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Here is a picture of the former mansion of Beaudoin "Jacques" Ketant located in Petion-Ville.

Drug Informant Jacques Ketant Gets Reduced Sentence.

Jacques Ketant, serving time in a U.S. prison for drug smuggling, has had his sentence reduced from 27 to 13 1/2 years. Ketant turned informant for the U.S. Attorney's office, ratting on Haitian government officials involved in the drug trade.

He transported 30-plus tons of cocaine through Haiti for 12 years. He alleges bribing former Haitian President Aristide, but following the U.S. Justice Department's investigation he was cleared of all wrong doing.

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Here are the two presidential candidates who are leading the poll early in Haiti Presidential election, Jude Célestin and Moïse Jean-Charles

Jude Celestin and Moise Jean-Charles First and Second in Polling Results

The Office of Research in Computer Science and Economic and Social Development polled the voting public on their preferences for presidential, senatorial, and deputorial candidates.

The margins of error were 1% for presidential candidates; 3-4% for senate seats, and 10% plus for deputy seats.

The candidate, who came out on top with 15.1% of the vote, was Jude Celestin, and in second place, with 9.6% of the vote was Moise Jean-Charles.

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Here is Mr. Henri Bazin, former university professor and Haitian minister who passed away in August, 2015

Honest Public Servant Henri Bazin Dies

Ex-Minister of Finance and Economy, Henri Bazin, started life in St. Marc and passed away in Port-au-Prince. He was considered one of the few honest men in Haitian government.

Bazin attacked corruption where he saw it, notably the National Palace's financial account. Blank checks were being issued to government employees and Bazin stopped the practice.

He held positions of public service in Europe, Africa, and the U.S. before serving in the Haitian government.

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The leader of the Fusion Social Democrats took a stand on the behavior of President Michel Martelly on women

Martelly's Behavior Causes Officials to Resign

President Martelly's sexist bashing of a woman, who criticized his government, is raising hackles, particularly with Fusion Social Democrats. Leader Edmonde Beauzile says the secretary of state, minister of women's affairs, and another cabinet minister have resigned in protest.

Martelly, president since May 2011, remains unaffected. He currently rules by decree and cannot run for a second term. With the few remaining months left before he leaves, he acts with impunity, no matter how offensive.

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Here is a picture of Haitian-American professional boxer Andre Berto.

Berto Confident He can Beat Mayweather. Haitian-American boxer, Andre Berto, is a World Boxing Championship title holder, having defended it four times. During his amateur career he has won the National Golden Gloves, National PAL, and U.S. Amateur Championship Medalist events.

He is set to fight welterweight world champion, Floyd Mayweather, on September 12th, who has a record of 48-0 (26 knockouts). Berto's record of 30-3 (23 knockouts) by comparison does not discourage him from beating Mayweather.

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Here is a picture of Mr. Jean Renel Senatus, AKA Zokiki, Candidate for Family Values

Jean Senatus, running for the senate, proposes he will introduce bills in Parliament to start youth programs; reclaim support checks for widows of dead police officers; support the education of children of slain police officers; and support their spouses until they remarry.

He wants an end to tax increases, and proposes to increase fines for citizens' police abuse. His position on abortion is pro-life (exceptions being rape victims, a malformed fetus, or risk to the mother's life).

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Shocking declaration made by a seating president in Haiti. On Tuesday, June 28, 2015, during a campaign rally in the city of Miraguane, president Michel Martelly did not use any diplomacy in addressing a woman in the crowd who was challenging his accomplishment in the region. The President replied to the surprise of many by telling the woman in Haitian Creole she should undress and allow the men at the campaign rally to sodomize her. He also stated that he would bring her on stage and do the same. The Haitian Head of State furthermore said if he was not president he would have broken her jaw.

What does EU and UN Think about Martelly's Sexist Remarks?

Women's group leaders in Haiti are expecting to hear from the European Union and United Nations, regarding President Martelly's assault on a woman in Miragoâne.

Martelly told a woman critical of his government to humiliate herself with the men at the rally, including himself. He added it was too bad he was president, or else he would have punched her in the jaw. Like Trump, he is an embarrassment to his country.

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The former leader of the Black Power Movement and actual Chairman of the Emancipation Support Committee in Trinidad and Tobago Khafra Kambon calls for national boycott of products originating from the Dominican Republic over its decision to deport people of Haitian descent from their country

Chairman Kambon of Emancipation Support Committee demands Haiti issue a boycott against products from the Dominican Republic (DR). It is a response to the DR's policy that strips Haitian descendants of their citizenship.

Kombon says the new policy is based on racism: Dominicans are mainly light-skinned while Haitians are dark-skinned.

Kombon says "It is a crime . . . for us to do things to benefit the . . . Dominican Republic. They are disrespecting all of us."

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Here is a picture of the Medico-Legal Institute (IML) in Haiti.

Medico-Legal Institute Re-Opens. State University of Haiti was where re-opening of the Medico-Legal Institute (IML) occurred. Ministers of Justice and Public Security, and Health, along with Faculty and Economic Sciences Dean were present.

IML engages in forensic medicine, whose practitioners investigate ". . . cases of suspicious deaths . . . (and) establish . . . circumstances surrounding such cases."

Minister Casmir says it's insufficient to rely on suspects' unreliable confessions. Forensic evidence will more accurately assign blame to the real perpetrator.

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Here is a picture of Haiti Prime Minister Evans Paul at Bassin St Jacques Majeur, Plaine du Nord.

During the patronal celebration of Saint Jacques Majeur at Plaine du Nord in July, 2015, The actual Prime Minister of Haiti, Evans Paul, went to the popular St Jacques Majeur bassin, took off his clothes and went into the water in search of spiritual Voodoo luck, treatment or protection. Many people come every year in this secrete Voodoo place in Plaine du Nord. Some say they receive treatment in this water why others come for luck.

Memorial to be Built at Bois-Caiman, Site of Slave Revolt

Prime Minister Evans Paul's last stop on a tour was to Plaine du Nord. He visited Bassin Saint-Jacques, meeting with town officials and civic society members.

He continued to Bois-Caiman, site of the slave revolt, where building of a memorial will be ". . . a universal symbol of freedom against the slavery system"

His final visit was to Nan Brise, a natural spring where voodoo rituals have been held.

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