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Haiti - Ski : "Rasta Piquet" has missed the qualification but...

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… Continue

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Haiti - Social : 1.6 million to fight against the exploitation of the "restavèks"

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… Continue

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Haiti - Elections FLASH : Wyclef endorse the candidacy of Martelly

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… Continue

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Haiti - Football : The FHF is frustrated, the Jamaica explains...

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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Haiti - Reconstruction : In Leogane, 87.000 m3 of rubble removed

Rebeca Grynspan, UNDP Associate Administrator yesterday visited Leogane, the epicentre of the 12 January earthquake, where UNDP is implementing a pioneering debris management initiative. Thanks to the support of the Canadian, Kuwait and Finnish governments, UNDP started in early-November 2010, a project which will clear in 2011 approximately 325,000 cubic metres from… Continue

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Haiti - Elections : Loaded calendar of Michel Martelly

Michel Martelly met with Mr. Carlos Westendorp, Secretary General of the Club of Madrid and Felipe Gonzalez (former Prime Minister of Spain) and Lionel Jospin (former Prime Minister of France), also members of the Club, this Tuesday February 15, at the Karibe Convention Center at 10h30am. This new mission of the Club of Madrid, which began yesterday is part of the… Continue

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Haiti - Culture : 5th Edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Port-au-Prince

The 5th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Port-au-Prince will open Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the Parc Historique de la Canne à Sucre, in Tabarre, with a concert by the Brazilian singer Beatriz Malnic, followed by Aaron Goldberg, an excellent American pianist to close with a performance of Mino Cinelu, preceded by Carsten Daerr Trio and Pauline Jean on… Continue

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Haiti - Politic : Manigat-Fernández a meeting improvised...

The candidate for the presidency of Haiti, Mirlande Manigat arrived yesterday in Santo Domingo at 5h30pm to meet with President Leonel Fernández. Accompanied by the Dominican Ambassador in Haiti, Rubén Silié, she told to the reporters, before entering in the office of president at 6pm, that she came at the invitation of Dominican President. A statement called into question… Continue

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Haiti - Football : Haiti Digicel Cup 2010

Officially launched on August 24, 2010, the 2010 season was a great success. The Tempête of Saint Marc won the opening serie and was crowned Champion of the Champions, while the Victory Club of Port-au-Prince was crowned champion of the serie of closing.

"The 2010 season of Digicel National Championship of First division comes to its end and once again thousands… Continue

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Chili cookoff to raise money for Haitian school

Marne United…

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Haiti - Reconstruction : Back home, not for tomorrow...

Last Thursday, during the briefing of the United Nations in Haiti, Léonard Doyle, spokesman for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Haiti has made an update on the situation of victims in the camps and the concerns of IOM.

"The number of people living in camps has decreased significantly, close to half a million people left. To date, 810.000… Continue

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Spartanburg International Festival (Haiti Representing)

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Alpine skiing: Haitian grandfather no longer a laughing stock

Haitian skier Roy smiles as he poses during a training session at the World Alpine skiing Championsh

Haitian skier Jean-Pierre Roy smiles as he poses during a training session at the World Alpine skiing Championships in Garmisch Partenkirchen February 11, 2011. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

By Brian Homewood

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Reuters) - Haitians are as rare as grandfathers among the competitors who hurl themselves down the precipitous,…

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INTERVIEW WITH SHADINE MENARD, FOUNDER OF HIP MAGAZINE‏

Shadine Menard is founder and editor-in-chief of Haitian International Pulse Magazine (HIP), a lifestyle magazine that brings together entertainment, fashion, beauty, music, social and political issues that speak to the Haitian-American community was needed. Menard graduated from Drexel University in Philadelphia and Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.) in New York. Her…

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Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 11, 2011 at 4:28pm — 1 Comment

WHY COMPAS MUSICIANS WILL ALWAYS DIE POOR?

The question I am asked most frequently is: WHY COMPAS MUSICIANS WILL ALWAYS DIE POOR? This is a difficult thing for people to understand, especially for compas direct musicians playing compas music in a country as rich as the United States. There are some very obvious conditions to note in compas music's case: the long history of political oppression in Haiti during the Duvalier regime, lack of music business knowledge and financial literacy from Nemours… Continue

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Haiti - Elections : Michel Martelly poses his conditions...

The candidate for the Presidency in the second round, Michel Joseph Martelly demands that a number of immediate steps be taken by the Government to give credibility to the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and reassure the voters and all those involved in the second round of elections:

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Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 10, 2011 at 5:13pm — 1 Comment

Haiti - Sports : Modernization of Haitian football

Haitian Football Federation (FHF) is on track to have its first Headquarter. Depressed after the destruction of its headquarters in the Avenue Christophe, by the earthquake of January 2010 that killed 33 of its family, the football family has regained hope with the concretization of the steps taken to build the new infrastructures that will allow to the Haitian Football, to… Continue

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Haiti - Economy: The Korean project of the Industrial Park of North

With the passage of the law HELP (Haiti Economic Lift Program) in the U.S. Congress, the companies of the textile industry have expressed their interest to Haiti, for benefit of an access to the U.S. market. The passage of this Law in May 2010 has increased significantly the attractiveness of Haiti through its preferential tariff on textile products, for assembly operations… Continue

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Haiti - Ski : "Rasta Piquet" in preparation for the World Ski Championships 2011

Jean-Pierre Roy aka "Rasta Piquett" the first Haitian to participate in in the World Ski Championships, and President of the Haitian Federation of Ski, is arrived in Bavaria [Germany] Sunday, February 6 with his coach, Christophe Montillet , a friend of the club, that he had hired for hus qualification in fall 2010.

Yesterday Monday, in the morning, Jean-Pierre… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on February 9, 2011 at 11:44am — No Comments

2nd Edition of Compas on Broadway (Haitian Music Awards)

NEW YORK, NY--January 26, 2010--Ladies and Gentlemen, the countdown to the highly anticipated 2nd Edition of Compas on Broadway has begun. You are cordially invited to this gala event on Saturday, April 23rd 2011 at the Lincoln Center that promises to be the black tie affair of the year! As spring adorns nature with the most wondrous of colors, ladies, so should your gowns and heels. Gentlemen, dust off your tuxedos and top hats as you prepare to shine on the red…