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Inauguration of the Institute of Hotel and Tourism Training of Haiti

Stéphanie Balmir Villedrouin, the Minister of Tourism has proceeded earlier this week to the officially inauguration of new premises of the Institute of Hotel and Tourism Training of Haiti (Institut de Formation Hôtelière et Touristique d'Haïti - IFORHTH) [#14 Impasse Lavaud]. In her statement the Minister of Tourism declared "...it is with great emotion that…

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Added by Haitian All-Starz on March 14, 2012 at 6:16pm — No Comments

The Saga of passports, today «The Mysterious Passport No. 7

After having abandoned the idea of Senator François Anik Joseph to analyze each page of passports to carbon 14 to see if the ink of these seals correspond to the dates indicated, the Commission raised yesterday Tuesday, the mysterious case of a passport, which would be inconsistent and therefore false. Before to give back the travel documents, the Senator Jean…

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Added by Haitian All-Starz on March 14, 2012 at 6:11pm — No Comments

Haiti - Collaboration between the Haitian and international scientists

Haiti - Education : Collaboration between the Haitian and international scientists

According to a new report from the AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) written in collaboration with Haitian scientists and international educators, Haiti and the global community should work together to build a robust science sector that can help the nation recover from January 12, 2010, support future development, and improve the lives of Haiti's… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on September 22, 2011 at 10:58am — No Comments

Haiti - $18.7MM to rebuild the rural communities

Haiti - Agriculture : $18.7MM to rebuild the rural communities

On the sidelines of the 66th UN General Assembly, currently held in New York, as part of the 2011 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting Heifer International has committed to help rebuild rural communities in Haiti and to improve economic opportunities.

Heifer International's commitment, announced from the stage Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011, by Heifer… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on September 22, 2011 at 10:49am — No Comments

Haiti - : A Digital Library for 15,000 students of the UEH

Haiti - Technology : A Digital Library for 15,000 students of the UEH

Libraries Without Borders (Bibliothèque Sans Frontières BSF) and the State University of Haiti (UEH) are pleased to announce the official opening, on September 30, 2011, of the first Digital Library of the State University of Haiti, a laboratory computer that will provide to the 5,000 students, researchers and professors of the UEH access to millions of electronic resources… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on September 22, 2011 at 10:47am — No Comments

Rachelle Villarson’s commitment to service inspires peers

Rachelle Villarson, at the 2011 Women of Power luncheon in Boston.

Last week’s National Urban League conference in Boston featured many…

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Added by Haitian All-Starz on September 16, 2011 at 1:02pm — No Comments

Boxer fights to represent parents’ homeland in the 2012 Olympics

After the Haitian earthquake last year, Jeanpierre Augustin welcomed three family members into his family’s Lawrence home – survivors of the earthquake that killed 13 other relatives of the Augustin family. Jean-Pierre knew he had wanted to box for the past five years, but, after the quake, he knew for sure that he wanted to box for Haiti … in the Olympics.

The 25-year-old light heavyweight boxer, originally from Boston, is on the track to an Olympic appearance in London next…

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Added by Haitian All-Starz on September 16, 2011 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Putting a new lens on Haiti news coverage

A photo session during the Solidar’IT web-journalism training at RSF Operational Media Centre in Bourdon. By Frederick Alexis

Haitian media have an essential role to ensure that Haiti and its reconstruction stay in the news -- now that international attention has faded away while problems remain unresolved. Many media turned to the…

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Added by Haitian All-Starz on September 16, 2011 at 12:55pm — No Comments

Haiti - Technology : The legal obstacles to the E-Governance

The National Press of Haiti in partnership with the Superior School of Infotronique of Haiti (ESIH) have presented last Thursday the "Secure electronic transmission program" developed by two students of 3rd year of the ESIH.

This program aims to reduce the time of publication of records of companies in the official newspaper "Le Moniteur" from 45 business days to… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on August 25, 2011 at 11:44am — No Comments

7 Haitian Scholarship students are arrived in Puerto Rico

Haiti - Education : Scholarship students are arrived in Puerto Rico

In recent days, seven young Haitian students are arrived in Puerto Rico as part of collaborative efforts with several local universities to enable them to begin or continue their studies.

