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Haiti Tourism Ministry, Royal Caribbean Hold Working Meeting

Above: Labadee By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Tourism Ministry held a working meeting Tuesday with officials from Royal Caribbean about the operation of the…

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World Bank Group : A New World Bank Special Envoy in Haiti to Focus on Inclusive Growth

Port-au-Prince, July 25, 2013 – Mary A. Barton-Dock, who started her career 25 years ago in Bolivia, became the second World bank Special Envoy to…

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Tropical Storm DORIAN

Coastal Watches/Warnings and 5-Day Forecast Cone for Storm Center Click image to zoom in – Download GIS data Other images: 5-Day track on – 3-Day…

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Tropical Storm Dorian to Approach Leewards Sunday

Dorian could bring tropical storm conditions to the Leeward Islands Sunday and may approach the southeastern U.S. late next week. A tropical system that moved…

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Trinidad and Tobago diplomat appointed head of UN mission in Haiti

NEW YORK, USA — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed career diplomat Sandra Honoré of Trinidad and Tobago as the new head of the United Nations…

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Visite du Président à Plaisance

le Président Martelly à son arrivée à Plaisance en compagnie des ministres des Affaires Sociales, M. Charles Jean-Jacques et et de l’Intérieur, M.David Bazile Des…

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Leaders from United Nations, Caricom, discuss Haiti, development, drugs at meeting

By AARON MORRISON Special to the Miami Herald UNITED NATIONS — Officials from the United Nations and the Caribbean said at a biannual meeting on…

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Haiti sees big money reviving flagging tourism

By TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press MONTROUIS, Haiti — The Club Indigo beach resort north of the Haiti capital was crowded with U.N. peacekeepers, aid workers,…

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AFP Haiti photographer Thony Belizaire dead at 54

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) –  Thony Belizaire, who won numerous awards while working as Agence France-Presse’s photographer in his native Haiti for more than 25 years, died…

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20,000 people in Haiti camps given £7m lifeline from Britain

At risk: children at a camp in Haiti. Up to £4.7 million will be spent relocating 17,500 of the most vulnerable to rented accommodation Joseph Watts:…

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Towards a concession in the 1,900 Mhz band

According to the National Council of Telecommunications (CONATEL), the market of mobile cellular communications has changed significantly in recent years. From a competitive environment dominated…

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NY food stamp recipients are shipping welfare-funded groceries to relatives in Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Haiti

By KATE BRIQUELET and ISABEL VINCENT Last Updated: 11:35 AM, July 21, 2013 Posted: 12:34 AM, July 21, 2013 J.C. Rice BIN OVER THEIR HEADS:…

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A MESSAGE FROM BISHOP WALLACE TURNBULL AND THE BAPTIST MISSION

Dear Friend,                                                                        Lynchburg , July 11, 2013 Proverbs 25:25 says “Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.”…

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Conatel launches an auction for a third mobile licence-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Haiti’s telecoms regulator Conseil National des Telecommunications (Conatel) has announced the launch of a tender for a licence to operate a 3G/4G mobile network in…

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Cholera in Haiti The UN strain

The Economist.com Jul 15th 2013, 11:36 by P.B. | NEW YORK ON JULY 5th the United Nations refused, again, to countenance the claims of 5,000…

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Our shortcuts help keep Haiti poor

Posted: Sunday, July 14, 2013 12:00 am | Updated: 11:57 pm, Sun Jul 14, 2013. Zachary Reid Two centuries of supposed independence, long periods of…

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From slums to soccer fields; Team Haiti arrives in Blaine

BLAINE, Minn. – A team from Haiti is kicking off an opportunity of a lifetime in Blaine at the Schwan’s USA Cup. “Haiti is the…

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No One Knows Exactly Why the Canadian Military Is in Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Canadian infantry on a military exercise. Image via Perhaps understandably, the Canadian media has been having a hard time covering any news that doesn’t have…

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Cholera in Haiti: Action incumbent on us all-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

The cholera epidemic that has claimed so many lives in Haiti remains a public health crisis, and it demands action  ̶  from all of us….

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Made in Haiti, Dumped in Haiti: Slave Labor and the Garment Industry

PORT-AU-PRINCE—In Haiti, people wear T-shirts bearing unlikely English messages: “We’re the 2% who don’t care,” says one; a respectable-looking grandmother dons a T-shirt emblazoned with…