Category: Elections

Will Haitians ever see their votes count in a real Election?

Posted in Crime/Corruption Elections

Inauguration of the new prison of Croix des Bouquets (Speech of PM)-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Sunday morning, on the occasion of the “National Day of Detainees,” the Working Group for the Stabilization and Reconstruction (START/START) of the Embassy of Canada…

2012-10-30
Posted in Aristide/Preval Elections Govt Incompentece

WAS DELVA PAID TO SCREW UP THE BRANDT CASE OR IS HE SIMPLY AN INCOMPETENT, PUBLICITY SEEKING FOOL…. OR A COMBINATION OF THESE ELEMENTS??

October 27, 2012 Secretary of State for Security Delva is in over his head. He has no experience or training that would see him responsible…

2012-10-28
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections

685.000 more students this year, in school canteens

As part of the project to support school canteens of World Food Programme (WFP), 685,000 more students, in 2,000 Haitian schools will have access this…

2012-10-22
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections

The French Minister Pascal Canfin, visiting Haiti

Pascal Canfin French Minister Delegate to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, in charge of Development will visit Haiti from 23 to 25 October 2012. This…

2012-10-22
Posted in Crime/Corruption DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Elections Govt Incompentece

MARTELLY DELEGUE FOR NORTH EAST HAS A PROBLEM AS HIS DRIVER AND SECURITY ARRESTED IN HIS VEHICLE WITH 4 KILOS OF COCAINE OCTOBER 20, 2012

October 21, 2012 What with the cocaine people using PNH vehicles, those looking like Red Cross jeeps and some with Diplomatic Plates, tying them to…

2012-10-21
Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Elections

The Prime Minister met with leaders of the religious sector of voodoo

The Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe, on tour this weekend in the North in prelude to the official opening Monday, October 22 of the Industrial Park…

2012-10-21
Posted in Elections

Haiti seeks to raise ‘sin tax’ for education fund

Haiti ‘sin tax’ on alcohol and lottery sales aims to raise $100 million for education Watch the video here at the link below Haiti’s prime…

2012-10-20
Posted in Ag/Farming Elections Govt Incompentece

Haitian entrepreneurs vend goods to afford education-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

In Haiti, one-third of girls older than 6 never attend school. Now, young women are starting businesses as street vendors to afford an education for…

2012-10-20
Posted in Ag/Farming Elections

Haiti Electronic Business Registry makes its debut

Minister of Trade and Commerce Wilson Laleau PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The Ministry of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced the availability of its “Electronic Commerce…

2012-10-19
Posted in Crime/Corruption Elections

Telecom Execs Invoke Royal Carve-Out of FCPA ‘Foreign Official’ in Appeal Brief

By Samuel Rubenfeld-Wall Street Journal If determining whether a member of a royal family is a “foreign official” under U.S. foreign bribery law depends on…

2012-10-19
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections FRENCH/CREOLE Articles Govt Incompentece

Énième manifestation anti-gouvernementale au Cap-Haitien

Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : jeudi 18 octobre 2012 Gérard Maxineau gedemax@yahoo.fr Twitter : @gedemax Accompagnés de plusieurs leaders de l’opposition, les manifestants, au Cap-Haïtien ont…

2012-10-19
Posted in Elections FRENCH/CREOLE Articles Govt Incompentece

Briser les chaînes de la misère par l’éducation

Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : jeudi 18 octobre 2012 John Smith Sanon smithsanon@gmail.com Twitter: @smithsanon Si Dessalines avait brisé les chaînes de l’esclavage avec des armes…

2012-10-19
Posted in Elections FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Salaire minimum : des sénateurs exigent des explications

Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : mardi 16 octobre 2012 Yvince HILAIRE Josepha R. Gauthier, ministre des Affaires sociales et du Travail Yvince Hilaire 8 La ministre…

2012-10-17
Posted in Elections

Pamela White and Javier Nino Perez, met with Senators of the opposition

The U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Pamela White accompanied by Javier Nino Perez, Head of Delegation of the European Union in Haiti, have met Monday morning…

2012-10-17
Posted in Ag/Farming Crime/Corruption DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Disaster PHOTOS Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections Govt Incompentece

The Trials and Tribulations of a Failed Charity

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2012-10-16
Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections Govt Incompentece

Haitians protest against President Martelly

Demonstrators said Martelly wastes public money in unnecessary travelling abroad Continue reading the main story Related Stories Haiti to pay benefits via mobile Haiti army…

2012-10-15
Posted in Crime/Corruption Elections

Protesters call for Martelly’s resignation

October 15, 2012 Thousands of protesters, angry over rising costs of living, called on Sunday for Haitian President Martin Martelly to resign at a march…

2012-10-15
Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections Govt Incompentece

Wyclef Jean faces criminal probe over Haiti charity

Rapper will have to explain how fund backed by celebrities managed to burn through $16m in two years. Wyclef Jean, the hip-hop artist and former…

2012-10-13
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections Govt Incompentece

INTERVIEW WITH RAY BAYSDEN-Describe the security situation after the earthquake on Jan. 12, 2010. How did it change?

The day before the quake, there were something on the order of 9,000 policemen in country. The day after, it was down to 4,500. The…

2012-10-13
Posted in Elections

Haiti’s Michel Martelly Heads to Africa for Francophonie Conference

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly has departed for the Democratic Republic of the…

2012-10-12