba set to face the storm later today as it makes its path…

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IRMA Update- 185 mph winds: It’s currently a Category 5, the highest possible on the hurricane scale. It packs winds of 185 mph, making it one of the most powerful Atlantic storms ever recorded.

“I am asking you to be very vigilant and to listen to the advisories when they tell you to leave from coastal areas, leave from…

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HAITI SITS FROZEN- INACTIVE – IN THE SPOTLIGHT AS THE FREIGHT TRAIN ROARS TOWARDS US

‘May God save us all’: Mass evacuation as Hurricane Irma makes landfall in the Caribbean with 185mph winds after swelling to the size of FRANCE…

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Hurricane Irma: Caribbean braces for ‘extremely dangerous’ storm

Predicted path of Hurricane Irma Hurricane Irma has been upgraded to a category five – the highest category – making it “extremely dangerous” as it…

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Hurricane Irma has become so strong it’s showing up on seismometers used to measure earthquakes

US-bound Hurricane Irma has gotten so strong that it is showing up on equipment designed to measure earthquakes. Stephen Hicks, a seismologist at the National…

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Will Hurricane Irma Hit Haiti? The Storm Looks Like It’s Headed For The Island Nation

ByCate Carrejo Just on the heels of Hurricane Harvey, another powerful storm is threatening the Atlantic this week. A troublingly powerful hurricane formed off the…

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Powerful Hurricane Irma could be next weather disaster

While much of the United States’ focus is still on Texas and the destruction left behind by Hurricane Harvey and it’s historic rainfall, powerful Hurricane…

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Hurricane Harvey slams into Texas as Category 4 cyclone

CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex. — Residents of the Gulf Coast hunkered down late Friday amid dire warnings of a major natural disaster as Hurricane Harvey, having…

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Reforestation project makes impact in Haiti, looks to grow

The Haiti Reforestation Partnership took the old adage about teaching a man to fish to heart. In a decades-long effort to improve the quality of…

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Cotton is back in Haiti after a 30-year absence

Cotton is back in Haiti after a 30-year absence, having once been the country’s fourth largest agricultural export. Global outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland, the Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA) and…

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Mosquito Wars-By Bill Gates

Fight back against mosquitoes This is a special blog post. Sign up or sign in, read the article, and take the quiz. Then I will…