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Haiti urges closer cooperation as ACS begins fifth summit
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haiti welcomed delegates to the Fifth Summit of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) with Foreign Minister Pierre Richard Casimir, indicating that the event is essential in strengthening regional cooperation. Several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are being represented at the summit that is being held under the theme “Revitalizing the Vision of the Association…
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Amnesty International critical of Haiti
Haiti PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The London-based human rights group, Amnesty International, is accusing Haiti of violating international obligations after hundreds of people were forced to leave impromptu settlements that sprang up following the 2010 devastating earthquake in the French speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. In a study released by Amnesty International, the human rights group said more…
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Aid shortfalls jeopardize Haiti’s humanitarian programs
For the first time since four back-to-back storms and hurricanes battered Haiti five years ago, the U.N.’s lead feeding program and other agencies don’t have enough food to stockpile in strategic areas before a major storm hits. In some of the most remote corners of the country, people are dying needlessly of cholera because treatment centers have been abandoned, aid…
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Haiti to host ACS Summit
Port of Spain, Trinidad, CMC – Several Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states will be represented at the 5th Summit of the Heads of State and/or Government of The Association of Caribbean States (ACS), to be held in Haiti this week. Sustainable tourism, trade, air and maritime transport and disaster risk reduction are some of the issues to be discussed at…
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Haiti renames airport in honour of late Venezuelan leader
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Haiti says it will rename an airport in the north of the country in honour of the former Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez who died of cancer in March. A government spokesman said that the Cap-Haitien International Airport will now be called the Hugo Chavez International Airport. The airport’s 17,500-foot runway was repaved in October…
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Earthquake victims in Haiti’s homeless camps continue decline
Three years after Haiti’s devastating Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake, there are 320,050 people living in camps — 27, 230 less than those living in the squalid encampments in December, the International Organization for Migration said Monday. The number represents a 79 percent drop from the 1.5 million Haitians who sought shelters in hundreds of makeshift tent cities after the disaster.…
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US Coast Guard rescues six men adrift near
Haiti MIAMI, CMC – The United States Coast Guard says it has rescued six men rescued off the coast of Haiti. The Coast Guard said Sunday, the six, whose identities were not released, were located about 37 nautical miles from Ile de la Tortue, Haiti. The US Coast Guard said that its District Seven command center had received a report…
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Tertiary education expert says: UWI must reach out to Haiti, Cuba
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Visiting Moroccan tertiary education expert Dr Jamil Salmi says UWI should reach out to its French and Spanish speaking neighbours like Haiti, Dominican Republic and Cuba to truly establish the academic institution’s reputation as a regional and international giant. Salmi made this comment during a Distinguished Open lecture at Daaga Auditorium, St Augustine campus last…
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More changes in Haiti’s young, inexperienced government
(Miami Herald) – The musical chairs in Haiti's government continued Friday as the prime minister's office announced after midnight replacements for two cabinet posts left vacant by resignations within days of one another. Trade and Commerce Minister Wilson Laleau will now head the ministry of economy and finance, replacing Marie Carmelle Jean-Marie. A highly respected economist, Jean-Marie abruptly resigned Wednesday…
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HAITI-POLITICS-Second Minister resigns
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Communications Minister Regine Godefroy became the second woman in as many days to quit the Haitian government. While there has been no official communication as to the reasons why Godefroy joined former finance minister Marie Carmelle Jean-Marie in leaving the cabinet of Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, media reports spoke of allegations of various types…
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