Haitian Politics
Haiti: Deputies fail to Vote on Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing Law
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- Created on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 11:37 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - It was deception from the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday when the legislative body did not put to a vote the critical Law on Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing as was expected. The President of the Chamber said members continue to have problems with several articles in the bill that has been on the table approaching one year.
Haiti Prime Minister: 2nd meeting in one week with Electoral Council
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- Created on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 5:25 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Prime Minister continues to multiply his meetings to assist the organization of Haiti's two-year overdue elections. For the second time in less than a week, the Head of the Government met with the electoral council where its president announced the soon completion of the electoral law.
DuSable Day declaration by the Consul General in Chicago
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- Created on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:39 PM
CHICAGO, USA (defend.ht) - Every year the city of Chicago honor's the "Father of Chicago" Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable. 2013 was the 175th anniversary of the city and during the day long celebration the Consul of Haiti in Chicago took part in the celebrations.
Plano Mayor LaRosiliere honored at his elementary school in Harlem
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- Created on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 2:00 PM
NEW YORK, USA (defend.ht) - Haitian-American, Harry LaRosiliere, elected the first black mayor of Plano, Texas was honored at his elementary school in Harlem.
Canada to send 34 troops to Haiti
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- Created on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 1:31 PM
OTTAWA, Canada (defend.ht) - Canada is sending 34 troops to Haiti to be a part of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti. This comes at a time when South American countries are looking to decrease their military presences in Haiti.
Haiti: Dominican poultry and eggs prohibition continues, pending review
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- Created on Wednesday, June 19, 2013 11:04 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - "No. The bans on meat products from the Dominican Republic are not yet lifted. But the meats that are not chickens can cross the Haitian-Dominican border," said the Minister of Economy and Finance and Commerce and Industry on Tuesday at hearing in the Lower House of Parliament.
Haiti Commissioner: Police to issue citations for sagging pants
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- Created on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 8:37 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Government Commissioner in Port-au-Prince said citations and possibly arrests of persons with 'mauvais comportment' would begin. This advisory targets citizens with sagging pants and even those walking "funny" in the streets, among others, who will now be subject to police citations.
Haiti: Premier, UN officials meet on overdue elections
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- Created on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:10 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Prime Minister continued his meetings towards organizing the next elections in Haiti, past due since November 2011. On Monday he held an audience at the Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation that included the Special Representative o fthe United Nations Secretary General and the director of the UN Development Program.
D.R. President: Haiti has no valid argument to prohibit imports
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- Created on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 11:47 AM
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - The Dominican President said on Tuesday that Haiti had no valid arguments to ban import and sale of the Dominican products in the nation.
Haiti: Senator Riche has solution for electoral crisis
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- Created on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:55 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - "If the game is messed up it will be messed up for everybody," said the Senate Vice President on Monday speaking on the issue of elections that have been overdue since November 2011.
Haiti: Tourism Minister wraps up two-day visit to Canada
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- Created on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 8:31 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Minister of Tourism returned to Haiti over the weekend after two days in Canada where she met with several personalities and held discussion on tourism and infrastructure building.
Haiti: Deputy Bourjolly will take up arms for elections
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- Created on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:25 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Chairman of the Lower House Justice Committee warned of any attempt by the administration to delay legislative elections beyond 2013 would lead him to take up arms of war to prevent parliament from becoming further dysfunctional.
Haiti: Gov't holds high level meeting with disaster risk officials
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- Created on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 6:57 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - On Monday the Prime Minister held a meeting of ministers and disaster risk management officials centered at establishing preventive and reactive approaches in the case of disaster during the 2013 hurricane season.
Haiti - D.R.: 4.5 hours of negotiations, no agreement
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- Created on Monday, June 17, 2013 9:47 PM
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - After more than four hours of discussions, the government commissions of Haiti and the Dominican Republic could not reach an agreement towards ending the ban on the sale and import of Dominican poultry products in Haiti.
Haiti: Deputies to Vote on Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing Law
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- Created on Monday, June 17, 2013 9:55 AM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - After months of amending the text approved by the Senate, the Chamber of Deputies is expected to vote on the Law on Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing on Tuesday.
Dominicans propose closing already closed border with Haiti
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- Created on Monday, June 17, 2013 9:27 AM
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - The leader of the National Progressive Force (FNP) political party in the Dominican Republic suggested to Dominican President Danilo Medina that he should close the border with Haiti and increase immigration control.
Haiti: Multi-institutional task force to help organize overdue elections
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- Created on Sunday, June 16, 2013 1:00 PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - On Saturday, the Prime Minister met with members of the electoral council to hear of the challenges of holding elections and to put at their disposal a multi-institutional task force, to assist in organizing elections, overdue since November 2011, "as soon as possible."
Violent eviction of alleged Haitians occupying public spaces in D.R.
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- Created on Sunday, June 16, 2013 10:38 AM
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - The Dominican police and the Dominican national army held an operation of "violent" evictions of dozens of allegedly Haitian nationals who were occupying the public space of the Villas Agricolas, Distrito Nacional in the capital city of Santo Domingo.
Quebec City to build $2 million fire station in Port-au-Prince
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- Created on Saturday, June 15, 2013 2:09 PM
QUEBEC CITY, Canada (defend.ht) - The Mayor of Quebec City, Régis Labeaume, announced on Friday that the city will sign for the construction of a new fire station in Port-au-Prince, which will be financed by a Quebecois investor at a cost of $2 million [US].
Dominicans exporting insults, accusations after Haiti ban
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- Created on Saturday, June 15, 2013 2:36 PM
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - Unable to send poultry items over the border due to a partial ban, government officials in the Dominican Republic are now exporting insults and accusations to Haiti and its government saying "Haiti does not exist" and that the country is "ruled by a gang."
