November 30th, 2021Charlot Bredy, Minister of Agriculture at the South Departmental Directorate (in Les Cayes), in the presence of several senior officials of the Ministry including members of the Minister's Cabinet, Marcelin Aubourg South Departmental Director of Agriculture, several project representatives and dozens of farmers from the departments of Nippes, Grand'Anse and the South launched the 2021-2022 winter agricultural campaign last week.
According to Minister Bredy, the launch in this part of the country reflects the Government's desire to help farmers, especially those in the three departments affected by the August 14 earthquake to recover after...
November 30th, 2021A note bearing the signature of Secretary General Carlo Marcelin of the Haitian Football Federation (FHF) informs that the Normalization Committee of the Federation has just reconnected with the Premier League clubs.
An important working meeting with date and place to be communicated at the very beginning of this week will take stock of all the work carried out during the "period of scarcity", aimed at strengthening the structure of Haitian football and a "possible resumption" of competition.
Between the provisions of the Ministry to prohibit all gatherings in sports grounds because of covid-19, the country "lock" or the general...
November 30th, 2021Late Wednesday afternoon, November 24, the fishing vessel Jerimar alerted the United States Coast Guard of the presence of a small drifting boat about 2 nautical miles north of Mona Island, in the waters of Puerto Rico.
The Dauntless attended the scene and the crew rescued safely boarded 10 Haitian migrants, a man and 9 women, all showing symptoms of severe fatigue and hypothermia.
The castaways said their boat became out of service after hitting reefs near Mona Island. They then jumped out of the boat and attempted to swim to shore. The survivors also reported that two other of their companions wearing heavy clothing also fell from...
November 30th, 2021Andrés Ramírez General Coordinator of the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance (Comar) explained that Haitians come to Mexico for economic reasons without meeting any of the criteria qualifying them as refugees and given the current situation in Haiti, it would be inhumane to send them back, although without refugee status they cannot stay in Mexico, that is why Mexico must look for alternatives. To help them get regularized.
After a meeting where the Undersecretary Alejandro Encinas for Human Rights to Population and Migration of the Government Secretaríat (SeGob). It was clearly said that very soon there will be a decree...
November 30th, 2021The Embassy of Haiti to Qatar was honored to make its debut at two leading exhibitions, "Hospitality Qatar" and "Qatar Travel Mart" (QTM 2021), which were both held in November at the Center d exhibition and congress in Doha (capital of Qatar).
At "Hospitality Qatar", the leading international hotel and hotel trade fair, Haiti was present with 13 other countries and 178 exhibitors. The Haiti booth was well visited and the many visitors were greeted with a hot cup of "Chokola Peyi" and Haiti's first cup of coffee.
The promotion of Haitian culture also brought many cigar aficionados to the display table to take a look at "Bohekio"...
November 30th, 2021On Wednesday 24 November 2021, Prime Minister ai Ariel Henry published the Decree appointing 8 new Ministers in Le Moniteur Special #55. The new Ministerial Cabinet now only includes 4 women (22%) out of 18 Ministers, or one less woman than before the reshuffle.
Citizen Ariel HENRY is appointed Minister of Culture and Communication;
The citizen Jean Victor GÉNÉUS is appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship;
Citizen Ricard PIERRE is appointed Minister of Planning and External Cooperation;
Citizen Berto DORCÉ is appointed Minister of Justice and Public Security;
The citizen Nesmy MANIGAT is appointed...
On Wednesday 24 November 2021, Prime Minister ai Ariel Henry published the Decree appointing 8 new Ministers in Le Moniteur Special #55. The new Ministerial Cabinet now only includes 4 women (22%) out of 18 Ministers, or one less woman than before the reshuffle.
Citizen Ariel HENRY is appointed Minister of Culture and Communication;
The citizen Jean Victor GÉNÉUS is appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship;
Citizen Ricard PIERRE is appointed Minister of Planning and External Cooperation;
Citizen Berto DORCÉ is appointed Minister of Justice and Public Security;
The citizen Nesmy MANIGAT is appointed Minister of...
November 25th, 2021The Haitian film "Fréda" by director Gessica Geneus, Produced by Ayizan Prod of Haiti, Sanosi Prod (France) and Merveille Prod (Benin) won the TV5 Quebec-Canada Best Film Award at the closing ceremony of the 27th edition of the CINEMANIA film festival in Montreal.
For a rare time in its history, the jury awarded the prize to two tied films: "Petite Nature" by French director Samuel Theis with a touching cast, a precious look at the country's youth and a rare female point of view on its society and the Haitian movie and "Freda" about childhood struggles, with an exceptional young actor of magnificent beauty and incredible...
