Haitian Money
Haiti: New Director to Facilitate Investment, Georges Andy Rene
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- Created on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 9:32 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - A new director of the Investment Facilitation Center, Georges Andy Rene, was formally installed on Tuesday and given the task of taking Haiti from its 174th ranking in countries to do business in, into the top 50 of nations.
New Head of Electricite d'Haiti Andress Appolon
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- Created on Sunday, August 19, 2012 10:09 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The new, and first female, Director General of Electricity d'Haiti, Andress Apollon, convened the board of directors of the power company Thursday to adopt two resolutions that are hoped to lead to more effective delivery of electricity by EDH.
Haiti: Gregory Mevs Named Chair of Pres. Council on Investment
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- Created on Saturday, August 18, 2012 3:58 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - On Friday, the Office of the Presidency announced Gregory Mevs would co-Chair with former U.S. President Bill Clinton the Presidential Advisory Council for Economic Development and Investment (CCPDEI).
Haiti: Community Mill Opens to Increase Agricultural Production
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- Created on Thursday, August 09, 2012 8:22 AM
TIMONETTE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The first of a series of community mills was opened in the town of Timonette on Monday. Funded by the PetroCaribe fund, the opening of the mill also accompanied competitively priced fertilizer and tool distribution for farmers. President Michel Martelly and the Ambassador of Venezuela inaugurated the center that both expect to dramatically boost domestic agriculture production in the country.
Peintures Caraïbes, First Haitian Enterprise in Caracol Industrial Park
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- Created on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 6:04 PM
CARACOL, Haiti (defend.ht) - Peintures Caraibes, or Caribbean Paint, signed on Tuesday, with the Haitian government an agreement to set up a second production plant at the industrial park of Caracol. This plant is expected to bring 170 jobs to the area in its first year, and 300 more in its second.
First Private Equity Fund Exclusively for Investment in Haiti Introduced by Leopard Capital
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- Created on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 5:08 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. (defend.ht) - With the signing of a commitment with the International Finance Corporation, Leopard Capital established the first private equity fund to operate and focus exclusively on Haitian investments, post-2010-earthquake.
Nestlé Joins Project to Assist Haitian Coffee Growers
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- Created on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 9:21 AM
VEVEY, Switzerland (defend.ht) - Nestlé has partnered with the Inter-American Development Bank in a project aimed at raising the yields of Haitian coffee growers by providing seedlings and technical assistance to farmers.
Haiti Mobile Money Reaches 5 Million Transactions
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- Created on Wednesday, July 11, 2012 6:02 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Digicel/Voila reached five million mobile money transactions summing up to $52 million and was rewarded by the Haiti Mobile Money Initiative of USAID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation at the Karibe Hotel on Tuesday.
IADB Defends Caracol Haiti Industrial Park with Fact Sheet
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- Created on Monday, July 09, 2012 4:31 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. (defend.ht) - In a time when the Caracol, Haiti Industrial Park project is receiving increasing criticism for its adverse environmental and labor affects in the northern region of Haiti, the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), an investor of the project, responded by issuing its fact sheet.
Young Haitian-American Invests in Luxury Housing in Haiti
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- Created on Sunday, July 08, 2012 7:50 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - As a young Haitian-American student at Columbia University, Jimmy Toussaint, is demonstrating first hand the opportunities available in Haiti by investing in luxury lodging in one of Haiti's more affluent neighborhoods.
$27M Lost if Haiti Gov't Does Not Meet Conditions of Int'l Banks
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- Created on Saturday, July 07, 2012 11:15 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The meetings of the Government follow a similar look. There is always information tilted in a clutter of ads without large consequences.
Senate President Leads Delegation to Haiti Business, Investment Expo & Conference, Washington, DC
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- Created on Monday, June 25, 2012 12:59 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. (defend.ht/HRA) - Simon Dieuseul Desras, President of the Haitian Senate, will lead a delegation of senators to the 3rd Annual Haiti Business, Investment Expo & Conference next week in Washington, D.C.
Haiti: Economic Growth, Again, Reduced for 2012
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- Created on Monday, June 18, 2012 8:44 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - For the second consecutive report published by the International Monetary Fund under the Martelly administration, the projected economic growth for Haiti in 2012 has been reduced.
Int'l Monetary Fund Ends 4th Mission to Haiti
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- Created on Monday, June 11, 2012 9:10 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – A delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed a 4-day mission to Haiti where it held talks with the Prime Minister, Ministers of Finance and Commerce and the Governor of the Central Bank on the topics of combating money laundering, corruption and extreme poverty.
Gov't Acquired Haitel Will Soon Be Operational
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- Created on Monday, June 04, 2012 1:44 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Haitel, now owned by the Haitian government will soon be functional through the communications regulator, CONATEL and internal revenue service, DGI who work to make the only alternative to Digicel functional again.
Digicel Names New Corporate Sales Director
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- Created on Thursday, May 10, 2012 2:48 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht/Digicel) - In order to continue providing a world class service to its subscribers, Digicel announced today the appointment of Carl Momplaisir as the new Corporate Sales Manager at Digicel. Mr. Momplaisir held the same position within the company, Voila, now sees his functions extended.
$250 Million To Build 30-MW Waste-to-Energy Plant in Port-au-Prince
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- Created on Sunday, May 06, 2012 11:23 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Haitian Government has signed a $250 Million partnership agreement on Thursday with the "International Electric Power Company" for the construction of a processing plant waste and the production of 30 megawatts of renewable electricity, for Port - au-Prince and the metropolitan area.
The Company Haitel Officially Under Control of the Haitian State
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- Created on Tuesday, May 01, 2012 12:29 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - In difficulty for several months with enormous debts to the state institutions, the mobile phone company, HAITEL is in receivership by the Haitian State. The Directorate General of Taxes (DGI), which now managing the Haitel.
Haiti: Digicel Appoints new CEO to Acquired “Voila”
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- Created on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 3:18 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht)- The mobile phone company Digicel has announced Monday, April 23, the appointment of Noel Herrity as the new CEO of Voila-Comcel, following the acquisition of that company by Digicel at the end of March.
Miami-Dade Mayor Gimenez and Commissioner Jean Monestime visit Haiti
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- Created on Monday, April 23, 2012 6:56 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht)- Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez visits Haiti Monday and Tuesday with County Commissioner, Haitian American Jean Monestime, in a bid to bolster trade and commerce between the county and the island, which is striving to recover from the devastating 2010 earthquake.
