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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 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 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.

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 5, 2011

Michel Martelly: Haiti tourist sector is the key economic future

Haiti President Michel Martelly declared that he intends to promote the Caribbean island nation as a vacation destination. "We have a very rich and diversified culture, we have beautiful sights, a historical past. We have the most beautiful coast," he said.

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."

October 5, 2011

Haiti Occupied Country by Uruguayan Journalist Eduardo Galeono

At present, the armies from several countries, including Uruguay, are occupying Haiti. How is this military invasion justified? By alleging that Haiti endangers international security. Nothing more. Haiti Occupied Country is an article written by Eduardo Galeono and is dedicated to Guillermo Chifflet who was forced to resign from Uruguay’s Chamber of Deputies when he voted against sending soldiers to Haiti.

Consult any encyclopedia. Ask which was the first free country in America. You will get the same answer: the United States.

But the United States declared its independence when it was a nation with 650,000 slaves who remained so for another century, and its first Constitution said that a black slave was equal to three fifths of a person.

And if you ask any encyclopedia which was the first country to abolish slavery, you will always get the same answer: England.

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.

August 18, 2011

Haiti Reconstruction Panel plans to spend 78 Million U.S. Dollars on Rebuilding

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The Haiti reconstruction panel co-chaired by former U.S. President Bill Clinton announced a major new project Wednesday to rebuild part of the capital damaged by last year’s earthquake. The Interim Haiti Recovery Commission said it plans to spend $78 million to revitalize 16 neighborhoods and remove roughly 30,000 people from six major settlement camps that formed after the January 2010 disaster.

The Interim Haiti Recovery Commission said it plans to spend $78 million to revitalize 16 neighborhoods and remove roughly 30,000 people from six major settlement camps that formed after the January 2010 disaster.

August 9, 2011

U.S. State Department's New Haiti Travel Warnings

The Department of State has issued this Travel Warning to inform U.S. citizens traveling to or living in Haiti about the security situation in Haiti. This replaces the Travel Warning dated January 20, 2011 to consolidate and update information regarding the critical crime level, renewed cholera outbreak, lack of adequate infrastructure - particularly in medical facilities, seasonal severe inclement weather, and limited police protection.

July 26, 2011

Martha Stewart, Macy’s CEO in Haiti looking for ways to expand Haitian handcraft sales in US

Martha Stewart, Macy’s top executive and a high-end fashion designer landed in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Wednesday to do a little shopping.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Martha Stewart, Macy’s top executive and a high-end fashion designer landed in the Haitian capital Wednesday to do a little shopping.

The aim of the day trip was to explore business opportunities, promote foreign investment and even renew purchase orders for the metal and papier-mache handicrafts for which the Caribbean nation has long been known.

“It’s a commercial visit,” Stewart told The Associated Press. “We’re talking business.”

July 25, 2011

The state of radiology in Port-au-Prince, Haiti hospitals

An ACR delegation from the United States traveled to Haiti in March 2011 to assess the state of radiology in Port-au-Prince hospitals. This video is a multimedia supplement to the ACR Bulletin article, "Moving Mountains," about the College's efforts to assist since the January 2010 earthquake. Visit https://internationalservice.acr.org to learn more about the ACR's Haiti Relief Fund or to donate.

June 16, 2011

President Michel J. Martelly reaches out to Haitians living abroad.

President Michel Joseph Martelly has vowed to overturn Haiti's long-standing ban on dual citizenship and to build a better relationship with an overseas community that contributes 25 percent of Haiti's gross domestic product with remittances sent to relatives back home. Residency requirements ban those abroad from owning land or running for office.

Haiti's new president is reaching out to the 2 million Haitians emigrants whose earnings abroad have long helped keep the struggling country afloat even while they have been shut out of local politics.

Recently inaugurated Michel Martelly, who lived abroad himself, has vowed to overturn Haiti's long-standing ban on dual citizenship and to build a better relationship with an overseas community that contributes 25 percent of Haiti's gross domestic product with remittances sent to relatives back home.

