Haiti
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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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Caribbean Regional Aid for Trade Strategy launches in Haiti –
Turning market access into market presence What is Aid for Trade? Aid for Trade is a sub-set of official development assistance. In the broadest sense it refers to the flow of development finance/aid from developed countries and multilateral funding agencies to developing countries to enhance their participation in the multilateral trading system. Why the need for a Strategy? The Caribbean…
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‘Qatar City’ planned for Haiti after $20m pledge
Qatar has finalised the details of a development called ‘Qatar City’ being funded near Port-au-Prince as part of an aid pledge made by the Gulf state in the wake of Haiti’s devastating 2010 earthquake. The project is a being jointly funded with $5m from Qatar and $4m from the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and involves 148 houses, a…
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Two-thirds of Haiti’s people face hunger and malnourishment as problems worsen in storms’ wake
BELLE ANSE, Haiti – The hardship of hunger abounds amid the stone homes and teepee-like huts in the mountains along Haiti's southern coast. The hair on broomstick-thin children has turned patchy and orangish, their stomachs have ballooned to the size of their heads and many look half their age — the tell-tale signs of malnutrition. Mabriole town official Geneus Lissage…
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Haiti bans importation of poultry from Dominican Republic amid Avian Flu scare
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haiti has imposed a ban on the importation and sale of meat products as well as poultry, eggs and live animals from the Dominican Republic following reports of a resurgence of the Avian Flu (HINI virus) in that country. A statement from the Ministry of Public Health and Population (MSPP) said that “consumers and…
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Haiti seeking to improve economy through mining
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said Monday that the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country would like to see itself as “an emerging mining country” within the next two decades. “Haiti would like to place itself as an emerging mining country in the next 20 years,” he said at the start of a two day-conference being…
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