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Haiti’s Martelly Visits Caracol Park

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly at the park By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly visited the the town of Caracol in northern…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

L’accident du cortège du président Zo Kiki est le résultat de Fè chèlbè d’une course de moto à quatre roues (Polaris) à la Jean Claude Duvalier sur les sentiers escarpés de la citadelle la ferrière.

Sept personnes sont gravement blessées dans un accident enregistré dans le cortège présidentiel qui sortait d’une visite à la citadelle Laferrière de Milot. Martelly conduisant…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

Haiti Olympic Diary: “All Systems Go”

By Samyr Laine CJ Special Contributor At this point we have just about a week to go until the opening ceremonies and I couldn’t ask…

Posted in Ag/Farming Earthquake/CHOLERA

Haitian company added to US-backed assembly park

By The Associated Press  TRENTON DANIEL (Associated Press) CARACOL, Haiti – (AP) — The Haitian government agreed Tuesday to allow a local painting manufacturing company…

Posted in Govt Incompentece

Durandis: An Injustice in Haiti’s Caracol

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, wrote that “injustice anywhere is a threat to…

Posted in Govt Incompentece

Disgraced Canadian commander in Haiti sues over false affair allegations

Vlora Merlaku, an Albanian, was a secretary at the United Nations compound in post-earthquake Haiti. Allan Woods Ottawa Bureau OTTAWA—A disgraced army officer is suing…

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Un accident est survenu au sein du cortège du président de la république SEM Michel Joseph Martelly sur la route menant à la Citadelle lorsque la derniere voiture a dérapé.

Jul 19 02:05PM -0500 Un accident est survenu au sein du cortège du président de la république SEM Michel Joseph Martelly sur la route menant…

Posted in Crime/Corruption DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

A Drug Route Grows Through Haiti

By CAROL J. WILLIAMS and CHRIS KRAUL, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer MALPASSE, HAITI — Three beefy men wearing wraparound sunglasses and gold chains leaned…

Posted in Crime/Corruption DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Govt Incompentece

DEA AGENTS WATCH AS LARGE SHIPMENT OF COCAINE PICKED UP BY TWO VEHICLES WITH (OF) OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT PLATES

July 18, 2012 The DEA is starting a campaign to slow the drug traffic through Haiti and will request the extradition of several dozen key…

Posted in Crime/Corruption

POLICE CAPTURE GANG DIGGING TUNNEL BENEATH DIGICEL BUILDING.

July 18, 2012 A long tunnel was discovered as the gang was within two feet of the Digicel floor, in an effort to break into…

Posted in Elections Govt Incompentece

Haiti: Port Infrastructure, Reform Pits Martelly-Lamothe against Predecessors-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

PM Laurent Lamothe, President Michel Martelly and President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and PM Rene Preval PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – On Tuesday, Alix Celestin, newly appointed Director…

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ARISTIDE CRITIC Pulitzer-winning columnist William Raspberry dies

FILE – This Oct. 28, 2004 photo shows William Raspberry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post. Raspberry, one of the most widely read…

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Haiti: Lawmaker Denounces Pressure to Appoint Electoral Council Members -Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Sunday, 15 July 2012 14:24 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The First Secretary of the Great Body that is the Senate, Steven Benoit (Ouest/Alternative) characterized the…

Posted in Ag/Farming Govt Incompentece

Haiti’s Gold Rush-Added COMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

____________________________________________ COMMENT: HAITIAN-TRUTH.ORG No one to control the government. Foreigners and a few Haitians will benefit. Once again, the Haitian people will be screwed. But…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Elections

JACKIE NAU PROPOSED AS NEW CHIEF OF THE PNH

July 10, 2012 Mario Andresol’s term as Chief of the National Police (PNH) is about to end. It is time for Andresol to step down…

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Haitian pilgrims soak up a waterfall’s purifying power in Saut d’ Eau

Pilgrims bathe in a waterfall believed to have purifying powers in Saut d’ Eau, Haiti, Saturday, July 14. The annual pilgrimage is made in honor…

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Haiti and OAS Sign Firearms Marking Agreement in Port-au-Prince

Above: OAS Special Representative Frederic Bolduc (left) and Haiti Justice Minister Jean Renel Sanon (right) (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s government and…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Earthquake/CHOLERA

Old hotel pillowcases get new life in Haiti

CAPTION Courtesy Embassy Suites Charlotte/Concord Who knew old hotel pillowcases could have a second life – and such a useful one? The Embassy Suites hotel…

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Haitian president visits South Florida, and North Miami foots the bill for his security detail

Haitian President Michel Martelly jetted into South Florida last weekend ready to party. Inside a crowded ballroom on Saturday night, the pop-star-turned-president grabbed the microphone,…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Irish non-profit, Haven, looking for volunteers to go to Haiti

“Haven US is a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization which set up in the United States in 2011, after three years in operation in Ireland and…