Haitian Politics
United Nations Denies Dumping Feces in Haiti Water Sources
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- Created on Thursday, August 25, 2011 12:20 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) has released a formal denial of fecal-dumping near Haiti's rivers following a series of news articles claiming the contrary and new scientific studies linking the cholera outbreak to its soldiers.
Senator Anacacis: Martelly May Keep PM Bellerive to Appoint Ministers
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- Created on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 7:16 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - On Tuesday, Senator Jean Hector Anacacis suggested that President Michel Martelly may be entertaining the idea of keep Jean-Max Bellerive as Prime Minister in order to appoint ministers to serve under his administration.
President Martelly Expresses Sympathies to the American People after D.C. Earthquake
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- Created on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 8:28 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The President of the Republic of Haiti on Tuesday expressed sympathies to the American people and their president for the magnitude 5.9 earthquake, epicentered at Washington, District of Columbia, experienced earlier in the day.
Desdunes Police Station Burned after Rumors of Excessive Force
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- Created on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 10:37 AM
DESDUNES, Haiti (defend.ht) - Elements of the civilian population ransacked and burned the police station in Desdunes, after an officer shot a young man during an arrest attempt on Monday.
European Union Introduces 11 Disaster Preparedness Projects in Haiti
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- Created on Monday, August 22, 2011 5:35 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The European Union launched a new program of disaster preparedness in Haiti on Monday that will fund up a $5.47M [US] project that will benefit nearly 1.3 million people in the Artibonite, Ouest, Nippes and Sed Est Departments.
President Martelly Begins Week of Agriculture
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- Created on Monday, August 22, 2011 12:55 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The President of the Republic began on Monday the Agriculture Week in the department of Artibonite.
Martelly Postpones First Day of School
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- Created on Monday, August 22, 2011 10:54 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The President of the Republic, Michel Martelly, has decided, together with the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP), to postpone the start of classes from mid September to October 3.
Prime Minister Talks Begin, No Name Mentioned
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- Created on Sunday, August 21, 2011 11:09 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Senate President, Rodolphe Joazile, and his colleague in the lower house, Sorel Jacinthe, had their first meeting Friday with the Head of State, Michel Martelly for consultations leading to the appointment of a new Prime Minister.
Interior Minister Introduces FBI, Interpol Networked Border Monitoring System
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- Created on Saturday, August 20, 2011 5:31 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Ministry of the Interior and Territorial Communities (MICT) on Friday introduced an E-passport and border control system, networked to the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the International Police (Interpol), aimed at expediting travel service and monitoring traffic in and out of the country.
5 UN Soldiers Sent Home for Pointing Guns at Airport Customs Officials
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- Created on Friday, August 19, 2011 6:33 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Five Brazilian soldiers of the U.N. mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) were sent back to their country to have pointed their weapons on customs agents at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in Port-au-Prince, on June 5, 2011.
Senator Zenny: "Prime Minister's name will be made public this weekend"
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- Created on Friday, August 19, 2011 7:37 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Senator Edwin Zenny has claimed that consultation have begun between the executive and legislative branches of government towards name a 3rd prime minister to be tested for ratification. Zenny also has said that the name of the individual would be known by the weekend.
Martelly Oversees Formation of Presidential Monitoring Council
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- Created on Thursday, August 18, 2011 8:14 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - President of the Republic, Michel Joseph Martelly, met with donors, on Thursday at the National Palace where a Presidential Technical Council (CTP) was formed as part of the Week of Good Governance. The council will set up tools for monitoring and evaluating government institutions and authorities in accordance with the policies of the central administration.
Martelly Welcomes $78M [US] IHRC Neighborhood Revitalization Project
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- Created on Thursday, August 18, 2011 4:30 PM
PORT-UA-PRINCE, Haiti - On Wednesday, President Michel Martelly welcomed a rebuilding project by the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC) to revitalize 16 neighborhoods and relocate 30,000 people in living camps spending $78 million [US].
Minister and Parliamentarians Express Discontent with Ethics Investigation
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- Created on Thursday, August 18, 2011 1:26 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - An investigation into the mismanagement of funds that has implicated the Minister of the Interior and Territorial Cooperation, Paul Antoine Bien-Aime and nearly two dozen former and current parliamentarians is not being well received in the National Assembly.
Michel Martelly Designates Ministers of Justice and Education
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- Created on Thursday, August 18, 2011 12:01 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - On Tuesday President Michel Martelly advanced the names of Joshua Pierre-Louis and George Mérisier as Ministers of Justice and Education, respectively.
Sen. Benoit Letter to Senate President: "We risk losing all credibility"
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- Created on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 4:19 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Senator Steven Benoit of the Ouest Department wrote in a letter to the President of the Senate, Rudolph Joazil a letter in which he warned the institution of standing challenges and encouraged the settling of outstanding matters.
President Announces Crackdown on Tax Evasion and Injustice in Haiti
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- Created on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 9:58 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - President of the Republic, Michel Joseph Martelly, visited the Directorate General of Taxes (DGI), the Court of Cassation and the School of Magistrates in the launch of the Week of Good Governance. The Presidency of Haiti has declared a new governance that makes collecting taxes and upholding justice necessary to modernization.
Deputy Jacinthe Found Wanting Consultations from the President
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- Created on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 4:19 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Sorel Jacinthe, was taking in the ceremonies of the Assumption of Mary (Catholic Holiday) in Petit-Goave, when he expressed to the press that he was wanting consultations with the President of the Republic, Michel Martelly.
Martelly Not in a Hurry to Designate 3rd Prime Minister
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- Created on Monday, August 15, 2011 10:23 AM
SANTIAGO, Chile (defend.ht) - "Mately pa presé." President Michel Martelly said on Sunday that the committee appointed to facilitate the designation of the next prime minister continues to work, but it is not clear that the choice has been made and he will not force it to be made.
Mayor Renard Appalled by MINUSTAH's Denial of New Feces Dumping
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- Created on Sunday, August 14, 2011 6:25 PM
HINCHE, Haiti - The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti's (MINUSTAH) denial that a unit based in Hinche dumped its feces near a river last week is being denounced by local authorities.
