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2016 weather report: Extreme and anything but normal

Evan Vucci / AP In this June 17, 2016, photo, a fisherman drives a boat during then-Secretary of State John Kerry’s tour of the Jakobshavn…

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This Hurricane Season May Generate as Many as 19 Atlantic Storms

The Atlantic hurricane season will probably end with an above-average 14 to 19 named storms that can rattle energy and agriculture markets now that it…

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China Extends Her Silk Road To Haiti

Georgianne Nienaber China plans to build markets in Port–au–Prince under the new initiative. China plans to invest $30 billion in Haiti’s infrastructure according to the…

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Inauguration of the first Chinese factory in Haiti

Haiti Libre: Past week, he Dominican group “M” directed by Fernando Capellan that manages the free zone of the Industrial Development Company SA (CODEVI), located…

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Voodoo believers bathe in a Haitian waterfall said to have healing powers and celebrate ancient Goddess of Love

Thousands of Haitians every year flock to the ancient city of Saut d’Eau to bathe in its waterfalls and pay pilgrimage to a Voodoo Goddess…

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Study says nixing TPS immigration program would harm economy

By Rhina Guidos • Catholic News Service • Posted July 27, 2017 WASHINGTON (CNS) — Citing the significant economic contributions of immigrants under a federal…

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Agricultural Policy Forum analyses strategies in the Caribbean

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC) — The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says the ministers of agriculture of Suriname, Guyana, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic, as well as…

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Haiti – Environment : Towards a disaster announced- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

According to reports by several international experts, climate change is expected to result in more than 50% reduction in rainfall in the coming years and…

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Le sénateur Carl Murat Cantave, ’initiateur de la proposition de loi interdisant le mariage homosexuel en Haïti.

Le sénateur Carl Murat Cantave, ’initiateur de la proposition de loi interdisant le mariage homosexuel en Haïti. Juillet 24, 2017 Sur proposition du sénateur de…

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Genetically engineered mosquitoes could wipe out Zika, but some in Dallas County oppose local trials

The mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus and other mosquito-borne illnesses showed up in 38 new counties in the U.S. in 2016 — and 34…

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Laborde gets seed and tools from the Smallholder Farmers Alliance

It began as a simple question. Would the Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA)  like a gift of 4,000 pairs of shoes for our farmer members in…

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Moving Haiti’s rustic, rum-like clairin to market

LEOGANE, Haiti Haiti’s most famous export is Barbancourt, a delicately flavored, carefully aged rum that’s considered among the best in the world. Then there’s its…

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Jamaica Broilers reports $2b profit

Poultry company Jamaica Broilers Group grew its bottom line by one-third at year ending April, amid a double-digit spike in revenue. The company reported net…

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Mexico Lab Ships Largest GMO Corn Seed Shipment to Haiti- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (sentinel.ht) – A Mexican laboratory having investments from two Clinton confidants, tech billionaire Bill Gates and Mexican business magnate, Carlos Slim, created…

Posted in Ag/Farming DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

PERUVIAN MATA HARI – KATTIA PAREDES MORENO –RUNNING OAS PARTNERS’ EFFORT TO STEAL HAITIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY’S ASSEMBLY JOBS FOR PERU – GUATEMALA – HONDURAS

COLLINS: June 29, 2017 Information for this article comes from a high-level intelligence source in the Washington, D.C. area. It was supplied a week ago….

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Moïse promises 9 rice processing plants in Artibonite

riday, President Jovenel Moïse, in the presence of Carmel André Belliard, the Minister of Agriculture, parliamentarians of the Artibonite, the departmental delegate, entrepreneurs and notables…

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Hugo Plus, a new variety of maize seeds in Hait

On Thursday, a new variety of maize seed called “Hugo Plus” was introduced at the Bas Boën Rural Development Center (Latremblay 17, Route de Malpasse…

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‘Ignored’ hunger crisis unfolds in post-hurricane Haiti

A child is screened for malnutrition in a mobile clinic in Les Anglais, on the western coast of Haiti’s southern peninsula. (Credit: St. Boniface Haiti…

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Single mosquito bite might be enough to transmit multiple viruses, study finds

Mosquito bites aren’t just a nuisance but can be a serious public health threat as seen during the mosquito-borne Zika outbreak that spread through much…

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Haiti agency says 5 dead from recent downpours

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Downpours in Haiti have caused rivers to burst their banks and resulted in at least five deaths in recent days. Haiti’s civil…