Haitian News
Haiti: Reporters Without Borders seeks answers in journalist death
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- Created on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 6:46 AM
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (defend.ht) - Reporters Without Borders hopes that the reason will soon be known for radio journalist Pierre-Richard Alexandre’s fatal shooting by an individual identified as Baudelaire Augustin in Saint-Marc, in the north-central department of Artibonite, on 17 May.
Haiti: Journalists says he is receiving death threats from Gov't Official
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- Created on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 6:31 AM
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CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (defend.ht) - Journalist Davidson Alcimé of Radio TV Paradise in Cap-Haitien is proclaiming to be the subject of serious death threats from the North Departmental Director of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Civic Engagement Wesly Borgella.
Bahamian Activist: Haitian Flag Day is not a threat
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- Created on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 11:39 PM
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NASSAU, Bahamas (defend.ht) - Rodney Moncur a Bahamian activist tried to quell the fears of his fellow countrymen who feel threatened by Haitian Flag Day and persons hoisting Haiti's flag in the Bahamas.
Haiti: Veteran Journalist Pierre-Richard Alexandre fatally shot
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- Created on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 12:17 PM
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SAINT MARC, Haiti (defend.ht) - Journalist Pierre-Richard Alexandre a ten-year veteran of Radio Kiskeya was fatally shot over the weekend in the town of Saint Marc, North Artibonite.
Hotel Montana gas leak explosion injures at least 4
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- Created on Monday, May 20, 2013 5:28 PM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - An explosion caused by a leak in the gas line at the Hotel Montana has left behind at least 4 victims according to reports.
Haiti: Network for Women Candidates to Win proposes 4 new electoral laws
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- Created on Monday, May 20, 2013 9:18 AM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Network for Women Candidates to Win proposed four electoral laws for the upcoming contests aimed at guaranteeing the Constitutional requirement of 30% participation of women in public life. Coordinator Yolette Mengual presented the bill to the provisional electoral council.
Haitian Media President responds to President Martelly and his "spineless" team
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- Created on Monday, May 20, 2013 9:33 AM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - President of the Association of Haitian Media and Host of the 4 o'clock news on Radio Kiskeya, Liliane Pierre-Paul, as herself, delivered a fervent response to President Michel Martelly's comparison of himself and her. Pierre-Paul criticized the Head of State and the executive team for disparaging comments and actions from the Head of State taken against her on radio and at public events.
With A Dream On Hold, Bombing Victim Remains Optimistic
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- Created on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 5:50 AM
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BOSTON, USA (defend.ht/WBUR) — Mery Daniel’s dream of becoming a doctor in the U.S. is on hold. The young mother from Haiti was one of the last Boston Marathon bombing victims to be released from the hospital. Her life now is all about mastering the basics, such as learning to walk again.
Opposition groups place radio ad for Martelly anniversary protest
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- Created on Monday, May 13, 2013 5:00 PM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - A radio commercial being broadcast throughout Haiti is calling for citizens to protest by banging cooking pots and silverware in the streets beginning at noon, May 14 during the 2nd anniversary ceremony organized by the Martelly administration.
Jean-Henry Ceant: Plea for full participation of the Diaspora in all elections
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- Created on Monday, May 13, 2013 4:24 PM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Former Presidential Candidate Jean Henry Céant sent a letter to the provisional Transitory College of the Permanent Electoral Council (CTCEP) in which he called for the full participation of the Haitian Diaspora in Haiti's elections.
Haiti: Former President's son and parliamentarian victims of attempted kidnapping
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- Created on Sunday, May 12, 2013 5:56 PM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Police found Dr. Schiller Alexandre, son of former President Boniface Alexandre (2004-06), bound and gagged in his home in Vivy Mitchell, with former Deputy Eliphète Noel, injured from a blow to the head with a hammer and a machete to the shoulder, as they intervened to foil an attempted kidnapping.
North Miami Library dedicates wing to Desiline Victor
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- Created on Sunday, May 12, 2013 7:10 AM
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NORTH MIAMI (FL), USA (defend.ht) - Already inducted into the North Miami Hall of Fame, sitting in the First Lady balcony during U.S. President Obama's State of the Union and being the main subject in new legislation for voting law, now the North Miami Public Library has dedicated a wing of its building in honor of the 102-year old Haitian-American, Desiline Victor, who waited for hours to cast her ballot last year for president of the United States.
Fanmi Lavalas deplores attack on Radio Tele Ginen journalist
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- Created on Saturday, May 11, 2013 9:34 AM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Coordinator for Fanmi Lavalas, Dr. Maryse Narcisse, deplored the acts of aggression and vandalism by demonstrators against journalists of Radio Tele Ginen on Wednesday following a hearing of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide at the Palace of Justice in Port-au-Prince.
Haiti: Electoral council president meets with OAS head in Barbados
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- Created on Saturday, May 11, 2013 6:51 AM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The President of Haiti's provisional electoral council, Emmanuel Ménard, had a meeting in Barbados with the Secretary General of the Organization of American States.
Association of Haitian Media condenms attacks on Tele-Ginen journalists
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- Created on Friday, May 10, 2013 6:01 PM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The National Association of Haitian Media in an open letter signed by its President Liliane Pierre-Paul condemned the attack taken against the journalists of Radio-Tele Ginen on Wednesday and recalled to the public the rights of press freedom.
Nancy Roc resigns from Radio Metropole for censorship
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- Created on Friday, May 10, 2013 5:46 PM
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MONTREAL, Canada (defend.ht) - In a letter to the public, Nancy Roc announced her resignation from Radio Metropole and the reasons, dealing with censorship, for which she left.
Haiti: Aristide's Lavalas demonstrates despite police ban
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- Created on Wednesday, May 08, 2013 12:37 PM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Thousands of people with tree branches and signs in hand won the streets of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday May 8 chanting slogans despite a ban on demonstrations announced by the police a day earlier.
Haitian university students in D.R. contribute $120 million to Dominican economy
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- Created on Tuesday, May 07, 2013 12:55 PM
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht/elcaribe) - Haitian students studying in the Dominican Republic contribute about $120 million a year to the Dominican economy, said the Dominican Republic Central Bank.
Haiti: Restoration of the Palace of 365 Doors to begin
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- Created on Tuesday, May 07, 2013 9:02 AM
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PETITE-RIVIERE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Restoration of Palace of 365 Doors in Petite-Riviere, Artibonite is to begin on Tuesday with the disbursement of funds from Petrocaribe. This palace was built but unfinished by King Henri Christophe in 1820 and served as the offices of the National Security Volunteers (VSN), Tonton Macoutes, in the 1960s.
Elimination of Barcelona, Real Madrid ends in murder in Haiti
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- Created on Monday, May 06, 2013 5:38 PM
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In the small village of Thomassique, one man is dead another in jail after the elimination of Real Madrid from the European Champions League. The loss of Real sent the assailant over the edge to kill his neighbor a fan of Barcelona.
