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Violence erupted at Saint-Ignace College in Petit Goâve when Democratic Opposition Bloc (BOD) protestors hurled stones at Departmental Unit for Maintenance of Order (UDMO) officers. The protestors wanted release of students held captive. In response UDMO tear-gassed BOD and students became caught in the conflict, fainting.

Alain Pierre instructed the victims to come Wednesday to meet the Mixed Liberation Front, and a report of UDMO's transgressions would be sent to Minister Delva.

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UNICEF and non-government organizations have partnered with Haiti's Ministry of Public Health and Population to make emergency visits, utilizing mobile units, to any suspected cholera cases within two days.

In July 2014 UN Secretary General Ki-Moon, along with Prime Minister Lamothe, began a 5-year national sanitation initiative to build easy-to-construct, economical toilets.

Haiti has experienced a significant drop in cholera cases from 2011 to 2013 as a result of proactive measures, including immunization campaigns.

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National Security Agency Spied on Former Haitian Leader Aristide

Fallout from Edward Snowden's release of National Security Agency (NSA) files continues. Ira Kurzban, a Miami Attorney, revealed classified material from the Clinton administration, now available, showed in a 1994 file the NSA had been listening in on former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's phone calls.

Kurzban said the media considered hijacking Aristide's conversations to ". . . violate the U.N. charter and international law . . ." Public knowledge at the time; it did not change the government's behavior.

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Here is a picture of President Michel Martelly involved in planting a banana seed in the region of Trou-du-Nord.

Haitian Government to give $21 Million for Banana Export Project

President Martelly and Commerce and Industry Minister Laleau appeared at Trou-du-Nord commune to plant the first seedlings to inaugurate Agritrans Project (AP). Two million seedlings planted on one thousand-plus hectares will produce organic bananas for the export market.

The AP will cost $27 million and the government's first payment is for $6 million, with another $15 million to be paid later to FEPA/Agritrans consortium, developer of AP, to complete the work.

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Here is a picture of Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe during a presentation.

According to the Prime Minister, Haiti‬ has tremendous challenges ahead. He discussed the problem of holding election in Haiti as scheduled, that the Martelly-Lamothe government is making lots efforts to meet with the various sectors of the population. Prime Minister Lamothe stated that these elections will be conducted as soon as possible.

Other area that the Primer Minister touched on was energy security and the rule of law and security in general.

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This is to illustrate the inaugural flight of American Airlines #1632, which took place on Thursday, October 2, 2014 and landed in the City of Cap-Haitian, Haiti for the first time. That was a historical day for the population in the North of the country as they celebrated this day that they have been waiting for.

On hand for the event was President Michel Martelly, who flew into Miami where the flight would originate the night before. He was met in Cap-Haitien by the Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe, the Minister for Tourism, Stephanie Villedrouin, Venezuelan Ambassador to Haiti, Pedro Antonio Canino Gonzalez and Vice President of American Airlines, Art Torno, among others.

The celebration involved a ceremony at the airport following the successful landing, at which the President stated that the feat had been long in coming. He cited that governments had been trying to achieve this since 1952.

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The Venezuelan gift that keeps on giving, the Petrocaribe deal, has made it possible for a dream long-held by some to be realized in the North of Haiti in particular, the city of Cap-Haitien specifically. It is the dream of having more than just domestic flights linking the North to the rest of the world; it is the dream of having international flights land at the Hugo Chavez International Airport in Cap-Haitien.

Still, the story isn't about Petrocaribe, except that some of the funds saved by the government from the oil deal were used for the renovation necessary to make the dream a reality. The price was $30 million, the work done the extension of a runway and the building of a fire station (still being done) as well as the remodeling of the interior of the airport.

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Hotel Beck is located in the second city in Haiti called Cap-Haitian. It is one of the top Hotels in the city ready to welcome you and also to offer you a comfortable stay in Cap-Haitian while you are discovering all the great historic sites in the region.

Hotel Beck has a reputation for knowing how to offer the best of business and pleasure to their guests. From sites that take advantage of the high-end scenery of the city view to every amenity that could become necessary, like sprawling conference rooms or guided tours of nearby attractions such as The Citadele Laferriere, Sans Souci Palace, the Cap-Haitian quarter and some Sugar Cane Plantations of the colonization period. Hotel Beck in Cap-Haitien remains the country's most important aspect of the tourism industry.

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Here is a picture of Alix Villedrouin, TiCadaie known for his success in the charcoal market

Haiti's charcoal problem affects the environment not just by the cutting down of trees, but by the toxic gases released into the atmosphere. With the newly established TiCadaie, CEO Alix Villedrouin provided a solution that was not only cheaper, but would last longer, and is recyclable. While it still involves the production of black coal briquettes, the TiCadaie product, when burned, produces an ash that can then be used for fertilizer. Hopefully for use in replanting Haiti's forests.

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Here is a picture the Graduating class of Haitian students in Hospitality and Tourism in Antigua

Even the historic inaugural arrival of the first flight of an international airline service into anywhere other than the capital wasn't enough to overshadow the achievements of nine new members of the Haitian tourism industry. Widely considered as the country's way forward, the field will have much to offer the students who spent two years in Antigua learning the essential skills in hospitality and tourism. The group received their certificates and were celebrated in a ceremony at the Plaza Hotel.

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