May 26, 2011

New outlines vision for Haiti's reconstruction

The businessman nominated for the position of Haiti's next prime minister said on Wednesday that he wanted to scrap the earthquake reconstruction commission, co-chaired by former US President Bill Clinton, that has been criticised for its slow progress.

Daniel-Gerard Rouzier said the 27-member Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC) was "dysfunctional", and that he would replace it with a new government agency.

Port-au-Prince, Haiti (AP) - The businessman nominated for the position of Haiti's next prime minister said on Wednesday that he wanted to scrap the earthquake reconstruction commission, co-chaired by former US President Bill Clinton, that has been criticised for its slow progress.

Daniel-Gerard Rouzier said the 27-member Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC) was "dysfunctional", and that he would replace it with a new government agency.

February 19, 2011

Dominican Republic exports to Haiti in 2010 double to US$462 Million

U$227.6 million worth of products were exported to Haiti in 2009, compared with the U$462.2 million in 2010, a jump of 103.1 percent.

Dajabón, Dominican Republic.- Customs director Rafael Camilo revealed Thursday that Dominican exports to Haiti last year topped US$462.0 million, which makes it Dominican Republic’s most important trade partner, over Puerto Rico and the United States.

He said wheat flour, soybean oil, rice, natural water, crackers, pasta, bananas and chicken parts are some of the products most sold to Haiti.

September 17, 2010

Michel Martelly Attends Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference

WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - September 17, 2010) - Haiti Presidential Candidate Michel Martelly (www.martelly2010.com) is aligning himself with people and events that support his presidential platform of confronting the major unemployment issues in America. This motive is a central focus of the Congressional Black Caucus Convention set to run from September 16-18, 2010 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, where United States First Lady Michelle Obama will speak about domestic issues.

August 9, 2010

Micro-finance paying off in Haiti

Lucien, a computer engineer who emigrated from Haiti to Massachusetts at 16, has been involved for years with the islanders of Ile a Vache, visiting three or four times a year, helping restart one of their schools, starting a micro-credit program and creating a modest tourist resort, among several other initiatives.

The fish were rotting on Ile a Vache, a lush island of palm trees and white sand off the southern coast of Haiti. Since the sea is the main source of income and protein for the island's 15,000 or so residents, this was both a minor daily tragedy and a sinful waste in a land where millions are malnourished.

With limited electricity on the island, fishermen had to sail 10 kilometres to the mainland for ice. For those who couldn't, their catch became food for flies after two days.

June 7, 2010

Foreign firms in Haiti ready for construction boom

Nearly six months after the devastating January quake that killed as many 300,000 and destroyed much of the capital, not one major reconstruction contract has been awarded. some $10 billion over the next decade — starts going up for bid.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Like a small-town booster, Randall Perkins proudly shows off his base camp: air-conditioned bedrooms and offices for 120 managers, a mess hall that can serve 1,000 meals a day, a gym and an infirmary alongside his bulldozers and dump trucks.

Pompano Beach, Florida-based AshBritt Inc. so far has invested $25 million in its Haitian reconstruction operation covering a soccer field.

Now all Perkins needs is a government contract to make his investment pay off.

April 27, 2010

American Apparel Companies Interested in Investing in Haiti

The textile manufacturing sector employed more than 25,000 people prior to the January 12, 2010 earthquake. After the quake, estimates suggest the industry is operating at about 50 percent capacity. If U.S. companies begin manufacturing in Haiti, experts say the industry there could support 100,000 jobs.

By Jeff Swicord (VOA News) Port au Prince, Haiti - Prior to the January earthquake that devastated Haiti, textile manufacturing accounted for three-quarters of the country's export earnings. The sector employed more than 25,000 people. After the quake, estimates suggest the industry is operating at about 50 percent capacity. If U.S. companies begin manufacturing in Haiti, experts say the industry there could support 100,000 jobs.

