Haitian Politics
Haiti: Community restaurant opens in Arcahaie
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- Created on Thursday, May 23, 2013 7:58 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Minister of Social Affairs and Labour, Jean-Jacques Charles, inaugurated the first community restaurant in Arcahaie, on May 18, that will serve free hot meals for 500 persons everyday from Monday through Friday. Days earlier a mobile clinic was established which provided treatment for 270 residents.
Haiti: Senate discovers more irregularities in Education Tax
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- Created on Thursday, May 23, 2013 11:09 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - More than 60% of the funds collected on international calls for the National Fund for Education have been spent, not on education in Haiti, but in manners “irregular” according to a report by an investigating committee that is to be presented before the Senate. The investigation also says of the possibility of 20% of monies collected are not being reported.
Haiti: Finance Commission established to stabilize exchange rate
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- Created on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 11:26 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - On Tuesday the exchange rate of the Haitian gourde to the U.S. dollar was set at 44 HTG to 1 USD, signaling a steady decline in the past 13 months. Minister Wilson Laleau said a commission would be established to address the situation and stabilize the rate.
Haiti: Finance Minister confirms $419 million [US] projected deficit for 2013 fiscal year
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- Created on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 10:43 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Minister of Economy and Finance Wilson Laleau confirmed the information from Senator Jocelerme Privert who said that there would be a $419 million [US] deficit in the 2013 budget. But Minister Laleau was unable to provide any actions that the government would take to address the problem.
Haiti: Gov't Prosecutor in Jacmel resigns cites corrupt justice system
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- Created on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 1:53 PM
JACMEL, Haiti (defend.ht) - The young government prosecutor in Jacmel, Franck Lauture, submitted his resignation to the Minister of Justice Jean Renel Sanon citing "the reign of corruption" in the Haitian justice system as the basis of his decision.
Haiti: PM Lamothe talks plans to limit illegal migration in Brazil
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- Created on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 6:54 PM
SAO PAULO, Brazil (defend.ht) - On Wednesday Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe met with the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs to work on a plan of action to stop the illegal migration of Haitians in to Brazil. Lamothe is traveling in Brazil for 5 days holding discussions towards getting assistance in the areas of education, technology, science, infrastructure, health, energy, food security, social inclusion, defense and biofuels.
Haiti: Senate ratifies Ambassador to the UN, left four others waiting
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- Created on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:45 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Senate on Tuesday ratified Denis Registre as Ambassador of Haiti to the United Nations but not Daniel Supplice to the Dominican Republic, Vanessa Lamothe Matignon to France and the designated Ambassador to Spain and Germany.
Dual-Nationality: Haiti Parliament to investigate two ministers
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- Created on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 9:25 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Two ministers would be holders of passports from the United States of America and in violation of the Constitution of Haiti according to Senators who re-instituted the dual-nationality commission in order to investigate the allegations.
Haiti: Senate summons Prime Minister for questions on management
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- Created on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 7:32 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe will be required to appear before the Senate on Tuesday, May 28 to answer on various charges of mismanagement and corruption according to a letter signed by 7 Senators and sent to the President of the Senate Simon Desras.
Haiti: Government deplores and condemns death of journalist
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- Created on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 7:11 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Ministry of Communication, on Tuesday, said on behalf of the Government of the Haiti that it deplored and condemned the death of journalist Pierre Richard Alexander, the Radio Kiskeya correspondent in St. Marc, which occurred in the hospital, May 20, 2013, following a shot received May 17 in his home.
Haiti Treasury: Projected deficit of $419 million [US] for 2013 fiscal year
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- Created on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 10:19 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Chairman of the Senate Economy and Finance Committee Jocelerme Privert indicated on Monday of a trend towards a $419 million [US] deficit in the state's accounts for the 2013 fiscal year. Senator Privert urged the authorities to intensify their pursuit of taxes and fight against smuggling and for the Martelly administration to be more responsible with the state's limited financial resources.
Inauguration of Adminstrative and SocioCultural Complex in the North
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- Created on Monday, May 20, 2013 8:18 PM
CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (defend.ht) - President Michel Martelly inaugurated the SocioCultural Administrative Complex of the North primarily funded by the Inter-American Development Bank on Monday in Cap-Haitien. This structure is expected to include all departments and agencies of the State for the service of the people of the North.
Haiti: PM Lamothe meets with business leaders in Brazil
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- Created on Monday, May 20, 2013 8:18 PM
BRASILIA, Brazil (defend.ht) - Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe along with members of the Haitian private sector met in the Brazilian capital with the leaders of the National Confederation of Industries (CNI), a Brazilian association entrepreneurs.
Haiti: Prime Minister meets with Brazil Defense Minister
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- Created on Monday, May 20, 2013 7:26 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - After meeting in Cuba with its First Vice President, Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe traveled to Brazil for a 5 day visit in Brazilia, Sao Paolo and Rio De Janeiro. On Monday, he had a meeting with the Brazilian Minister of Defense Celso Amorim.
Louisiana National Guardsmen train Haitian officials
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- Created on Monday, May 20, 2013 8:18 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht/LNG) - After two weeks of classroom sessions and a practical exercise, a military engagement team from the Louisiana National Guard awarded approximately 34 Haitian government officials with completion certificates at the Directorate for Civil Protection national emergency operations center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 13.
World Bank says its helping Haiti draft mining laws
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- Created on Sunday, May 19, 2013 10:28 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The World Bank said Friday that it's helping Haiti in drafting legislation for its mining industry and will help the administration reach out to "key players, including legislators" to make it happen.
Deputy Luckner Noel responds, says he did not kneel before Martelly
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- Created on Friday, May 17, 2013 10:05 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - On Thursday in a press conference Deputy Luckner Noel (Ouanaminthe/Alternative) denied having knelt down before President Michel Martelly.
Haiti at the 2nd Conference of States Parties of the IACHR
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- Created on Friday, May 17, 2013 8:11 AM
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia (defend.ht) - The minister delegated to the prime minister on the subject of human rights and the fight against extreme poverty attended the Second Conference of State Parties of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Tuesday. Changing the headquarters of the IACHR out of the United States was a major resolution reached.
Haiti: PM Lamothe makes visit to Havana
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- Created on Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:46 PM
HAVANA, Cuba (defend.ht) - Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe met with the First Vice President of Cuba, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermúdez, Thursday morning in Havana.
UN Official wants to discuss with Argentina withdrawal of troops from Haiti
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- Created on Thursday, May 16, 2013 1:26 PM
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (defend.ht) - After Brazil, the head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Nigel Fisher, is in Argentina, retracing the steps of Senator Jean-Charles Moïse (Nord/Inite) who traveled in April to advocate for the withdrawal of peacekeepers from Haiti.
