Haitian Politics
"Duvalieriste Government" is confirmed by cabinet reshuffle says Bien-Aimé
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- Created on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 10:09 PM
Senator Exius: Entire Administration should have been changed
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- Created on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 9:34 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Senator Pierre Francky Exius (Sud/Inite) does not believe the shuffling of the ministerial cabinet will bring results, noting some new ministers have less competence than their predecessors. Exius believes the entire administration should have been changed.
Senate Pres. Desras doubts Cabinet shuffle means change for the Haitian people
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- Created on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:47 PM
New Diaspora Minister Bernice Fidelia plans to organize Haitians abroad
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- Created on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:26 PM
Lamothe asks new Cabinet to put the Haitian People first
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- Created on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 8:04 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - At the inauguration ceremony of his new cabinet on Wednesday, Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe asked the new members of his cabinet to make sacrifices in service of the Haitian people.
IBC Airways Direct Flights from Miami to Cap-Haïtien for Carnival
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- Created on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:02 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - IBC Airways, a charter jet service, will be making special direct flights from Miami to Cap-Haitien for the National Carnival to be held from February 10-12 in the city.
Haiti: Martelly/Lamothe Appoint 7 New Ministers
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- Created on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:46 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - On Tuesday evening a list of 7 new ministers that will replace current ministers was released by the office of Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe.
Haiti: Senate Rejects U.S. and Canadian Mining Contracts
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- Created on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 8:15 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Haitian Senate took a resolution on Tuesday compelling U.S. and Canadian companies that received mining contracts from the Martelly/Lamothe administration on December 21st, 2012 to cease exploitation as the Constitution requires international agreements to be ratified by the Parliament.
President Martelly heads to Florida then Chile for EU-CELAC Summit
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- Created on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 7:36 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - On Tuesday, President Michel Martelly left Haiti for a week-long trip that begins in Miami, Florida where he will undergo a medical screening and will end Chile where he will participate in the 2nd Summit of Heads of State and Government of the European Union and Community of Latin American and the Caribbean States (EU-CELAC).
Haiti: Discussions Ongoing for another Government Reshuffle
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- Created on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 10:14 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Closed door talks are being held on the need to, again, reshuffle the Haitian government's ministers. Accordingly, it is said at least 6 ministers are expected to lose their jobs with one ministry expected to be closed down.
Haiti: Gov't Welcomes Inauguration of Obama
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- Created on Monday, January 21, 2013 9:02 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, on Sunday, on behalf of the Haitian government, welcomed the swearing in of U.S. President Barack Obama to a second term in office and inauguration.
MINUSTAH urging Haitians to organize elections ASAP
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- Created on Saturday, January 19, 2013 9:32 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - As talks between the three powers of government proceed, the Head of the UN peacekeeping force in Haiti, Mariano Fernandez, has shown his impatience. He is urging Haitian authorities to make it possible to hold legislative and local elections in 2013.
Prime Minister Lamothe promises 24-hour electricity throughout Haiti in 6 months
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- Created on Friday, January 18, 2013 4:23 PM
Martelly and Lamothe Meet with Chamber President Deputy Alexis in Parliament
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- Created on Friday, January 18, 2013 1:56 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Arriving in separate motorcades, President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe were in Parliament to visit Deputy Jean Tholbert Alexis who was made President of the Chamber of Deputies by the PSP majority bloc in the house. Senate President Simon Dieuseul Desras met with the executives who were joined by Minister Pierre Richard Casimir and not Minister Ralph Theano.
Deputy Jean Tholbert Alexis becomes President of the Chamber of Deputies
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- Created on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 4:46 PM
Haiti: Prime Ministry reports meeting with Diaspora Press from the U.S.
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- Created on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 6:04 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe met with a dozen Haitian journalists from the Haitian Diaspora in the United States on Tuesday to present the work of his 6-month tenure at the Head of the Haitian Government.
Haiti: Administration Reacts to PRI Protest during National Assembly
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- Created on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 11:41 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Minister Ralph Theano decried an incident in which Deputy Sorel Jacinthe (Moron/Inite) allegedly attempted to pass his wife as an entity to receive a construction project in his commune. Theano said the deputy’s wife neither had the background or anything to do with the business of construction and that she hadn’t even achieved a diploma from a secondary institution.
Senate President Reiterates Urge for Elections in 2013
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- Created on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 9:31 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - At the opening of the legislative session, the President of the National Assembly, Simon Dieuseul Desras (Centre/Lavni), urged for legislative and municipal elections, that were due to be held in November 2011, be held in 2013 in order to ensure democracy in Haiti.
Bill Clinton Foundation to provide solar streetlights for MOH community
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- Created on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 7:43 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton announced that his foundation would provide to Mission of Hope about 40 solar powered streetlights for their housing project located in Levêque (25 km to the northwest of the capital).
Haiti: Parliamentarians disrupt PM Lamothe's report of Government's activities in 2012
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- Created on Monday, January 14, 2013 8:57 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - For 4 continuous minutes and 34 seconds, Members of the Parliamentarians for Institutional Reenforcement (PRI), a minority group in the lower house, sounded horns, bells and whistles during Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe's report on the Government's activities, which had a duration of 58 seconds and plenty of air in between sentences.