Textile Company Running on HOPE

March 30, 2010

Agriculture, energy, health top Haiti aid priorities: US

The United States will make health, agriculture, energy and security the key planks of its aid to quake-ravaged Haiti, a senior US official said Tuesday on the eve of a UN donors' conference. "There are dramatic needs that are still unaddressed," said Cheryl Mills, special advisor for Haiti to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

NEW YORK (AFP) — The United States will make health, agriculture, energy and security the key planks of its aid to quake-ravaged Haiti, a senior US official said Tuesday on the eve of a UN donors' conference.

"There are dramatic needs that are still unaddressed," said Cheryl Mills, special advisor for Haiti to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

"We are coming to a period of time that with the rains there will be incredible vulnerabilities," she said.

March 30, 2010

Architecture: A Plan to Spur Growth Away From Haiti's Capital

The lucid, far-reaching reconstruction guidelines that the Haitian government is scheduled to unveil on Wednesday at a donors’ conference at the United Nations should give all who care about Haiti’s future cause for hope.

By NICOLAI OUROUSSOFF

Even as outsiders feel sympathy for Haiti’s suffering, they tend to look upon it as a country beyond saving.

Now there is a plan to do just that, and it is surprisingly convincing. The lucid, far-reaching reconstruction guidelines that the Haitian government is scheduled to unveil on Wednesday at a donors’ conference at the United Nations should give all who care about Haiti’s future cause for hope.

March 23, 2010

Haitian diaspora debates how to build better Haiti after quake

More than 200 representatives of the Haitian diaspora gathered Monday in Washington for a two-day meeting to debate reconstruction in the Caribbean country in the wake of the January earthquake. The issue at stake is how the 4 million Haitians who live outside their country can help following the devastating quake of January 12, and how they can turn the disaster into an opportunity to create a fairer, more transparent and sustainable state.

Washington - More than 200 representatives of the Haitian diaspora gathered Monday in Washington for a two-day meeting to debate reconstruction in the Caribbean country in the wake of the January earthquake.

The issue at stake is how the 4 million Haitians who live outside their country can help following the devastating quake of January 12, and how they can turn the disaster into an opportunity to create a fairer, more transparent and sustainable state.

February 26, 2010

Haitian farmers struggle to compete with subsidized U.S rice imports in Haiti

Haiti's rice farmers are dismayed. It's nearly harvest time in this fertile valley where the bulk of Haiti's food is grown, and they're competing once again with cheap U.S. imported rice. Just down the road, vendors are undercutting them, selling the far less expensive grain. Subsidized U.S. rice has flooded Haiti for decades. Now, after the Jan. 12 quake, 15,000 metric tons of donated U.S. rice have arrived.

February 25, 2010

After Quake, Haiti Seeks Better Business Climate

Haitians see last month's earthquake as a national tragedy of Biblical proportions. Haiti's small, politically connected business elite sees it as an opportunity — but not just to make money. Business owners say the quake offers a chance to refashion the corrupt, inefficient way things are done in Haiti, while marshaling international support to put the country's nascent industries back on their feet. "This is what the earthquake is today — an opportunity, a huge opportunity," says Reginald Boulos, a brash, 54-year-old former doctor who once worked in Haiti's most notorious slum.

by Juan Forero

Haitians see last month's earthquake as a national tragedy of Biblical proportions. Haiti's small, politically connected business elite sees it as an opportunity — but not just to make money.

Business owners say the quake offers a chance to refashion the corrupt, inefficient way things are done in Haiti, while marshaling international support to put the country's nascent industries back on their feet.

February 25, 2010

Haitian textile treaty lesson on free trade

A program designed to assist Haitians to find jobs is a reminder of the complex issues of free international trade. Called the Haiti Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement Act, or HOPE II, the 2008 treaty allows Haiti to export textiles duty-free to the U.S. for a decade.

One result, as explained in an Associated Press story Monday, is that thousands of Haitians have jobs assembling garments for U.S. consumers. Most make about $3.09 per day. Such wages leave the workers in poverty, but for many Haitians the alternative to poverty is death.

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