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Here is a picture of Haiti Minister of Agriculture, Fresner Dorcin and Charles (Kiko) St Remy. It was reported that Minister Dorcin was physically insulted by the brother in law of President Michel Martelly on a deal of over $500,000

According to the executive director of National Network Defence of Human Rights (RNDDH), Pierre Esperance the brother of the first lady of Haiti, Sophia Martelly, Kiko Saint Remy and the Minister of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Frenser Dorcin got involved in a rift following an incident that took place on 4 July 2015 in Petition Ville.
The conflict took place over financial matter. Kiko St. Remy claimed that the Agricultural Minister owed him money for a deal and an understanding between the two. The amount given to him by Dorcin was according to him inadequate, considering much Remy had done for him.

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Here is a picture of the newly built Episcopal Church in Bondeau, Haiti.

Until recently, Bondeau in Haiti was a place where religious services were held in school classrooms which had the capacity to hold meager number of people. The South Florida Haiti Project, a nonprofit organization cited problems of the people attending religious congregations in Bondeau, especially on Sundays when the crowd was more. The organization initiated the building of an Episcopal Church in Bondeau. The Bon Samaritan Episcopal Church is now the largest Episcopal Church in Haiti with a capacity to hold 800 congregants. The congregants showed their eagerness and support for the building of the church that would serve as an anchor and hold the society together by donating $2,300 for the building and dedication of the church which took place on 12 July.

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Board Certified physician Dr. Kesler Dalmacy who is a specialist in Pathology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health has decided to run in the next presidential election in Haiti

On June 12, 2015, the Haitian Election Commission has announced its acceptance of the candidacy of Renowned New York Physician, Dr. Kesler Dalmacy, to run for President of Haiti. He is a Board Certified physician specialist in Pathology, Preventive Medicine and Public Health, who has practiced medicine for decades in Haiti and the US. He currently lives in Haiti. If he runs and is elected, Dr. Dalmacy will rule over 9 million inhabitants and will have to rebuild a country devastated by an earthquake, plagued by famine, unemployment, insecurity and natural disasters. He was Born (1950) and raised in Haiti, completed his medical course from Haiti and migrated to the United States to obtain additional training in surgery and pathology at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital. In an interview on May 25th, 2015, he has acknowledged that, "Although previous presidents tried to resolve these crises, whatever few interventions they made, the results can only be viewed as mixed or negligible." He has claimed that his political campaigns are not about him..."it is about what we, all Haitians -- regardless of our political party or affiliation -- can do together to help Haiti reach its potential and make it a better and safer place for our children, and for our future."

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Here is a picture og the Cuban Creole Choir, Desandann as they will participate at Int'l Festival in Haiti

The Creole Choir of Cuba (also known in Cuba as Desandann) is a Cuban musical group. The Creole Choir of Cuba is a vocal and percussion ensemble that performs songs about history, faith and social changes in the Caribbean. Its 10 remarkable singer members come from Camagüey, Cuba's third city. The members of this group are all children and grandchildren of Haitian immigrants. The Choir celebrates the history of their Haitian ancestors - enslaved to the Caribbean from West Africa. They have carried typical traditional music passed down in their families since the early 19th century, and have added the flavor of modern Haitian sounds following their own first visit to a Haitian festival in 1996.The group will take part at the forthcoming Int'l Festival "The Influence of Yesterday's Music in Today's Music" in Haiti. Apart from their performance, they will hold a theoretical workshop. It is a surprising fact that these people of Haitian descent are the largest ethnic minority in Cuba.

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Here is a picture of the usual activities that take place regularly on the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic where many smuggling operations take place

As per news report dated July 1, 2015, Carl-Frédéric Madsen, the President of the Association of the Industries of Haiti (ADIH) has expressed his deep concern about the rising smuggling activities in the border area with the Dominican Republic and also in the provincial ports and the capital city. Smuggled merchandises create unfair competition and threaten the existence of the local Haitian traders and manufacturers by pushing them towards bankruptcy. Such act of smuggling is further weakening the national security through illicit goods and curbing the state revenue by $300 million, every year. ADIH has urged the state to take immediate actions to eliminate this scourge as it is threatening our national economy. The fight against smuggling will encourage our local businessmen and create many new investment opportunities. ADIH is ready to extend their unconditional support in this movement.

