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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…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Earthquake/CHOLERA

UK puts Haitian art in the picture with major exhibition

Nottingham Contemporary stages biggest showcase of country’s art, which features 200 Vodou-inspired works by 40 artists Mark Brown, arts correspondent guardian.co.uk, Sunday 21 October 2012…

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Two more Germans held over Dominican Republic ‘sect’ shootout

19 October 2012 Last updated at 21:52 ET The Dominican Republic authorities have arrested two more German suspected doomsday cult members over a deadly shootout…

Posted in Crime/Corruption FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Plus de 1,000 interventions contre la contrebande et la corruption.

Oct 20 02:08AM Haïti – Économie : Plus de 1,000 interventions contre la contrebande et la corruption Jeudi, l’ancien Colonel Antoine Atouriste, Directeur Général de…

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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…

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…

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Haiti’s ups and downs (FIFA.com) Thursday 18 October 2012

© AFP The island nation of Haiti recently missed out on their chance to reach the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™, but they quickly re-channelled…

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Staying Optimistic About UN Justice

Huffington Post: This week marks two years since United Nations (UN) troops inadvertently but recklessly introduced cholera to Haiti by leaking untreated human waste into…

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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…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Hillary Clinton headed to Haiti Monday

WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will head to Haiti next week for the formal opening of an industrial zone meant to boost…

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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…

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Haiti to join the African Union?-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Posted By Joshua Keating Friday, October 19, 2012 – 2:30 PM It could be happening soon, reports Afua Hirsch for the Guardian: And sure enough,…

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…

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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…

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Haitians living in fear ‘under the tent’

The U.N. Refugee Agency has provided safe houses and counseling for hundreds of sexual assault victims in Haiti. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Nearly three years after Haiti’s…

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

SERGES GILLES’ CHILDREN KIDNAPPED October 19, 2012

Following the departure of Duvalier, in 1986, Serges Gilles returned from French exile, accompanied by a French cabinet minister. He was active in Aristide’s movement…

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Radar helps solve painted lady migration mystery

The mystery of an annual disappearance of a UK butterfly has been solved, scientists say after tracking the painted lady’s migration on radar. They found…

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

Woch nan dio pa konnen doule woch nan soley. The rock in the water does not know the pain of the rock in the sun.

Robert Muscoso, head of SOGEBANK  now knows the pain of a “rock in the sun.” Robert Muscoso is now out of the water and exposed…

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Japan denies that the rice delivered in Haiti is contaminated-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Following the publication of an article in a Haitian media, saying that rice delivered by Japan, would have been grown near the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant,…

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Tuberculosis effort in real danger – WHO

By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News There were 1.4 million deaths from tuberculosis in 2011. The international effort to eliminate tuberculosis is…