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Haiti’s President leads ceremony to honour carnival accident victims
Haiti’s President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Evans Paul led thousands of mourners in the country’s main public park on Saturday to honour the 16 victims of the carnival float accident. Reports say some mourners collapsed during the ceremony held at the Champ de Mars Park in Port-au-Prince. Official reports say the accident on carnival Tuesday was caused when one…
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CARICOM saddened by Haitian Carnival deaths
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has extended the Community’s condolences to families of the persons who lost their lives in the tragic accident during this week’s Carnival celebrations in Haiti. In a message to the President of Haiti, His Excellency Michel Martelly, the Secretary General also expressed the Community’s hope for a speedy recovery…
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