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April 6, 2012
Delta Airlines flies from Atlanta, GA to Port-au-Prince, Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - After more than 20 years, Delta Air Lines made its first non-stop flight from Atlanta, Georgia to Port-au-Prince.  At 11:15 AM, a Boeing 737 made the 3 hour flight at a cost of about $500.00 for First and Business Class, and $400 for Economy.

 

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April 2, 2012
Digicel Group Acquires Voila in Haiti

Digicel Group, the best value mobile operator in the Caribbean, Central America and Pacific, has acquired Haitian mobile operator, Voila, from its parent company, US-based Trilogy International Partners, for an undisclosed sum.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Digicel Group, the best value mobile operator in the Caribbean, Central America and Pacific, has acquired Haitian mobile operator, Voila, from its parent company, US-based Trilogy International Partners, for an undisclosed sum. The transaction closed on Friday, March 30, 2012.

The two companies will continue to be run separately.

February 29, 2012
Haiti seeks to rebuild, or just build, power grid

BOUCAN CARRE, Haiti (AP) — Sometimes it seems as though the people here have only the sun and moon: the blinding sun that bakes their mud homes and moonlight that with flickering gas lamps fights against the dark of night.

TRENTON DANIEL, Associated Press

 

February 24, 2012
Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille resigns after months in office

Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, facing days of political pressure from the president, sent a resignation letter to President Michel Martelly.

Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille has resigned from office, giving into political pressure from President Michel Martelly to step down.

Conille sent a letter to Martelly shortly after 10 a.m. Friday, almost an hour before he was supposed to meet with the president and ministers at the National Palace, several sources confirmed.

February 22, 2012
Haiti Closer to Bringing Long-Term Democratic Governance to Its People

Haiti's Minister of the Interior, Thierry Mayard-Paul, speaking at Florida International University (FIU), stated that for the first time – perhaps in the history of Haiti – President Martelly's administration can close the gap between what people want from democracy and the government's ability to deliver on its promises and bring long term democratic governance to Haiti.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 22, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- Haiti's Minister of the Interior, Thierry Mayard-Paul, speaking at Florida International University (FIU), stated that for the first time – perhaps in the history of Haiti – President Martelly's administration can close the gap between what people want from democracy and the government's ability to deliver on its promises and bring long term democratic governance to Haiti.

February 10, 2012
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to Haiti

Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Desiré Delano Bouterse, President of the Republic of Suriname will lead members of the Bureau of Heads of Government on a two-day mission to Haiti on 13-14 February.

Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Desiré Delano Bouterse, President of the Republic of Suriname will lead members of the Bureau of Heads of Government on a two-day mission to Haiti on 13-14 February.

February 8, 2012
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille Visits Washington D.C.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday met with Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, who is visiting Washington for talks on his country's post-earthquake reconstruction efforts.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday met with Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, who is visiting Washington for talks on his country's post-earthquake reconstruction efforts.

The prime minister told journalists one purpose of the visit was to discuss progress his country has made since the deadly January 2010 quake and issues related to the slow pace of reconstruction.

February 6, 2012
Hotel Companies hustle to turn around Haiti

Hotel Florita, located in the Jacmel region of Haiti, was destroyed in the earthquake, yet was rebuilt by mid-2010 and has been flourishing ever since.  Best Western is planning to open a 105-room Best Western Premier during the third-quarter.  There were 43 hotels in Haiti, totaling 1,674 rooms, as of December 2011, according to data from STR.

The devastating earthquake that struck Haiti during January 2010, followed by a massive cholera outbreak, was not enough to keep the nation’s hoteliers down.  Two years later, many have rebuilt their properties and are working to make the industry stronger than ever.

There were 43 hotels in Haiti, totaling 1,674 rooms, as of December 2011, according to data from STR, parent company of HotelNewsNow.com. Two more are in the in-construction phase, while three properties are in the final planning stage.

February 1, 2012
Haiti Ambassador : Sean Penn at large

Actor Sean Penn named Haitian ambassador at large in a special ceremony at the national palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Actor Sean Penn has been named ambassador at large for Haiti in recognition of his humanitarian work since the 2010 earthquake. The Hollywood star received the honor from Haitian President Michel Martelly at a special ceremony Tuesday evening at the National Palace.

Martelly thanked Penn for keeping the spotlight on the Caribbean nation.

January 27, 2012
New CEO for Haiti Digicel telecom company

Haiti’s largest cell phone operator and one of the Caribbean’s most profitable is getting a new chief executive officer.


Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/01/25/2608433/new-ceo-for-haiti-digicel-telecom.html#storylink#storylink=cpy
Digicel Group on Wednesday announced that Damian Blackburn, head of its Honduras operations, will take over in Haiti, replacing Haiti CEO Maarten Boute. Boute has led the company’s Haiti’s operations for the past three years, and is credited with its 1.5 million jump in subscribers and 60 percent increase in revenue despite the devastation of the January 2010 earthquake, a cholera outbreak and election chaos

January 26, 2012
EU and Haiti sign deal to lengthen rural highway

EU and Haiti sign deal to lengthen rural highway . European Union/Haiti highway project will link Hinche and St. Raphael to Port-au-Prince

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- The Haitian government and European Union have signed an agreement for building a road to connect the capital with the country's second largest city.

The European Union will spend 40.7 million euros ($52.6 million) on a project that will first pave a dirt national highway linking the central towns of Hinche and St. Raphael. It is 27 miles (44-kilometer) long.

January 24, 2012
Pamela Ann White serve as U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Haiti

 

January 12, 2012
Haiti: businesses needed in the Republic of NGOs

Profiles Digicel and highlights 2 ways of doing business in Haiti as an example of how businesses can be a force for good in Haiti.