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Here is a picture of several Massachusetts elected officials standing against Haitian expulsion in the Dominican Republic

On June 30, 2015, Linda Dorcena Forry a Senator from Massachusetts, Senator Forry and several other political and community leaders during a press conference on the State House steps have denounced the potential mass deportations from the Dominican Republic (DR). They have expressed their disapproval in the manner that the DR's is handling the situation. They have conveyed their solidarity with this humanitarian crisis and called for tourism boycott of DR. The DR should immediately boycott this policy. Linda Dorcena has warned of worsening humanitarian crisis as the deportees will create hardship for many more in Haiti, because it is not at all equipped to handle the influx of refugees along its borders.

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These famous words pronounced by Raul Castro in commemoration of Haiti 210 years independence. "We will not forget this remarkable historical coincidence that today 1. January - 210 years - the first revolution triumphed in the Latin American and Caribbean region, which was also the first and only victory of the revolutionary movement led by black slaves who fought against this odious system and both the national independence".

Cuban medical teams have played a great role in treating Haiti's earthquake victims. Cuban Medical Internationalism is a Cuban programme, (since the Cuban Revolution in 1959, as part of Fidel Castro's international medical mission) of sending Cuban medical personnel overseas, particularly to Latin America. They were the first to arrive in Haiti with several hundred health personnel. The Cubans, immediately after the earthquake, had set up medical camps among the debris and revamped the collapsed hospital facilities very quickly. The Cuban doctors, nurses, and other health personnel had worked day and night non-stop, Operating rooms were opened 18 hours a day. However, it is a striking fact that there was little mention in the media that Cuba had sent several hundred health personnel on the ground before any other country. Dr Mirta Roses, the director of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) who acted as the coordinator between the Cuban doctors, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and a host of health sector NGOs, had described the aid provided by Cuban doctors was "excellent and marvelous". In the recent past, a medical brigade of 1,200 Cubans has operated all over the earthquake-torn and cholera-infected Haiti. They have treated over 30,000 cholera patients (around 40% of the total cholera patients) in Haiti. Since 1998, Cuba has trained 550 Haitian doctors for free at the Escuela Latinoamericana de Medicina en Cuba (Elam). Presently another 400 students are receiving free medical education in Cuba.

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The Dominican Republic has officially started the long awaited deportation of Dominicans of Haitian descents. As per a report dated July 2nd, Dominicans immigration officers/polices have started visiting the homes of the susceptible deportees and forcing them to dress up and put on a bus with very little items-- leaving everything behind. They confined those unfortunates in the vehicle for 15 hours without any food, water or bathroom, until they were dropped in the Haitian border. Some of the victims have reported their identity cards were either rejected or destroyed during the time of deportation. In some cases, victims born in the Dominican Republic were not allowed to prove their nationality. Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (ICCHR) has condemned the Dominican Republic as "internationally liable for the violation" of articles of the American Convention of Human and children Rights against Haitian migrants and Dominicans of Haitian descent. The U.N. mission has decided to assess the country's immigration situation in consequence of the mass deportation.

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Here is a picture of the Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis Timothy Harris on the expulsion of Dominicans of Haitian descent in DR

Prime Minister of St Kitts on Dominicans of Haitian Descent. On Thursday, July 2nd, 2015, during his first CARICOM Heads of Government meeting, Timothy Harris, the newly-elected Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis has told the Dominican Republic authority to cease its plans that could lead to any cause of expulsion of the Dominican nationals of Haitian descent and render them stateless. He has called for the extension of deadline for registering eligible undocumented immigrants to residency status. The people of St Kitts and Nevis share the pain and anguish of the unfortunate Dominicans of Haitian descent and stand by them into the present assault to their human rights and dignity. In his speech he has also stated that the success of the theme of CARICOM in securing vibrant societies and resilient economies depends on its member states in carrying their unity forward.

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A newly created web application for mobile devises to revise the BAC or secondary Education (APPES) in Haiti

New Mobile App developed for Secondary Schools

Through Nesmy Manigat's request, who is Minister of National Education, a web app for mobile phones has been developed for Secondary Education students.

The app has several menus devoted to topics as final exams, content on educational and vocational guidance, video resources, and disciplinary fields.

Jean Charles Joseph Mackendie, Project Manager; Joseph Job Maurice, Director of Secondary Education; and Computer Information Technology professional, Gerald Belizaire, worked as a team to develop the app.

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