Alice Perez, Coordinator of the project "New Haiti" of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation (CFPR), declared that five of these students will follow higher education on the… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on August 25, 2011 at 11:37am — No Comments

40 Haitian students are arrived in Brazil

Haiti - Education : 40 students are arrived in Brazil

This week, the University of Campinas (Unicamp) received a group of 40 university students from Haiti. They will take part in an exchange program for a period of 18 months for the qualification in training of human resources for the reconstruction of institutions of higher education in Haiti.

The exchange is part of a program of emergency aid to higher education… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on August 25, 2011 at 11:35am — No Comments

The President Martelly confirms the return to school for October 3

Announced in October, the Head of State confirms in a statement, that in consultation with the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP), the new school year is postponed to October 3, to allow the Presidency, to the donors and all other relevant sectors, to be better prepared for this new school year, while taking into account the difficulties arising… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on August 25, 2011 at 11:32am — No Comments

Haiti - Social : The President Martelly is committed to enforce the rights of all children

On the occasion of National Children's Day which is celebrated every second Sunday of June, according to the law of June 2, 1960, the President Michel Martelly, has sent his greetings and encouragement to all the children of Haiti, especially those living in the streets, restaveks and those orphans.

The Head of State has renewed his commitment and determination… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on June 13, 2011 at 4:13pm — No Comments

Haiti - Justice : Securing evidences

As part of the official launch of the national project of securing evidence, supported by UNDP, the Court of First Instance (TPI) of Port-au-Prince just received a safe-resistant to fire, flooding and theft. The many burglaries of the registries (greffes) of the courts of First Instance, demonstrates the necessity to securing the evidences.

This project aims to… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on June 13, 2011 at 3:54pm — No Comments

Haiti - Europe : 683 volunteers trained to the emergency response techniques

Yesterday was held, to Moulin Sur Mer, Côte des Arcadins - Montrouis, the closing ceremony of a training session of volunteers to the emergency response techniques funded by the European Union.

Mr. Alain Damit, Chief…

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Added by Haitian All-Starz on June 6, 2011 at 1:07pm — No Comments

Haiti - Education : The footballer Mikaël Silvestre will inaugurate a vocational school

The footballer Mikaël Silvestre, former French international of Guadeloupean origin currently playing within the Werder Brême, should visit Haiti this month to inaugurate a vocational training center located in Croix-des-Bouquets.

This project was funded by an auction, and with the help of his former partners of Arsenal, Chelsea players and his personal… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on June 6, 2011 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Haiti - Social : The camp Corail soon a communal section of the Croix-des-Bouquets ?

After one year of coordination of the activities of all humanitarian partners working in the IDP of Corail Cesse-Lesse [7,500 people] located about 20 km north of Port-au-Prince on 25 hectares, the American Refugee Committee (ARC) has transferred on 15 May, the management of the camp to the town of Croix-des-Bouquets.

According to Bryan Castro of the… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on May 31, 2011 at 11:49am — No Comments

Haiti - Social : First foreign visit of the First Lady of Haiti

Sophia Martelly, the First Lady of Haiti for her first visit abroad, is arrived yesterday morning at the airport La Isabela, Dominican Republic. She was received to the Office of the First Lady Margarita Cedeno de Fernandez.

The two women have talked for several hours on the need to continue to strengthen cooperative ties between the two countries. "We are… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on May 26, 2011 at 3:57pm — No Comments

Haiti - Security : Speech of President Martelly to the the 22nd promotion of the police

The 22nd promotion of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) has graduated yesterday Friday, to the Direction des Ecoles et de la Formation Permanente (DEFP), 877 new officers, after more than eight months of training. Modules such as managing the crime scene, police ethics and the fight against corruption, the concepts of gender and violence against women have been taught…

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Added by Haitian All-Starz on May 23, 2011 at 10:56am — No Comments

Haiti - Flag Day : President Martelly to Arcahaie, the highlight of his speech

President Michel Martelly, participated today May 18 in the town of Arcahaie [about thirty miles north of the capital] to the celebration devoted to the Haitian flag and the University. A ceremony filled with emotion and patriotism, in which the President made an impassioned speech to the nation, we offer you to share the highlights :

"People of Arcahaie,… Continue

Added by Haitian All-Starz on May 19, 2011 at 10:05am — No Comments