Reposted from St. Kitts & Nevis Observer
Apr. 8 — PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The opening of the Best Western Premier Petion-Ville marks the first U.S. branded full-service hotel to open in Haiti and marks a significant milestone in the revitalization of the country. More…
Reposted from Bloomberg
After a devastating earthquake, hurricanes and an imported cholera epidemic, impoverished Haiti seems an unlikely candidate for tough love. But that may be the best way to resolve a political impasse blocking the country’s recovery. More…
Haiti was once covered in verdant forests but land clearance for colonial plantations was followed by tree felling for cooking fuel. Photograph: Olivier Coret/Corbis
Reposted from The Guardian
Government-backed campaign aims to double Caribbean country’s forest cover by 2016.
Haiti aims to plant 50m trees a year in a pioneering reforestation campaign to address one of the primary causes of the country’s poverty and ecological vulnerability. More…
Reposted from Haitilibre.com
Following the earthquake of January 2010, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had cleared 268 million debt of Haiti and granted in July 2010, a line of credit, of up to $60 million over 3 years, in exchange of structural reforms. Monday, as part of this line of credit, the IMF announced, having made available to the Haitian authorities, an additional amount of $7.4 million, bringing to 54.1 million the total amount of loans unblocked by the institution. More…
Reposted from Haiti Libre
Friday, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in partnership with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Haiti (CCIH) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has officially launched the Suppliers Development Program (Programme de Développement des Fournisseurs – PDF) in Haiti, in the presence of Mrs. Sophie de Caen, Senior Director of UNDP, Mr. Didier Fils-Aimé, President of the CCIH and Mr. Godofredo Pacheco, Coordinator of the PDF in El Salvador, and the representative of the Prime Minister, Mr. Pierrot Delienne. More…
Reposted from The Huffington Post
By Dan Glickman
Last week I had the privilege of joining former President Clinton, the Clinton Foundation, and a group of private sector participants on a two-day visit to Haiti, the primary purpose being to examine opportunities for investment in the food and agricultural sectors. President Clinton has visited Haiti dozens of times in the past few years to facilitate humanitarian relief efforts after the tragic earthquake in 2010, and to encourage private sector investments in various sectors, including energy, infrastructure, health care and agriculture. His efforts to rebuild Haiti have been tireless, and it is no wonder that he was justifiably treated like a rock star everywhere we visited. More…
Reposted from Fox News
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A U.S. government agency has announced a mortgage program that aims to help up to 4,000 families in Haiti.
The U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation says the effort will combine loans from OPIC and grants from other groups. The money awarded will include $1,000 mortgages. Financing will also be given for home repairs. More…
Port-au-Prince
PORT-au-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s membership in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and its anticipated participation in the Single Market, present opportunities for improving the lives of the Haitian people through co-operation in areas such as health, education and the economic benefits More…
Reposted from The Caribbean Journal
By Alexander Britell
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Political leaders from across the Caribbean Community have begun arriving in Haiti for the 24th Intersessional CARICOM Meeting of the Heads of Government summit that begins here tomorrow.
It is the first time Haiti, which assumed the CARICOM Chairmanship at the beginning of 2013, has hosted the meeting. More…
