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Carrefour-Feuilles in blackout, EDH apologizes
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- Created on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 8:20 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Electricity of Haiti apologized to residents in one of Haiti's largest districts, Carrefour-Feuilles, for power rationing caused by the failure of the CAF 2-1 circuit. Although teams are working to repair the circuit, it fears armed intruders may make this operation difficult. This expands the extreme shortage of energy being felt in the metropolitan area.
Leopard Haiti Fund Makes First Investment in dloHaiti
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- Created on Monday, May 13, 2013 10:58 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht/LeopardCapital) – The Leopard Capital Haiti Fund made it's first investment into dloHaiti, a company owned by Silicon Valley executive Jim Chu. In March 2013, dloHaiti was runner-up in Imagine H2O's annual international competition recognizing the world's most promising water start-ups. Press release:
Haiti wraps up 2013 Women, Creation and Production Trade Show
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- Created on Monday, May 13, 2013 8:56 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Women, Creation and Production 2013 Trade Show, the 8th annual, organized by “Voix Essencielle” - Femmes en Democratie, that took place this past weekend was an opportunity for women of different regions of the country to present their creations for export.
Las Pajas and the Lucky Haitians
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- Created on Thursday, May 09, 2013 11:02 PM
LAS PAJAS, Dominican Republic (defend.ht/ReedYoung) - Yoni moved from Haiti to Las Pajas four years ago. His cousin helped him become a citizen after 2 years. If someone asks him if he is Haitian or Dominican, Yoni responds, “Soy legal” (I’m legal). He cuts sugar cane, earning about 300 pesos ($8) every two days. Yoni is also the proud new father of a two-month-old son.
JetBlue readies for direct flights to Haiti
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- Created on Thursday, May 09, 2013 10:10 AM
NEW YORK, USA (defend.ht) - It was first mentioned by its CEO David Barger in September of 2009 but today jetBlue is announcing that pending approval from the Haitian and U.S. governments it will begin offering daily non-stop flights from New York, Fort-Lauderdale to Port-au-Prince.
Haiti accounts for $1 billion [US], 25% of Dominican exports
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- Created on Tuesday, May 07, 2013 3:48 PM
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - Excluding the free zones, Haiti is the top destination for Dominican exports’ accounting for more than $1 billion, 25% of the market, not taking account informal exports and smuggling, a published Dominican report stated on Tuesday.
Haiti: 90% of investment budget is from Petrocaribe
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- Created on Monday, May 06, 2013 8:03 AM
CARACAS, Venezuela (defend.ht) - Petrocaribe accounts for 90% of Haiti's budget for investment and has had a "stunning impact" on infrastructure development, the nation's economy and is currently being used to finance social projects such as Ede Pep.
7th Summit of PetroCaribe Nations begins May 4
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- Created on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 11:48 AM
CARACAS, Venezuela (defend.ht) - The PetroCaribe Summit, that was postponed from March 25 because of the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the country's elections will be held on May 4th, 2013 in Estado Nueva Esparta, Venezuela.
Haiti minimum wage higher than D.R. denounce Dominican Unions
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- Created on Monday, April 29, 2013 3:08 PM
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - The National Center for Dominican Workers (CNTD) Monday termed it a "shame" that Haiti's minimum wage, following the increase set by former President Rene Preval, is higher than that of the Dominican Republic. This comes as Dominican President Danilo Medina has agreed to regularize the statuses of Haitian citizens working in the D.R., who usually earn even lower wages as undocumented workers.
Sources: There will not be an international airport in Les Cayes, South
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- Created on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 12:26 PM
LES CAYES, Haiti (defend.ht) - The population in the city of Les Cayes are in dismay at information circulating that the government would not be able to keep its promise of constructing an international airport in this southern city. Residents are demanding an explanation but an official statement on the matter has not been released by the administration.
Haiti: Opening of the 3rd Summit on Finance and Applied Technology
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- Created on Thursday, April 11, 2013 6:56 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Le Group Croissance began Tuesday morning at the Karibe Convention Center in Petion-ville the 3rd edition of the Summit on Finance and Applied Technology, which will run from April 9 to 12 under the theme "Strengthening financial governance in Haiti."
Commerce Ministry presents actions for a new state of business policies
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- Created on Thursday, March 14, 2013 5:19 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Ministry of Commerce and Industry presented at the Council of Ministers meeting on Wednesday, an actions matrix developed from the General State of Investment (EGI) conference held a year ago. These actions, Acts, will join the extensive backlog of legislative proposals that Parliament has been incapable of sitting on for nearly 2 years.
Victims of Tabarre Market Fires Decry Broken Promises
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- Created on Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:24 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Merchants at the public market in Tabarre mobilized on Wednesday to denounce that a year and a day ago after the market caught of fire, President Michel Martelly visited them to say there was a fund of $5 million [US] already available in the public treasury to repair the victims, but since, not a penny had been disbursed.
Six oil exploration permits awarded behind closed doors
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- Created on Friday, February 01, 2013 3:23 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - While the senate was hearing information on gold and copper mining contracts being signed without public knowledge, some information was missed in the tears and sobbing of the Director of the BME. 6 oil permits had also been signed, that should have required a convention and the attention of lawmakers.
Haiti: State electricity company disconnected for arrears of payment
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- Created on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:05 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Less than a week after Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe promised 24-hour electricity throughout Haiti within 6 months, the state-run company, Electricite d'Haiti, was disconnected for being 3-months in the arrears, putting the entire greater metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince in blackout.
Dominican farmers fear loss of crops without Haitian laborers
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- Created on Saturday, January 19, 2013 1:45 PM
SAN JUAN de la MAGUANA, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - More than 20 major farm and livestock associations on Thursday warned Dominican authorities that 90% of their more than 9,400 hectares of crops could perish if Haitian laborers aren't allowed into the country.
Doing Business in Haiti gets more difficult
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- Created on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 11:26 AM
Another Fire Destroys Public Market in Tabarre
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- Created on Tuesday, January 08, 2013 1:58 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The public market of Tabarre again suffered a devastating firing that destroyed the merchandise and shops of more than 200 small businesspersons. Victims who received no assistance since the previous fire destroyed the marketplace in February, were promised by the Haiti government assistance in securing more loans at preferential rates.
Haiti: Two Gold, Copper Exploitation Permits Awarded to Foreign Companies
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- Created on Friday, December 28, 2012 12:40 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - After years of exploration, two mining permits were awarded to two companies based in Canada and the U.S. to openly mine for gold and copper in Haiti. Many still worry the mines will be a boom for foreign investors and a bust for local communities.
Haitian Authorities Must Decrease Dependence on Foreign Assistance, says IMF
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- Created on Friday, December 07, 2012 8:30 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - On Thursday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) called on Haitian authorities to make efforts to reduce the country's dependence on external assistance while adding that current GDP growth will not allow the country to be an emerging economy in 30 years.
