Haitian News
Haiti: 13-yr old daughter of Gonaives Commissioner shot and in critical condition
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- Created on Monday, May 06, 2013 2:31 PM
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GONAIVES, Haiti (defend.ht) - The 13 year-old daughter of the Government Commissioner of Gonaives Enock Genelus was shot and wounded Friday while she was playing in the courtyard of her home. This comes at a time when the public is criticizing Genelus for an alleged arbitrary arrest of 3 school principals, general strikes and rioting because of a rumor that a police had shot a taxi driver.
567 Haitians deported from D.R. in April
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- Created on Monday, May 06, 2013 9:52 AM
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OUANAMINTHE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Border Network of Jeannot Success (RFJS) reported that 567 Haitians were deported from the Dominican Republic in the month of April. 498 men, 67 women and 2 children who may not have been afforded due process. These people were left at the border by Dominican authorities, added the network defending human rights.
JILAP Haiti Report: At least 230 deaths by gunfire between January, March 2013
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- Created on Monday, May 06, 2013 8:36 AM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Justice and Peace Commission (JILAP) reported 296 violent deaths in Port-au-Prince from the months of January to March 2013. 230 of these deaths were by gun violence the commission reported in its 46th report on violence in the metropolitan area.
Morse: Aristide, Fanmi Lavalas are back
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- Created on Sunday, May 05, 2013 6:45 PM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is engaged in the return of Fanmi Lavalas to the political terrain in Haiti according to former Martelly Adviser Richard Morse who said he met with Aristide three times in the past two weeks.
Violent clashes in Grand Goave after attack on interim Mayor
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- Created on Saturday, May 04, 2013 1:31 PM
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GRAND GOAVE, Haiti (defend.ht) - On Wednesday, heavily armed men attacked the private residence of the interim Mayor of Grand Goave, who replaced the previous interim-mayor who was killed by the machetes of unidentified individuals. Since this attack, the city has been a war zone with road blockades of burning tires and gun shots from local militias.
Haitian Heritage Museum: Show Your Pride Contest
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- Created on Friday, May 03, 2013 7:33 PM
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MIAMI, USA (defend.ht) - The Haitian Heritage Museum, the first museum of Haiti outside of the country, is looking for 2013's Mr. or Ms. May 18th. For a chance to win, you have to show your pride like last year's winner, Diana Pierre-Louis.
Haiti: electoral council forms two commissions
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- Created on Friday, May 03, 2013 12:47 PM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The President of the Haiti's provisional electoral council, who is tasked to only organize the upcoming senate and local elections, Emmanuel Menard, announced at the first press conference the formation of two commissions, a 3 member commission that will sit on the issue of the budget and administrative issues for elections and another of 6 members that will work on producing an electoral law.
Haiti: Police officer ambushed and shot
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- Created on Friday, May 03, 2013 9:41 AM
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CARREFOUR-FEULLES, Haiti (defend.ht) - A police officer was killed, his body left riddled with more than 40 bullets after being ambushed by bandits on motorcycles Thursday. Jean Richard Hertz Cayo is the third officer of the 18th promotion to be shot in connection with an ongoing judicial proceeding of the murder of Officer Walky Calixte.
Rumor sets Gonaïves on fire
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- Created on Friday, May 03, 2013 12:27 AM
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GONAIVES, Haiti (defend.ht) - The town of Gonaïves was hot this week in violent protest because of a rumor that had gotten out of hand. Gonaiviens heard that a taxi driver had been killed at the hands of a police officer for not having insurance or a current tag for his vehicle. The City of Independence did not stand for that but would later learn that the information had not been accurate.
FOPARK: Fanmi Lavalas' electoral campaign begins May 8
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- Created on Thursday, May 02, 2013 11:10 AM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The different sectors of Fanmi Lavalas will converge on the Palace of Justice on Wendesday May 8 according to FOPARK representatives who declared the mobilization to accompany former President Jean Bertrand Aristide, the start of the campaign.
FOPARK: Lavalas mobilization to accompany Aristide to court
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- Created on Thursday, May 02, 2013 10:36 AM
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The Patriotic Force for Respect of the Constitution (FOPARK) announced a mobilization to accompany former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to the Port-au-Prince courthouse on Wednesday May 8 that will "demonstrate the power that Lavalas has in the territory." This mobilization, according to FOPARK officials will be the start of the Lavalas campaign in the upcoming elections.
Haiti: Workshop for the development of a National Cultivation and Utility Program for Benzolive
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- Created on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 8:18 PM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - First Lady Sophia Martelly and the National Commission for the Fight against Hunger and Malnutrition in the Ministry of Public Health and Population opened a workshop on Tuesday for the development of the National Programme for the Promotion of Cultivation and Utilization in Haiti of the Moringa plant, commonly known Benzolive.
Woman arrested for leaving for Haiti with daughter
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- Created on Wednesday, May 01, 2013 6:37 AM
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WEST PALM BEACH, USA (defend.ht) - Josiane Devil, 28, was arrested in West Palm Beach on Monday for allegedly leaving for Haiti with her daughter.
Haiti: Officials can't explain putting employee pensions in private banks
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- Created on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:59 PM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Audio from Monday's Senate hearing reveals the Director of the National Office of Pensions (ONA), Bernard Degraff, avoiding to answer, unequivocally, questions on whether he put state workers' pensions into private accounts at the National Credit Bank (BNC), without their knowledge, without transparency and outside of the Constitution which requires that government funds be kept at the Central Bank.
HPN Poll: Haitians in North America lukewarm towards Martelly, Lamothe
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- Created on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 3:07 PM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - A poll of Haitians living in the United States and Canada found that 52% preferred President Michel Martelly as president to 40% for Rene Preval. A pretty tempered result considering the individuals sampled did not live in Haiti and Martelly was a famous musician named "Sweet Micky" who traveled throughout the U.S. and Canada, while Rene Preval was a rarely outspoken president barely seen in the public eye.
Haiti: National Pensions Director physically assaulted in Parliament
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- Created on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 8:51 AM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - After months of accusations of corruption and mismanagement the Director of the National Office of Pensions arrived in the Parliament to answer questions of Senators where he was physically assaulted, hit and shoved, by former employees that invaded the grounds of the legislature.
Le Nouvelliste announces English versions for 115th anniversary
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- Created on Tuesday, April 30, 2013 12:15 AM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Haiti's oldest and largest newspaper will celebrate its 115th anniversary on Tuesday with an open house that will be the setting to announce English versions of the publication.
Tracing back your Haitian roots: Advice from Henry Louis Gates Jr.
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- Created on Monday, April 29, 2013 7:40 PM
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BOSTON, USA (defend.ht) - Henry Louis Gates Jr. sometimes provides advice to people of African descent through his online news agency The Root. This week, he gave advice on tracing back Haitian roots using the example of Jean Michel Basquiat and an artist named Axel Basquiat.
Haitian Professionals of Philly set date for Haitian Flag Day
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- Created on Monday, April 29, 2013 10:21 AM
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PHILADELPHIA, USA (defend.ht/HPP) – The Haitian Professionals of Philadelphia (HPP) will host their annual Haitian Flag Day charity gala on Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 6:30pm, at the African American Museum in Philadelphia on 7th and Arch Streets in Philadelphia.
Francois Duvalier's grandson hopes to rehabilitate grandfather's image
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- Created on Monday, April 29, 2013 9:10 AM
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Days before the 50th anniversary of President for Life Francois Duvalier's widespread massacre of innocent Haitian men, women and children, his grandson, the son of Jean Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier had published, in Le Nouvelliste, an editorial that hoped to re-wrap his grandfather's legacy.
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