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April 2, 2012

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 29, 2012

Haiti seeks to rebuild, or just build, power grid

TRENTON DANIEL, Associated Press

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 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.

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.

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 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 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.

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 16, 2011

CARICOM Develops Health Project in Haiti

Port-au-Prince, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is developing a project to improve the healthcare infrastructure and raise Haitian residents'' awareness in the Brooklyn neighborhood, in the community of Cite Soleil, in this capital.

The project, called WASH, consists of personal hygiene and food safety practices, and is part of support for Haiti's national strategy to fight the epidemic of cholera, the website caribbeannewsnow.com reported on Friday.

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.

November 30, 2011

Controversy over Haiti's development

A new industrial park in Haiti will create jobs, but is it leading the country in a "race to the bottom"?

November 30, 2011

Haiti secures major investments

LS Cable & Systems, Marriott International, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Colombia's National Coffee Federation confirms major investments in Haiti at Invest-in-Haiti forum which highlighted various business opportunities in Haiti.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Wednesday November 30, 2011 – Several significant investments have been announced for the country, coinciding with a two-day conference that brings together government and business officials.

Marriott International has disclosed plans to open a 173-room hotel in 2014 valued at US$45 million - its first-ever in the capital.

Yesterday, LS Cable & Systems, one of the world's largest manufacturers of energy and telecommunications cables, signed an agreement with the government to promote infrastructure development.

November 30, 2011

President Michel Martelly to create 500K Jobs

President Michel Martelly wants to create 500,000 jobs in Haiti over the next three years. Some of the job opportunities will come from a new Marriott hotel planned for Port-au-Prince and a South Korean-run industrial park slated to open next year in the north, both championed by former U.S. President Bill Clinton this week on a two-day visit.

(AP) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian President Michel Martelly wants to create 500,000 jobs in Haiti over the next three years. Some of the job opportunities will come from a new Marriott hotel planned for Port-au-Prince and a South Korean-run industrial park slated to open next year in the north, both championed by former U.S. President Bill Clinton this week on a two-day visit.

"Haitians don't want a gift," Martelly told reporters at a news conference Tuesday. "They want work."

November 30, 2011

Servotel opened in front of Toussaint Louverture International airport

This is a hotel of 54 rooms the hotel group's largest country has just opened in front of the Toussaint Louverture International Airport. This investment of six million, the group owner and Kinam Karibe, offers an attractive setting in the first hotel that combines comfort to earthquake standards.

"It is a pride for us to be one of the first hotels to open its doors after the earthquake of January 12. For there are many hotels and many other investments that are being done in this area. " This is how the young CEO of Servotel, Jean-Sebastien Buteau, said on receiving the news this Tuesday morning at the reception of this new hotel located on Toussaint Louverture Boulevard, not far from Guy Malary Terminal, Cargo Area.

November 29, 2011

Haiti Business Opportunities Investment Forum

The two-day Invest in Haiti Forum in the capital, Port-au-Prince, is aimed at highlighting business opportunities in the country. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) organized the event along with the Haitian government and the Clinton Foundation.

Business leaders are discussing new possibilities for Haiti at a conference designed to bring more money and jobs to the impoverished Caribbean nation.

Haitian President Michel Martelly said his government wants to create 500,000 jobs during the next three years.

November 10, 2011

Insurance brings security to Haiti’s informal sector

MiCRO is an innovative platform that provides customised reinsurance coverage to help protect lending institutions and their low-income borrowers against losses resulting from natural disasters. The grant agreement provides claims-paying capacity to MiCRO for its Haiti programme via a multi-donor trust fund administered by the CDB and inaugurated in late-September 2011 following an initial contribution of US$1.5 million by DFID.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday, November 10, 2011 – A grant agreement supporting catastrophe microinsurance programmes in Haiti was signed into effect recently to give more security to lending institutions and their low-income borrowers in that disaster-prone country.

The grant was signed at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) last week between Nicholas Crichlow, corporate secretary for the Microinsurance Catastrophe Risk Organisation SCC (MiCRO) and the CDB’s acting Vice-President (Operations) Tessa Williams-Robertson.

