Caribbean Export expands the Regional Angel Investor Network (RAIN) into the Dominican Republic and Haiti
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 28th June, 2017. The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has commenced their expansion of the Angel investment footprint within the Dominican Republic and Haiti following the hosting of the first Bi-National Angel Investment workshop in…
UN seeks funding to counter cholera in Haiti
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life The United Nations deputy chief on Wednesday called on member states to fund the organization’s new strategy to counter cholera in Haiti, stressing that the initiative is facing a critical shortage of resources….
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If it is Corpus Christi (Fete Dieu), it is also the Book Fair Fiesta festival day in Haiti!
By Jean Hervé Charles For the past 23 years, Le Nouvelliste, the oldest Haitian newspaper, combined with Unibank has launched usually in June, on Corpus Christi (Fête Dieu) Thursday a book fair that has become one of the major cultural…
St. Kitts and Nevis fort project funded
GOSIER, Guadeloupe – The CARIFORTS – a creation of a network of forts and fortifications of the Caribbean in partnership with St. Kitts, Antigua, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico and St Eustatius – is among the newly selected projects to be…
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Haiti attends the Caribbean Tourism Week
From Haitilibre On the sidelines of the Caribbean Tourism Week of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), which ended on Saturday in New York, the Ministry of Tourism also represented Haiti on Thursday at the Caribbean Media Market Place. Through its…
BARBADOS: RTD 10th Anniversary Awards
History was made on Friday May 26th at the Hilton Hotel in Barbados when thirty-three (33) awards were given out to organizations and individuals from across the Caribbean who have worked tirelessly over the last ten years in support of…
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Haitians make pilgrimage, pray for a better future
From Caribbean News Service GANTHIER, Haiti, Apr 19 2017 — Arms raised to the heavens, tens of thousands of Haitians flocked to a craggy hillside to pray and seek renewal in one of the spiritually steeped country’s biggest annual pilgrimages…
U.S. urges punishment for peacekeepers tied to sex abuse as U.N. ends tainted Haiti mission
From The Japan Times UNITED NATIONS – U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley on Thursday urged all countries that provide troops for U.N. peacekeeping missions to hold soldiers accountable for sexual abuse and exploitation, an appeal that came after she cited an…
Chile leader visits Haiti as UN prepares for troop pullout
From Caribbean News Service PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Mar 28 2017 – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet travelled to Haiti on Monday for talks with government and U.N. officials weeks before the start of her country’s announced withdrawal of military peacekeepers. Bachelet’s stop…
Sightsavers hails successful outcome of major Caribbean eye care programme
Sightsavers is celebrating the successful completion of a major programme in the Caribbean region, which has led to thousands of successful treatments and delivered improvements in eye health systems. The programme has created a step change in the provision of…
