Municipal

Mayor Wilson Jeudy Hold Prayer Service for President Martelly

Mayor Wilson JeudyPORT-AU-PRICE, Haiti (defend.ht) - During a special religious program at the Municipality Palace of Delmas yesterday, the mayor Wilson Jeudy called the prayer of evangelical Christians for complete recovery of President Michel Martelly.

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Haiti-Delmas: City Council Marks the Completion of Monument Road and Infrastructure

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht/PMdD) - The Mayor of Delmas Wilson Jeudy, held a joint press conference with Civilian Chief of the UN Mission for Stabilization in Haiti (MINUSTAH), on the premises of the Municipal Palace of Delmas. This conference was intended to mark the end of the renovation of roads and rehabilitation of the monument at the crossroad 1804-2004 Gerald Battaille.

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Haiti: Delmas City Council Prepares to Give Fast Efficient Responses to Emergencies

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht/PMdD) - The City Council of Delmas organized, Friday, March 16, 2012, a session of training and simulation of fire management that took twenty officers of the Service of Civil Protection of the Municipality and the National Police of Haiti, rescue workers, more than a dozen firefighters and civil society guests. The session was provided by Ms. Amy Richardson, a firewoman visiting from the United States of America at the invitation of Mayor Wilson Jeudy, who graciously agreed to put her expertise to young Firefighters and rescue workers of the municipality of Delmas.

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Haitian-American Norton Bonaparte Mixed in Racially Charged Murder Case

SANFORD, USA (defend.ht) - Haitian-American Norton Bonaparte Jr has found himself in the middle of a racially charged killing of an unarmed Central Florida teenager walking home in a gated neighborhood.

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Haiti: PAP Mayor Jason Got Replaced without Any Resistance

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The new cartel assigned in Port-au-Prince city hall to replace the one led by the elected Jean Yves Jason Muscadin was installed Monday in the absence of the rebellious mayor. Jason and employees of the Capital Municipality had announced they would stand against the unconstitutional replacement, they say, of the cartel elected 6 years ago.

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Haiti: Elected Officials Resisting President’s Decision to Remove Them

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Municipal delegates in Port-au-Prince said they were surprised by the actions of President Michel Martelly to replace city officials without elections. They call it “organized theft”, this action by the head of state.

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Haiti: Mayor of Port-au-Prince Rallies for "Resistance" from a "Coup"

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The mayor of Port-au-Prince denounced a February 23rd presidential decree nominating a "a municipal commission of three members to administer the municipality of Port-au-Prince until the next elections."

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Haiti: President Martelly Appoints Dozen Municipal Officials to Elected Seats

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - President Michel Martelly appointed municipal officials to replace elected mayors in over a dozen municipalities. Without elections, the executive was forced to appoint cartels to head localities.

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Haiti: No Carnival in Port-au-Prince, At All

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Port-au-Prince is deprived of carnival festivities this year. The three days of fat are being celebrated in the third largest city, Les Cayes, where tens of thousands of people gathered since last Sunday. The streets of the Capital city are somber without parades, musical bands and hundreds of thousands of carnival-goers.

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Haiti: Commissioner Senatus Very Concerned about Begging Near the Airport

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The Government Commissioner of Port-au-Prince, Jean Renel Senatus is very concerned about the uncertainty involved in the begging observed particularly in areas surrounding the international airport Toussaint Louverture.

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Haiti: Mayor Warns of Threats against his Life

ABRICOTS, Haiti (defend.ht) - Jean-Claude Fignole, mayor of Abricots and Chairman of the Association of Mayors of Grand Anse, warns of threats to his life and denounced the return of practices that were during the dictatorship, in a letter to the platform of human rights.

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Haiti: Commissioner Senatus Declares War on Juvenile Delinquency

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – New Government Prosecutor Jean Renel Senatus is waging war against juvenile delinquency and the phenomenon known as “Zo Kiki”, having arrested or detained more than 60 individuals in the past week many of whom are minors under the age of 18.

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Haiti: Mayor Prepares for Kanaval 2012, Aux Cayes

LES CAYES, Haiti (defend.ht) - All systems are go to hold Haiti's National Carnival Parade in Aux Cayes from February 19 - 21, 2012.

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Haiti: Displaced Persons in Place Boyer Relocated

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Survivors of the January 12, 2010 earthquake that had been living on Place Boyer in Petion-Ville were relocated on Tuesday by Mayor Claire Lydie Parent.

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Haiti: Mayor Jeudy Denounces Intimidation Efforts of Deputy Bélizaire

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Mayor of Delmas, a district of the capital, Wilson Jeudy, denounced threats and intimidation coming from Deputy Arnel Bélizaire (Delmas & Tabarre/Veye-Yo) on Wednesday.

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Police disbanded violent demonstration against Petion-Ville Mayor

PETION-VILLE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Shots in the air and tear gas were used to disperse a violent demonstration in Petion-ville (Haiti). Throwing stones, protesters demanded the dismissal of the city council ran by Claire Lydie Parent they accuse of corruption.

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North Miami, a U.S. City Ran by Haitians

MIAMI, USA (defend.ht) - In Southern Florida, North Miami is the new favorite spot for Haitians after Little Haiti in Miami. The first immigrants held a district there, today the new-generation of immigrants run the city. They hold dozens of municipal seats and are led by Mayor Andre Pierre.

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New Director Promises a Clean Port-au-Prince by the Holiday Season

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Department of Metropolitan Solid Waste and Collection (SMCRS) has launched a campaign to clean up the capital. The new CEO, Donald Paraison affirms the determination of the institution to end the reign of the trash that litter the streets of Port-au-Prince.

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Installation of Secretary for the Integration of Disable Persons

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - In a ceremony held in the offices of the Secretary of State and outgoing secretary, Michel Pean, the new Secretary of State for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities (SIPH), Gerald Oriol, was installed in the attendance of the Minister of Social Affairs and Labour.

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Full List of Secretaries and General Directors of Government

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - On Wednesday, the Presidency of the Republic of Haiti released the list of Secretaries and Director Generals of state institution. The list of 19 secretaries and 15 general directors is below.

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Book reviews

Haiti Noir

Book Review

The anthology edited by Edwidge Danticat puts a uniquely Haitian spin on the crime genre

"Danticat has succeeded in assembling a group portrait of Haitian culture and resilience that is cause for celebration." - Publishers Weekly