November 3, 2011

Haiti creating home loan system for middle class first time home buyers

Haiti's struggle to rebuild homes. A few members of Haiti's small middle class will be able for the first time to get a mortgage.Haitian President Michel Martelly has launched his own housing program. Dubbed Kay Pa'm — Haitian Creole for "my own house" — it aims to provide mortgages to first-time homeowners who belong to Haiti's middle class.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti's struggle to rebuild homes for hundreds of thousands of quake victims may be giving the impoverished nation something it has never had: loans to help people buy them. If efforts by international donors and local agencies succeed, at least a few members of Haiti's small middle class will be able for the first time to get a mortgage. Some of the efforts reach even further, offering micro-mortgages for families who make as little as $150 a month.

November 3, 2011

Haitian Coffee : The black gold of Haiti is hot again

The black gold of Haiti, coffee creole is hot again. Haitian coffee is back after decades of political chaos and plummeting prices have crippled Haiti’s once rich coffee production. Now increasing global demand and short supply are giving Haiti coffee a welcomed jolt.

By Jacqueline Charles, THIOTTE, Haiti - Connoisseur Osier Jean steps into the sterile room, pauses and clears his mind. With notebook and flavor wheel in hand, he quickly turns to the task at hand – checking the quality. He sniffs, slurps and swirls, allowing his senses to take in the richness. The liquid is not wine, but caffeine rich Kafe Kreyòl, Haitian coffee. It is the country’s latest effort to revive a once-flourishing industry that has been crippled by decades of deforestation, political chaos and crises.

November 1, 2011

Self-sustaining nutrition enterprise in Haiti

Big pharma companies such as Abbott Laboratories, the Illinois-based company is donating the time of dozens of workers with expertise in food sciences and engineering, in addition to $6.5 million cash, to build a charitable, self-sustaining nutrition enterprise in Haiti,

By DUFF WILSON

PHARMACEUTICAL companies around the globe are donating billions of dollars in free drugs to third world countries grappling with poverty and disease. Abbott Laboratories is taking its philanthropy a step further. The Illinois-based company is donating the time of dozens of workers with expertise in food sciences and engineering, in addition to $6.5 million cash, to build a charitable, self-sustaining nutrition enterprise in Haiti.

October 31, 2011

HAITI RECONSTRUCTION FORUM 2011

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the U.S. Government (USG), and the private sector play

leading roles in the international community's ongoing reconstruction and development efforts in Haiti.

IDB is the largest multilateral donor to Haiti and in 2010 approved ten major operations for a total of

$251 million.

October 13, 2011

Muhammad Yunus 2006 Nobel Prize Winner, talks 'social business' in Haiti

Yunus said the "social business" idea is different from the "microcredit" industry that he pioneered in the 1980s, when he gave tiny loans to poor people to help them start small businesses. "There's a business world. There's a charity world," "Why can't we take those ideas and try to make money and also solve (social) problems?"

BY TRENTON DANIEL,ASSOCIATED PRESS

October 11, 2011

Looking at the poultry industry in Haiti

Haiti Broilers is in the process of establishing; a small feed mill,hatchery and pullet rearing operation just north of the capital, Port Au Prince, which should be operational in December 2011.

Haiti Broilers has a team of technical staff and vets working countrywide to sell chicks, pullets, feed and equipment to the farming community, while providing sound advice on proper farming techniques.

Work is underway to establish a distribution network through farm stores able to provide a smooth flow of inputs for farmers.

September 9, 2011

Bill Clinton increases involvement in Haiti

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton Thursday became head of an advisory panel on investment and development issues to Haitian President Michel Martelly, according to reports reaching here.

Port-Au-Prince, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. President Bill Clinton Thursday became head of an advisory panel on investment and development issues to Haitian President Michel Martelly, according to reports reaching here.

Clinton, who is also co-president of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC) together with Haiti's outgoing Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive, was named head of the Presidential Advisory Council for Economic Development and Investment.

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