News Haiti: UN, Foreign Ambassadors "Welcome" Publication of Electoral Law
Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations is welcoming the recent publication of Haiti’s new Electoral Law, the world body announced in a statement. Sandra Honore, Special Representative of United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon […]
InterCaribbean Airways Expands Service From Turks and Caicos to Haiti
Above: an InterCaribbean Airways plane The recently rebranded InterCaribbean Airways is expanding its flights from Providenciales, Turks and Caicos to Cap-Haitien, Haiti. InterCaribbean Airways is the new name of the former Air Turks and Caicos. The new afternoon flights from […]
News Haiti: IDB Approves $25 Million Grant For Water Project
Above: the IDB By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development has approved a $25 million grant to fund a water management programme in Haiti’s Artibonite basin. The programme could reduce the amount of agricultural damages each year by around […]
Haiti's Martelly Authorizes Publication of New Electoral Law
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly has handed over the country’s new Electoral Law for publication in Haiti’s Official Journal of the Republic, a major way forward on the road toward holding […]
JetBlue Launches Service to Haiti
Above: a JetBlue plane By the Caribbean Journal staff Air carrier JetBlue launched its first-ever flights to Haiti on Thursday. The New York City-based carrier is operating three daily flights to Port-au-Prince, with one out of New York’s John F […]
News IMF: Haiti GDP Grew By 4 Percent in 2013
Above: Port-au-Prince By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s gross domestic product grew by around 4 percent in the 2013 fiscal year, according to preliminary data from the International Monetary Fund. That number was better than had recently been projected. In […]
Should Haiti Host the World Cup?
By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor IMAGINE the tiny country of Haiti as host to one of the world’s biggest events: the World Cup. For now, it may all seem like fiction; however, if Haiti wants to be an emerging country […]
Haiti: United Nations Welcomes Vote on Electoral Law
Above: UN Special Representative Sandra Honore By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations is welcoming the Haitian Parliament’s recent vote on the Electoral Law, MINUSTAH Chief Sandra Honore said in a statement issued Friday. The law, which helps paves […]