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Combining fencing techniques from French colonists and African stick fighting here is the martial art or Tire Machèt

Using one of the most valuable tools of the colonial sugar trade, Haitians who brought about the first successful slave revolt in 1971, turned their machetes into weapons and forged a style of martial art they dubbed Tire Machet (pulling machetes). Today, "Papa Machete", a short film that aims to tell this story, was written by local Jason Fitzroy Jeffers. The style of fighting is said to have borrowed from the techniques of French fencing, proto-capoeira, and African stick fighting. The success of the weapon and technique was proven against the French, as it works well in large combat situations.

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Established in 2003 Capital Coach Line (CCL) proudly operates daily service between Port-au-Prince and Santo Domingo. The coach carries almost 60,000 passengers per year on routine schedules.

Capital Coach Line offers other services such as cargo service at budget-friendly rates with either same or next-day package drop-offs. Truck cargo service handles weightier and larger shipments.

Capital Coach Line charter services cater to businesses, conventions, school field trips, and other organizations with comparable low rates.

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Mini-bus company, Transport Chic, takes passengers from Port-au-Prince to Les Cayes in 3 to 3.5 hours when traffic is light; if heavy 5.5 hours. Tickets cost $10 USD for a one-way trip.

The bus schedule is flexible, leaving Port-au-Prince at 7 am, 9 am, 12:30 pm, and 3 pm. But the bus must have a full passenger load to leave. Les Cayes departure times can be found out by calling the bus terminal.

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The Office of Insurance Against Third Vehicles (OAVCT) launched national competition to design new logo

After 50 years in business, the Office of Insurance Against Third Vehicles (OAVCT) wishes to update their look with a new logo, and launched a national competition to find one. Open to specialized firms and professionals, the winning logo will be selected for its ability to show the company's overhaul into the modern age, and the vitality of the new management team. Participants must email their entries to arketing@oavct.gouv.ht along with their full name, National Identification number, and Tax Identification number. Specialized firms must send a copy of their up-to-date license.

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Here is a picture of the Central Railway in Port-au-Prince at Rue du Quai during the government of Cincinnatus Leconte

Jean-Jacques Dessalines Michel Cincinnatus Leconte (born September 29, 1854) was the Haitian President between (August 1911 until his death on 8 August 1912). He was the son of Cinna Leconte and Florelia Raphael and the great grandson of the Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the founding father of Haiti and the autocratic first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1801 constitution. Cincinnatus Leconte was a lawyer by profession who served as the Minister of the Interior to the President Pierre Nord Alexis. In 1908, when a revolt deposed Alexis, he went into exile in Jamaica and C. Antoine Simon became the President. He came back from exile in 1911 and gathered a rebellion force that ousted President Simon and on August 7, 1911, Leconte unanimously became the President for a seven year term with a set salary of $24,000 a year. His presidency is often considered as one of the efficient and cleanest government that Haiti ever had. He took many positive steps and numerous reforms. He increased teachers' pay, paved the streets, installed telephone lines, reduced the size of the army, etc., and they are only a few to name. He introduced a controversial discriminatory policy targeting "Syrian" population (actually most of them were Lebanese Christians) to protect Haitians from disloyal competition of the Easterners with uncertain nationality.

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Here is a collection of Haiti License plates over the years.

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Here is a picture of Haitian Tap Tap in Haiti. They are the main method of transportation in cities all over the country

Economy Minister Jean-Marie and Commerce and Industry Minister Laleau issued a statement of petroleum price increases: gasoline: 215 gourdes (+15 gourdes: 7.5%); oil: 177 gourdes (+15 gourdes: 9.27%); kerosene: 171 gourdes (+10 gourdes: 6.3%).

Transports, tap-taps, and taxis raised their fares to cover fuel increases: taxi fares will increase from 28 to 30 gourdes; tap-tap fares will go up 1 gourde, except for the Port-au-Prince-Kenscoff route, which will increase from 46 to 50 gourdes.

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Port Lafito is a private international multipurpose port and terminal that is under construction at 20 km outside Port-au-Prince. It is Haiti's first greenfield multipurpose Panamax port equipped with the most recent quay and terminal equipment for handling containerized and loose-bulk cargo. 'Panamax' is the term for the size limits of ships traveling through the Panama Canal as per its expansion proposal, October 2006. With an estimated project cost of $57-million and scheduled to be completed within Q4 2014, Port Lafito, a subsidiary of the Gilbert Bigio Group will offer computerized load management for vessels as per Panamax requirement, speedy customs and National Port Authority services. It will be a new gateway which will connect Haiti to the rest of the world. In May this year, Port Lafito announced that it had reached a strategic alliance with SSA Marine to manage its port and terminal operations in Haiti. SSA Marine is a subsidiary of Carrix, Inc., a Seattle, Washington based privately-held company. They have activities at more than 210 terminal facilities and intermodal rail operations, all over the world.

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There is a lot of confusion in Haiti trying to determine what exactly to call the new road development initiated by the Government of Martelly-Lamothe. Some say that Haiti is having a highway for the first time. Other say that this is not a highway but rather a bridge.

So what is it exactly? Is the government building a highway or not. Whatever it is, this is work that the government are doing to improve traffic in the Haitian Capital and considering all there traffic problems, we need it

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What do you think is the number one cause of accident in the world?

Depending on the person you ask that question, you are likely to get a different answer. Most people now think that the number one reason for car accident has to do with texting while driving.

Although this is a major cause of accident, specially among the young group, many people end up losing their lives by just being careless.

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