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Fonds-Verrettes also known as Fond Verrettes is a Haitian municipality located in the Ouest Department in Haiti. The municipality lies in the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Fonds-Verrettes currently inhabits 40,224 people. The geographical location is identified by latitude of 18.3914 degrees, longitude -71.8569 degrees and at altitude of 824 meters above sea level. The time zone of Fonds-Verrettes is America/Port-au-Prince. Another commonly used name for this location is La Mission.

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Here is a picture of Turks and Caicos Governor Ric Todd. In August 2013 a delegation from Turks and Caicos visited Haiti with Governor Ric Todd. The visit covered many aspects between the two countries.

A great part of the mission was focused on identifying the investor opportunities in Haiti for Turks and Caicos investors.

The Haitian government also discussed development and enhance trade between the two nations.

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After releasing examinations results data for the 6th Fundamental Year on July 26 the Ministry of education has now released updated results for the ten departments. The results indicate that the success rate for all the ten departments was 70% and above with Center having the lowest rate at 70%. North department took the lead according to the statistics with a high of 82% success rate. Artobonite and NorthWest follow closely with 79% and 78% success rates respectively. Nippes recorded a pass of 6,470 candidates admitted on 8,946 which translates to a success rate of 72% to take the second position from last. West had 81,089 candidates out of 105, 141 admissions (77 %) passing the exam while Grand'Anse's success rate was 75 %

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The Festival of the sea 2013 was witnessed by high profile dignitaries from the Ministry of Tourism of the northern region of Haiti. The ceremony is done once a year to bolster tourism in Haiti. This is the second year the ceremony is being celebrated. In this year's ceremony the Festival of the Sea was launched on the Wednesday of 7th August 2013 at Deco Bar-Restaurant (Cap-Haitien). In his launch speech the sitting Director of the Ministry of Tourism of the Northern Regional Office Ms. Dieudonne Luma Etienne said the cultural event will open up the North as a significant tourist attraction destination.

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In a bid to promote tourism Haiti held the 2nd annual Festival of the Sea event this year from 9th day of August to the 11th of the same month. The ministry of Tourism has expressed support to this remarkable ceremony which draws participants from across the nation and beyond. The ceremony is done to attract tourist through expression of culture. It is also seen as an important tool for entrepreneurs to seize business opportunities.

The event held on the Boulevard du Cap in Cap-Haitien is also intended to expose the tourist destinations in the North.

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The large Antoine family provides a stable support for the community of Dame Marie. Apart from his work in medicine, hospital administrator Pierre Antoine has helped build a school, in rebuilding a retaining wall for the sea after a hurricane, and by paving the revered city streets, among countless other deeds. His work inspired the doctors from ST. Francis to donate even more time and effort, and hopes are high of getting the funding to implement a surgeon for the community.

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The medical visitors to Dame Marie from ST. Francis Hospital in Connecticut in October 2011 were given welcome by hospital administrator, Pierre Antoine, who allowed the group a base in his home and acted as their guide and guard during their stay in Haiti's winsome west. Having his roots firmly founded, by the scale of generations, in Dame Marie, Antoine and his family became the best source for advocating the town and its potential to the visiting doctors. The family was subsequently invited to Hartford for a dinner.

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Though accessible by roads, small crafts and by sea, the westerly fishing community of Dame Marie still proves an isolated area. As such, practicing medicine can be a bit of a hardship. A couple of years ago, the operating room of the local hospital was returned to full function, enabling a visiting team to perform over thirty, life saving surgeries that week. It was part of a veterans visit from ST. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut to ten hospitals in four Haitian cities during October of 2011.

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The rugged, terrain of the western tip of Haiti's south coast belongs to the city of Dame Marie, famed for its wonderful roads as much as for its cocoa production. Still the city, so wonderful to look at, struggles from a lack of opportunities for its people, who make their living mostly either tilling the earth or toiling the sea. While most of the population is of the Christian faith, there is still the strong presence of the vodou culture.

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April of 2012 saw the three day event marking the fifth edition of Dame Marie's cocoa fair. The mission of the fifth edition was to accomplish strengthening the partnership of those bodies with interest in the cocoa industry. There was an opening parade by the GASC (Action Group Socio-Cultural) and students from schools across the city. Then, on the second day, the cocoa products' exhibition was opened along with an arboretum in remembrance of Eugene Piou. Various activities were hosted and presentations made on the challenges being faced by cocoa cooperatives.

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