It has now been two years since an earthquake tore apart Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, and it’s obvious that there’s widespread dissatisfaction at the excruciatingly slow progress of reconstruction.

But amid all the desperation, there have been some successes, in which the private sector has exercised an important role. Ideally, it would play a much bigger part.

January 7, 2012
Haiti’s Recovery Continues as Haitian Businesses Thrive

The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund joins Haitians in looking ahead, rebuilding the country and creating economic opportunity. As of January 6, 2012, the Fund has committed close to $36M to programs promoting smart, sustainable economic development. Part of this support includes today’s announcement of $3.2M in financing and business services for small and growing enterprises.

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the world remembers the earthquake that shook Haiti two years ago, the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund joins Haitians in looking ahead, rebuilding the country and creating economic opportunity. As of January 6, 2012, the Fund has committed close to $36M to programs promoting smart, sustainable economic development. Part of this support includes today’s announcement of $3.2M in financing and business services for small and growing enterprises.

January 5, 2012
U.S. Department of Defense Helps Bolster Haiti's Disaster Response

Haiti's Civil Protection network received a substantial boost with the presentation of SUVs, trucks, boats, canoes, 11,000 solar radios, tents and other disaster-response equipment presented as gifts to the Government of Haiti by the U.S. Department of Defense.

 

January 4, 2012
Haiti Government to Reinforce National Police

The Haitian government wants to reinforce the national police and increase its number to 12,000 officers as a previous step to the reestablishment of the Army, said National Police Chief Mario Andresol

Port-au-Prince, Jan 4 (Prensa Latina) The Haitian government wants to reinforce the national police and increase its number to 12,000 officers as a previous step to the reestablishment of the Army, said National Police Chief Mario Andresol.

 Andresol also announced the intention of building five police stations and new detachments to reinforce security and fight urban violence in Haiti. Now, the Haitian National Police has 10,000 members, although the security work is carried out by the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Minustah)

January 3, 2012
Haiti Flights - Delta Airlines from Atlanta, GA to Port-au-Prince, Haiti

 

Delta Air Lines Inc. on April 7, 2012 is to launch a weekly flight from Atlanta to Haiti, the first nonstop air service to the country from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in at least two decades. Delta already flies nonstop from New York to the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, but that flight is mostly sustained by local demand.

 

December 31, 2011
Haiti leader paves way for new elections

Haitian President Michel Martelly fired members of a nine-person electoral council to make way for legislative and local elections planned for next year.

 

December 29, 2011
As Haiti rebuilds, what it needs is tourism dollars

Cap Haïtien – I landed here in Haiti’s second-biggest city, land of my ancestors, on a hot day wearing Chuck Taylors and aviator Ray-Bans. I was home away from home.

Cap Haïtien – I landed here in Haiti’s second-biggest city, land of my ancestors, on a hot day wearing Chuck Taylors and aviator Ray-Bans. I was home away from home.

I hadn’t been here since a few months before the 2010 earthquake. Since then, I had been scratching to come back for many reasons, but mostly because my memories of Haiti had nothing to do with the images of desperation and crumbled monuments that we all saw after that catastrophe.

December 24, 2011
Haiti's Minister of Haitians Living Abroad, Daniel Supplice attacked in D.R.

A presidential adviser in Haiti says that government Minister of Haitians Living Abroad, Daniel Supplice was attacked while visiting the neighboring Dominican Republic.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A presidential adviser in Haiti says that a government minister was attacked while visiting the neighboring Dominican Republic.Presidential adviser Damian Merlo said late Friday that Minister of Haitians Living Abroad Daniel Supplice is doing fine but he had no other details.

 

December 23, 2011
President Michel Martelly suspends Sweet Micky Performance

President Michel Martelly as Sweet Micky in 2008In september 2011, Haiti President Michel Martelly scheduled a concert to take place on December 23, 2011 in order to raise $10 Million dollars for education in Haiti.  But an adviser said the concert had been postponed indefinitely “due to the holiday season and the complexity of organizing such an event.”

December 22, 2011
Haiti apparel exports to the U.S. skyrocketed 46% in 2011

Apparel imports into the US from Haiti soared by 46% in the first eight months of this year, thanks in part to tariff benefits under the US Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI)

 

December 20, 2011
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund grants Haiti $1.5 Million

The nonprofit created by former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush said Tuesday it's given a $264,000 grant to the Oasis Foundation that seeks to train potential hotel workers in hospitality services.

 

December 9, 2011
Oprah Winfrey in Haiti : will be hosted by President Michel Martelly

Oprah Winfrey will visit Haiti next week and will be hosted by Haiti's President Michel Joseph Martelly.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Oprah Winfrey will visit Haiti next week and will be hosted by Haiti's President Michel Joseph Martelly.

On Friday, Martelly tells The Associated Press that he hopes Winfrey will serve as an ambassador for Haiti. He says he would like her to help Haiti get more assistance for rebuilding from the 2010 earthquake that displaced hundreds of thousands of people.

December 8, 2011
Investment interest growing in Haiti

Invest in Haiti Forum, one of the largest meetings of its kind ever held in the Caribbean, underscoring the strong private sector interest in the country’s economic potential.  Participants discussed concrete business opportunities in sectors such as apparel, tourism and agribusiness, as well as infrastructure projects related to Haiti’s reconstruction and long term development efforts.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti is still struggling to recover from the economic and ecological disasters wrought by last year’s massive earthquake but investors are still not counting out the Caribbean nation.  
 
More than 1,000 businesspeople and government officials took part last week in the Invest in Haiti Forum, one of the largest meetings of its kind ever held in the Caribbean, underscoring the strong private sector interest in the country’s economic potential.