The Colombian diplomat, Maria Angela Holguin, last week in Bogota had envisaged, with the Security Council, the possibility of transforming the Minustah mission in a development operation for Haiti. In an official statement, the diplomat confirmed that the possibility of transformation of the Minustah will be discussed and supported by the Colombia to the United Nations in…
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The President René Préval has conducted Tuesday to the appointment of a new Director General at the head of the National Council of Telecommunications (CONATEL). The Investiture ceremony was presided by the engineer Jacques Gabriel, the Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communication (MTPTC).
Jean Jonas Elysée, will replace Marcelin Montaigne at the…
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At a press briefing Monday to present the legal case of "Baby Doc", the lawyers of the former President, returned in his country after 25 years of exile have declared that a trial, whether for crimes against humanity or corruption, against Duvalier was impossible.
Recall that the former President is currently the object of 20 complaints filed in front of the…
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Voila, one of Haiti's largest mobile phone companies, wants to help increase voter turn out in the March 20th Haiti presidential elections by providing better technology to Haiti's Electoral Council (CEP) and decrease improprieties by providing some cool cash to help both candidates hire more polling stations…
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During a press conference at the Hotel Oloffson, Monday, Feb. 21, in front of the press and broadcasted live on the internet, the internet users were able to intervene, the presidential candidate, Michel Martelly has presented Monday a review of his beginning of campaign, that he described of positive. He described as "historic gathering" the opening of his campaign last…
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In order to facilitate the smooth running of the Haitian electoral process, the company Digicel makes freely available to the population, a messaging service (SMS) from which the citizens can obtain informations relating to the second round of the presidential and legislative elections.
With this service, the citizens can send a SMS for free from their mobile…
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Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 22, 2011 at 3:36pm —
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The presidential candidate Mirlande Manigat, after launching her campaign Friday to Solino, was yesterday Monday at Cité Soleil, her second election rally in poor neighborhoods.
In front of a large crowd, surrounded by several children, the candidate has promised to tackle the problems of the classical and vocational education, of the health and the status of…
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Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 22, 2011 at 3:31pm —
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According to the coordinator of the organization Claire Wollenschneider Bibliothèque Sans Frontières (BSF) (Library Without Borders) during the last twelve months has worked for the reopening of the National Library of Haiti, closed since the earthquake of January 12, has opened libraries in refugee camps in Port-au-Prince and allowed the formation in Haiti and in France of…
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At an information meeting with the political parties last week at the club International on the route de Frères, Gaillot Dorsainvil, the President of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), accompanied by several electoral councilors has indicated that the March 20 election will be different from that of November 28, to avoid repeating the mistakes of the first elections…
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Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 22, 2011 at 12:32pm —
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Max Alcé, the Charge d'Affairs of Haiti in Jamaica, that had been recalled in Haiti for consultations after the expulsion by the Jamaican authorities of the national football team under 17 years (U-17) who participated in the final phase of the playoffs for the football World Cup, is arrived Friday, in order to report the facts to Marie Michèle Rey, the Minister of the…
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti- Recording artist Shakira one of the performers on the Hope for Haiti Now Telethon on CNN in January 2010 is searching for suitable land to build a school for needy earthquake survivor’s children in Port Au Prince. Shakira she announced an initiative to build a new school in Haiti through her Barefoot Foundation. The Foundation will work in…
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Mayor Jean-Yves Jason (right), the Mayor of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and Mayor Wilson Jeudi (left), the Mayor of Delmas, a suburb of Port-au-Prince. Both were VIPs at the New Look Foundation World Leadership Awards event. The Honorable Mayor Jean-Yves Jason, Mayor of Port-au-Prince, Haiti was one of the VIPs at the “World Leadership Awards” event hosted by Haiti’s own Usher and his “New Look Foundation” (…
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The companies H2O Innovation inc. and 3M Purification Inc. have teamed up to provide a mobile water treatment unit to Project HOPE (1) to support its humanitarian assistance and health care programs in Haiti. H2O Innovation has designed, built and will deliver a trailer-based mobile water treatment system that will enable Project HOPE to produce drinking water from either…
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Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 18, 2011 at 5:21pm —
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The candidate Mirlande Manigat, aged 70, spoke to reporters yesterday, on the ground of the Hotel Montana. According to the candidate, this second round of elections, represents an exceptional experience in the political life of Haiti "This second round is historic, first, this is the first time that a presidential election takes place in two rounds and he confronts two…
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Thursday, February 17, at the World Ski Championships of Garmisch Partenkirchen in Germany, the Haitian skier Jean-Pierre Roy aka "Rasta Piquett", finished 99th and last in the qualifications for the Giant Slalom. Clocked 3 minutes 10.58 seconds (3:10:58) (1st run in 1:36:51 and 2nd run in 1:34:07) for this first race at the world championship of alpine ski. The race was…
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New funds for IOM's counter-trafficking work in Haiti will allow the organization to not only continue providing direct assistance to victims of the crime but also to carry out new research into the trafficking of minors in the sex industry in Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
The USD 1.6 million from the US Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat…
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A few minutes ago ended the joint press conference Michel Martelly - Wyclef Jean at the Karibe Convention Center in Petion ville. A lot of things have been said but the most important is the official announcement of the support of Wyclef Jean to the candidacy of Michel Martelly.
Michel Martelly has thanked his friend Wyclef for his presence and announced the…
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The facts: The Haitian Football Federation (FHF) has informed Tuesday night, the CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) that it is no longer able to maintain are Men's team under 17, for the playoff of the U17 World Cup of Montego Bay (Jamaica), because of an illness that struck members of his delegation.…
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The reconstruction aid to Haiti following the earthquake of January 2010 was hampered by a lack of cooperation and communication among international organizations, argued Tuesday the American actor Sean Penn [co-founder of the NGO JP/HRO] during a charity dinner in Vienna where he had to raise funds to finance the activities of his organization.
"This is not a…
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Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive and President Bill Clinton, Co-Chairs of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC), along with members of the IHRC Board, held a productive meeting with Haiti's presidential candidates yesterday. The group also hosted members of the Club de Madrid and representatives from UNESCO and CARICOM who presented their thoughts and…
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