Haiti
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Haiti receives US$15 million policy-based grant from IDB
WASHINGTON, CMC – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has furnished a US$15 million grant to Haiti to support policy, legal and institutional reforms in the agricultural sector. The Washington-based financial institution said farming plays a “fundamental role in the Haitian economy,” accounting for around half of the country’s jobs and almost one quarter of national income. “The new grant is…
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Haiti reports first suspected H1N1 death in 2013
Haiti reported on Monday its first suspected death this year from H1N1 virus, reports reaching here said. The victim was from the small community of Nan Bannann in the southern city of Belle-Ansecity, 110 km southwest of the capital Port-au-Prince, the reports said. As local government said, the victim died at a hospital in Thiotte, 65 km east of the…
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Dominican, Haiti governments square off on poultry ban
Santo Domingo.- The Dominican government Monday night called Haiti’s proposal to continue banning Dominican poultry products and allow only meats, “totally unacceptable,” after a four hour meeting of officials from both countries failed to solve the one-week standoff. After the meeting, Foreign minister Carlos Morales said president Danilo Medina was told “in a very clear, very transparent and quite frankly,…
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Giving water — the gift of life in Haiti
CARREFOUR, Haiti — The water inspectors were negotiating with an irate homeowner over her illegal hookup when a neighbor signaled he wanted to talk. “I would like to know how I can get water access,” physician Cyprien Jean-Jonas said from inside his one-room clinic. Steps from Jean-Jonas’s front door was an underground well. And while many of his neighbors in…
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IMF predicts decline in economic growth for Haiti
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the yearly economic growth for Haiti in 2013 will be limited to 3.4 per cent and blamed a weak recovery of agricultural production for the situation. The Washington-based financial institution Wednesday said that one of its missions had ended a one week visit to Haiti to review the…
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Caribbean partners welcome ITC’s forthcoming regional value-chain development project
ITC's new programme for the Caribbean aims to facilitate the creation of regional value chains in priority sectors in order to boost the region’s competitiveness, according to ITC Director Friedrich von Kirchbach at the launch event of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Regional Aid for Trade Strategy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – The International Trade Centre’s (ITC) new programme for…
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Minister quits amid allegations she is an American citizen
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Minister of Haitian Living Overseas, Bernice Fidelia, has quit the Cabinet of Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe amid allegations that she holds United States citizenship. A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister confirmed the resignation of the 51-year-old minister in the wake of allegations by several Haitian lawmakers that she is an American…
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WTO Director General urges Caribbean to take advantage of trade opportunities
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Pascal Lamy Tuesday urged developing countries to ensure they have the necessary trade capacity to take advantage of a changing global environment. Addressing the launch of the Caribbean Regional Aid for Trade (AFT) Strategy, Lamy said however having trade opportunities is not enough. “We must translate…
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CARICOM says Aid for Trade pivotal to maximising trade agreements
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Tuesday launched its Caribbean Regional Aid for Trade (AFT) Strategy with CARICOM Secretary General Irwin La Rocque saying the strategy will play a pivotal role in allowing member countries to maximise the opportunities available under the various bilateral and multilateral trade agreements they have signed in the past. LaRocque told…
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UN condemns forced eviction of families
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – A senior United Nations official has expressed concern about ongoing illegal forced evictions and human rights abuses of families displaced by the 2010 earthquake. The Office of the Humanitarian Coordinator for Haiti said that earlier this month, the United Nations was informed that 120 to 150 families displaced by the earthquake and residing in…
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