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Haiti - Politic : Warning of Michel Martelly to the CEP

At a press briefing yesterday Thursday, May 5, 2011, to the premises of the transition, to Bourdon, the President-elect Michel Martelly, has spoken about the crisis resulting from the publication of final results of parliamentary elections by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) last April 20.

"Haitian people,

It is hand in hand that since 2… Continue

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Haiti - Communication : Promotion «Digicel Krezi Millions»

The mobile phone company Digicel launches a special promotion to mark its 5th anniversary. To thank its customers, Digicel offers more than 130 million gourds of call credit on the basis of 50 gourds per active customer ; that is to say, customers who have placed at least one call during the month of April until May 7, 2011. The recipients will receive 10 Gourdes… Continue

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Haiti - Social : Martelly emphasizes on sustainable jobs

President Michel Martelly, took part Tuesday to a meeting, of the Clinton Global Initiative at the Karibe Convention Center in Juvénat. This activity, which brought together more than sixty personalities from the private sector and NGOs, among others: Mr. Denis O'Brien, Digicel's CEO, Mr Frank William World Vision, Mr. Greg Mille and Mr. Walker Morris of the Clinton… Continue

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Haiti - Politic : The MHAVE celebrates the May 1st with the Dominican diaspora

Without doubt, the most important event that took place in the diaspora for the Labour Day, was held in Ranchadero, Guayubin rural area, about 60 km from the border Dajabon / Ouanaminthe where more than 2,000 Haitian farm workers have welcomed, this Sunday, May 1, the Minister Edwin Parison, holder of the Ministry of Haitians Living Abroad (MHAVE), for a revealing… Continue

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Haiti - Reconstruction: Second popular conference of the Haitian diaspora of Montreal

At 12 days of the inauguration of President Michel Martelly to the head of Haiti, the Haitian community of Montreal wants to relaunch the debate on the reconstruction of Haiti.

"In the wake of the great debates of experts, the ordinary citizen of the diaspora had then felt that it was put aside, while we were talking about his country. It was then necessary to… Continue

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Haiti - Education : Training of thousands of Haitian farmers

The U.S. government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), kicked-off Haiti's National Agriculture and Labor Day on May 1 by inaugurating a cutting-edge agricultural training center.

The Sustainable Rural Development Center will help modernize Haiti's agricultural sector by training farmers to use innovative agriculture techniques that… Continue

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Haiti - Economy : Art gives a new life to 350 Haitian families

It's spring, and signs of Haiti's economic recovery are popping up in surprising ways: handcrafted quilts from Port-au-Prince, papier-mâché vases from Jacmel, and jewelry from Croix des Bouquets -- all on store shelves throughout the United States, said a statement from the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.

More than 350 Haitian families are now able to provide food and… Continue

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Haiti - Politic : Press conference of Michel Martelly

Yesterday, President Michel Martelly, back from his travel to Miami held a press conference in a hotel of Pétion ville, to make the point on his displacement and make a few clarifications "I traveled to begin opening the doors to ensure that when we begin our work on 14 May, our work gives results. You know that the workload that they [the Preval government] have left us is… Continue

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Haiti - Education : Martelly, free education and the Diaspora

During his visit to Miami on Monday, President-elect of Haiti, Michel Martelly, asked the Haitian diaspora to support free primary education in Haiti through a levy on money transfers and phone calls.

Nearly four million Haitians live outside the country and form the diaspora, nearly half in North America, the money that the diaspora sends in the country reached… Continue

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Haiti - Politic : Ginette Chérubin resigns

Following allegations of fraud, following the surprising decisions of the National Electoral Complaints and Challenges Bureau (BCEN), and various irregularities in the BCEN and the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), Ginette Chérubin, Electoral Advisor to the CEP, had refused to initial the results and provided explanations in a letter dated April 24, 2011. In the… Continue

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Haiti - Heritage : Rescue of the collection of Centre d’Art

Since September 2010, more than 5,000 works collected are under treatment at the rescue center, thanks to a dynamic team and trained for this purpose, eight full-time professionals, under the direction of the Marie-Lucie Vendryes, museologist. The two containers are completely released last December and works are sorted, cleaned, documented and stored. The damaged paintings… Continue

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Haiti - Elections : 12 Senators accuse...

12 Senators, in a press note released today, strongly condemned the non respect of the will of the people expressed during the vote on March 20. Adding that before such political machinations orchestrated by the anti-national of INITE at the service of partisan interests, they undertake to defend the general interest of the nation.

For this group of Senators, the… Continue

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Haiti - Politic : Reactions of Michel Martelly to the confirmation of his victory

The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) published late in the night [after many hours of delay without explanation] the final results of the second round of presidential and legislative elections. Michel Martelly unsurprisingly, was declared the winner [unchallenged] of the presidential, with 716,986 votes (67.57%).

Reacting to the confirmation of his presidency… Continue

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Haiti - Politic : Text of the joint press conference, Hillary Clinton - Michel Martelly

The Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, chief of U.S. diplomacy, has received the new President of Haiti, Michel Martelly, for a lunch at the State Department. which was followed by a joint press briefing. Here's what each speaker said :

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton:

Well, good afternoon, everyone. It is a great pleasure and an honor for me to… Continue

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Haiti - Politic : Hillary Clinton had lunch with Michel Martelly

Sign of the importance of relationship with the United States, the new President of Haiti, Michel Martelly left his country on Tuesday for a three-day visit to Washington DC, before the proclamation of the final results which credits it with 67.57% of the votes [preliminary results of the second round, uncontested].

The Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, chief… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on April 21, 2011 at 9:08am — No Comments

Haiti - Washington : First day of Michel Martelly all the details

Michel Martelly is visiting Washington for a three-day visit with a busy schedule. Here in detail, his first day of work.

"...we began to establish contacts with partners of Haiti, we are left with a delegation representing the team that will work with the Presidency Martelly [...] we have made meetings with different institutions, institutions that in the… Continue

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Haiti - Politic : Michel Martelly in Washington

Michel Martelly completed his first work day this Tuesday in Washington, where he met with President of the World Bank, Mr Bob Zoellick, and that of the International Monetary Fund, Mr. Dominique Strauss Kahn.

The president Michel Martelly, who's mission is to promote a new Haiti, has, among other things, requested to the leaders of these financial institutions,… Continue

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Haiti - Culture : World Premiere of "When the drum is beating"

The world premiere of the documentary "When the drum is beating" (Tanbou frape), which tells the cross history of Haiti and of the "Orchestre Septentrional", will be held at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York, Monday, April 25, 2011 at 6:30pm.

Feature documentary, directed by Whitney Dow for "Two Tone Productions" interweaves the history of Haiti and that… Continue

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Haiti - Jacmel : Young volunteers clean up the Iron Market

To commemorate the Global Youth Service Day, the Centre de Réflexion d'Éducation et de Débat (CRED) has organized a weekend of activities from Friday 15 to Sunday, April 17, 2011, through three major cities, including the city of Jacmel, the Gonâve and Port-au-Prince. Awareness sessions and volunteer efforts have been made in these major cities with the support of… Continue

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Haiti - Politic : There is no alliance between Guy Philippe and Michel Martelly

Guy Philippe, leader of the Front for National Reconstruction (FRN) and ex-police commissioner and Chief of the anti-Aristide rebellion in 2004, has affirmed this weekend on a radio of the capital, that although he supported the candidacy of Michel Martelly he had not concluded any alliance with the elected President.

He specifies that if the FRN… Continue

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