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Delta Airlines Cancels Service From New York To Haiti

Delta Airlines Cancels Service From New York To Haiti

Here is Delta Airlines. The company was obligated to cancel its fights from New York To Haiti

As per announcement dated march 27, 2015, the Delta Airline authority has decided to stop its daily service between New York's JFK airport and Port-au-Prince, beginning in March 29. However, the New York travelers can avail daily service to Haiti at Port-au-Prince via Atlanta. The Saturday service of Delta will continue until April 25. Some travelers feel that the tickets of Delta were priced too high, and the flights included connections which were too long compared to Jetblue. With the arrival of Jetblue, the cancellation of Delta would not affect much. One spokesperson for Delta Airline has said that their decision to reduce the number of flights to Port-au-Prince is due to a decreased demand.

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Maryse Narcisse and Charles Henry Baker denounced electoral timetable

Maryse Narcisse and Charles Henry Baker denounced electoral timetable

Here is a picture of Maryse Narcisse and Charles Henry Baker

Since the publication of the electoral timetable by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on March 26, 2015, for holding the long overdue legislative and municipal elections, several opposition political parties continue to express their disagreement. The Organization of People in Struggle (OPL) has denounced the announcement as their suggestions were not taken into account. Maryse Narcisse, the coordinator of the Fanmi Lavalas Executive Committee rejected the electoral timetable proposal on the plea that it is not based on reality. Similarly, Charles Henry Baker, the President of "Respè" Party also has denounced the CEP announcement as unimportant and partisan maneuvering.

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Eric Jean Baptiste, Pere Etenel Loto

Eric Jean Baptiste, Pere Etenel Loto

Here is a picture of Eric Jean Baptiste, also known as Pere Etenel Loto. He is a former mayoral candidate and also created Fondation Eric Jean-Baptiste

On March 17, 2015, Eric Jean Baptiste, owner of the "borlette banks" known as the Père Eternal Lotto while cleaning his gun at home has shot himself when the gun went off. The accident occurred because Eric did not realize that there was another bullet left in the gun. Eric was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. However, after receiving necessary care he is now in stable condition at the Canapevert hospital. The earlier report suggested that he was shot in the stomach, however, his family sources have confirmed that he was shot on his shoulder. Eric Jean Baptiste is a known businessman and a mayoral candidate from Port-au-Prince in Haiti.

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Jean-Jean Roosevelt performing in Vietnam

Jean-Jean Roosevelt performing in Vietnam

Here is a picture of Haitian artist Jean-Jean Roosevelt.

Jean-Jean Roosevelt, the winner of the 7th edition of the Games of La Francophonie, held in Opéra de Nice, France, has been invited by the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) to perform in a concert during the official ceremony of the Francophonie to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam on March 20, 2015. A second concert for him would be jointly organized by the Embassy of Haiti in Vietnam and OIF, is scheduled for March 22 in Ho Chi Minh City at the venue of the National Conservatory of Music. Jean-Jean Roosevelt has proved that wholesome entertainments if combined with art, imagination, sensitivity, poetry, song and talent- they are simply Haitians. With this initiative, the Haitian Embassy in Vietnam wishes to promote artistic and cultural exchanges between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the Republic of Haiti.

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First Promotion of Institute of Hotel and Tourist Training of Les Cayes

First Promotion of Institute of Hotel and Tourist Training of Les Cayes

Here is a picture of the First Promotion graduate from Institute of Hotel and Tourist Training of Les Cayes

On Sunday, March 15, 2015, the first 71 promotion graduates from the Institute of Hotel and Tourist Training of Les Cayes (IFORHT South) were given their certificates after completing their training course in tourist reception. Stéphanie Balmir Villedrouin, the Haitian Minister of Tourism and Creative Industries who was present during the ceremony, while congratulating the young graduates, paid tribute to the dynamism of Karine Condé, for her enormous contribution to realize the project successfully. IFORHT South, teaches courses on tourist reception, operates in two shifts (morning and evening). By the academic year 2015-2016, the institute will provide students with specializations in kitchen, pastry and bakery with introduction of courses in foreign languages.

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Training of Haitian masons in earthquake-resistant construction

Training of Haitian masons in earthquake-resistant construction

Here are some Haitian masons receiving training on earthquake-resistant construction

On Wednesday, March 18, 2015, under a UNDP's (United Nations Development Program) earthquake prevention plan, the National Institute for Professional Training (INFP) and the Swiss Cooperation with financial assistance from the Fund for Reconstruction of Haiti (FRH), launched the Phase II Training Program of earthquake-resistant construction for 220 masons from the northern departments of the Northeast and Northwest. The program was initially launched in 2012 and so far a total of 37 engineers, both from public and private sectors and 24 foremen have been trained in earthquake-resistant construction with necessary knowledge on the seismic assessment of buildings so that they can prepare Haiti with safe and sustainable construction to avoid risk of future disasters.

