Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe Visits With Police in Port-au-Prince

By: - July 19th, 2012

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe at the station (Photo: OPM Haiti)

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe paid a surprise visit to the Commissariat of Police in Port-au-Prince Wednesday evening.

Lamothe was accompanied on the trip by Senate President Simon Desras Dieuseul, Youth, Sports and Civic Action Minister Rene Jean Roosevelt and Secretary General of the Prime Minister Michel Brunache.

The Prime Minister said the visit came from a desire to “personally inquire” about the working conditions of Haiti’s police officers.

Also Wednesday the Prime Minister visited a group of roads being repaired in Haiti’s capital under the Operation “Stop Gap” programme in the areas of Rues Pavee and Montalais.

Haiti's Lamothe examining the road works project

That project, which is slated to last for a total of 90 days, intends to help facilitate the flow of vehicles and improve public transportation, according to the government. It was launched earlier this month.

The plan covers 37 kilometres of roads in Haiti’s capital.

Haiti

Haiti Olympic Diary: "All Systems Go"

By Samyr Laine CJ Special Contributor At this point we have just about a week to go until the opening ceremonies and I couldn’t ask for things to be going more smoothly. After getting one last tune-up competition in London on the 14th, I have truly settled into things at my training base in Paris […]

Haiti

Jamaica's Appleton Marks 50 Years of Independence With a Very Old Rum

By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s Appleton has released a new limited edition rum to mark the 50th anniversary of Jamaica’s independence. Appleton Estate Jamaica Rum is comprised of rums that have been aged for a minimum of 50 years in hand-selected, oak barrels. The company is releasing 800 bottles of the product for sale. […]

Haiti

Grenada Seeks Stronger Link With Track and Field Athletes in Diaspora

Above: Grenada (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Grenada’s government is collaborating with the Grenada Athletics Association (GAA) and the Grenada Olympic Committee (GOC) to create a greater linkage between Grenada and track and field athletes in the Diaspora, according to Youth Empowerment and Sports Minister Patrick Simmons. The Minister confirmed that a meeting […]

Haiti's Martelly Visits Caracol Park

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly at the park By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly visited the the town of Caracol in northern Haiti on Tuesday. The visit was highlighted by a trip to the construction site housing for employees of companies in Caracol’s high-profile Industrial Park. Martelly was joined on the trip […]

Turks and Caicos Passes VAT Bill

 Above: the Turks and Caicos House of Assembly By the Caribbean Journal staff Acting Turks and Caicos Islands Governor Patrick Boyle has signed the territory’s VAT Bill into law. The controversial measure followed last week’s vote at a Consultative Forum, during which five members voted in favour of the bill and five abstained. The VAT […]

Puerto Rico Shaken by 4.0-Magnitude Quake Off Culebra's Coast

 Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly at the park By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly visited the the town of Caracol in northern Haiti on Tuesday. The visit was highlighted by a trip to the construction site housing for employees of companies in Caracol’s high-profile Industrial Park. Martelly was joined on the trip […]

Jamaica's Stephen Vasciannie Presents Credentials as OAS Representative

 Above: Stephen Vasciannie, Jose Miguel Insulza and Albert Ramdin (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff Stephen Vasciannie, the former principal of Jamaica’s Norman Manley Law School, has presented his credentials as Jamaica’s new Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States. Ambassador Vasciannie met Wednesday in Washington with OAS Secretary General Jose […]

SUBSCRIBE!

Sign up for Caribbean Journal's free newsletter for a daily dose of beaches, hotels, rum and the best Caribbean travel information on the net.


No. Thank You