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Prime Minister Evans Paul in favor of a Military force in Haiti

Prime Minister Evans Paul in favor of a Military force in Haiti

This week, during a visit in the Artibonite department, Prime minister Evans Paul took the opportunity to make his opinion known about a Haitian military force. The Prime Minister who was in the companionship of the officers and soldiers of the Corps of Military Engineering based in Petite Rivière wondered why not a Military force for the protection of the public

On Tuesday, March 17, 2015, the Haitian Prime Miniser Evans Paul visited the hospital La Providence of Gonaïves, the premises of the Agency for the Development of the Artibonite Valley (ODVA) and the Headquarters of the Haitian Corps of Military Engineering, in Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite in the Artibonite department. The Prime Minister was accompanied by three ministers from the Public Health, Agriculture and Defense. The purpose of his visit was to promote and support health care, encourage farmers, and encourages members of the Haitian Military Engineering Corps. Shortly before returning to the capital, he visited the military engineers based in Petite Riviere de l'Artibonite and told them "the nation needs you." He took the opportunity to make his opinion known in favor of a clear military defense corps in the service of the Republic and said if an individual can protect himself at home why not a permanent military defense force to defend the land, air and maritime borders of the nation and the public?

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Bill Hillary Clinton and their experience with Haitian Voodoo

Bill Hillary Clinton and their experience with Haitian Voodoo

Here is a picture of the young couple Bill and Hillary Clinton.

The former U.S President Bill Clinton visited Haiti for the first time in 1975 on a trip sponsored by his friend David Edwards as a wedding gift. When he wrote his autobiography "My Life" in 2004, he mentioned his first encounter with voodoo as the "the most interesting day of the trip". He witnessed a voodoo practice in a village near Port-au-Prince. There the rites were performed by a priest named Max Beauvoir, a former chemical engineer who had studied at the Sorbonne in Paris. Clinton described his first experience with voodoo as a culture, that practices to make sense of life and nature; it virtually works with the universal belief that there is a nonphysical spiritual force at work in the world. Then Clinton was a law professor who had once lost his battle of political campaign, considering for a second run. The priest Beauvoir gave him a brief course in voodoo theology, he decided for a second run and that turned out to be a success. This time, he won -- and was on his way to the White House. Bill learnt one good lesson from Haiti and he wrote: "The Lord works in mysterious ways." Once a Voodoo sorcerer was supplied to him by his friend, the exiled-by-coup John-Bertrand Aristide, and that sorcerer put a curse on the incumbent President George W. Bush, "by manipulating a doll made in the President' s image."

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Arielle Jeanty Villedrouin awarded the Woman of Courage Haiti 2015

Arielle Jeanty Villedrouin awarded the Woman of Courage Haiti 2015

Here is a picture of Arielle Jeanty Villedrouin as she was awarded the Woman of Courage Haiti 2015

On Wednesday, March 18, 2015, MS Pamela White, the Ambassador of the United States to Haiti has honored Mrs. Arielle Jeanty Villedrouin with "Woman of Courage Haiti 2015 award" as a part of the US award "International Women of Courage". Mrs. AJ Villedrouin is the Director of the Institute of Social Welfare and Research (IBESR); she has been honored with this award for her valuable plea for fair legislation, which led to the implementation of the action plan to fight human trafficking and on the criminalization of illicit trade in 2014. She restructured the IBESR, a social protection body, developed programs to record unaccompanied and orphan children and set up programs to reunite them with their families. Every year this award is given to some notable woman as a mark of recognition to her valuable contribution with initiatives, courage, actions and determination which play a predominant role in bringing positive changes in their society around the world.

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Nonie Mathieu and The Superior Court of Auditors

Nonie Mathieu and The Superior Court of Auditors

Here is a picture of Ms. Nonie Mathieu, the former head of The Superior Court of Auditors

As per report dated March 18 2015, released by the RNDDH (National Human Rights Defense Network), the former President of the Superior Court of Auditors and Administrative Disputes (CSC / CA), Me. Nonie H. Mathieu, has been found involved in a corruption charge of an embezzlement to divert more than 37 million and 500 thousand Gourds (about US$800, 000) of public funds. She spent that amount of public money to purchase computers, USB drives, chairs, desks and folders from two non-existent or questionable companies (Professional Services & Decor represented by the lady Ruth F. HYPPOLITE and America Supplies Distribution (ASD) represented by Marie Yolène MERTYL) and moreover, such office materials and equipment were never delivered. It is a shame as the Court of Auditors is intended to control the management of public funds under the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Such an institution is not empowered to audit its managing members and it is truly a matter of disgrace that itself it is involved in a scandal. The members of the Court of Auditors are subject to the High Court of Justice. However, if it is mandated by the Senate of the Republic or otherwise, the Senate of the Republic is committed on 1 June, every year to audit and inspect for administrative verification and audit the accounts and the works of the Superior Court of Auditors and Administrative Disputes (CSCCA).

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