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Haiti Receives $9 Million Grant For Management at National Park

Above: the Macaya mountain range (Photo: UNEP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti will receive a $9 million grant from the Inter-American Development Bank to help carry out a land management programme at the country’s Macaya National Park. The park […]

In Haiti’s Bel-Air, a New Home For Art

Above: the new Bel-Art centre in Bel-Air (Photo: USAID/Nancy Ruppel) By the Caribbean Journal staff One of Port-au-Prince’s artistic hubs is getting a lift. The neighbourhood of Bel-Air has inaugurated the new Bel-Art centre, a home for artists that was […]

Taiwan President to Visit St Kitts, Haiti, St Lucia, St Vincent

Above: St Kitts (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will be embarking on a Latin American and Caribbean tour next month. The trip, which will begin Aug. 11, will take the Taiwanese leader to Caribbean […]

Haiti’s Lamothe Meets With New Ambassador From France

Above: Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe held talks on Friday with Patrick Nicoloso, the new French Ambassador to Haiti. The talks covered education, strengthening the government’s general capacity, infrastructure projects and […]

Another Hospital in Haiti Goes Solar

Above: Hospital Bernard Mevs By the Caribbean Journal staff Following the debut of the solar-powered Mirebalais Teaching Hospital in Haiti, another hospital in the country is using the sun to harness energy. The first phase of a solar panel power […]

Haiti Eyes “Sustainable Tourism” Development For Ile-a-Vache

Above: Ile-a-Vache By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has officially launched a public request for proposals for tourism development on the island of Ile a Vache, the Tourims Ministry announced. The country is looking to develop what it called “low-density, […]

Haiti to Hold Second Edition of “Carnival of Flowers” in Port-au-Prince

Above: last year’s Carnival of Flowers By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti will hold its “Carnival of Flowers” for the second time, according to the country’s Ministry of Culture. The country first held the carnival in July 2012. This year’s […]

Haiti to Receive $25 Million IDB Grant For Energy Sector Reform

Above: the Peligre hydro plant By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a $25 million grant for energy sector reform in Haiti. The donation will include $22 million from the IDB Grant Facility and $3 million […]

Caribbean Photo of the Week: Chermaitre in Haiti’s Northwest

This week’s Caribbean Photo of the Week was submitted by reader Cindy Fung of the Vassar Haiti Project. It takes a look at the area of Chermaitre in Haiti’s North-West department. Do you have a photo for Caribbean Photo of […]

Nerlens Noel, Son of Immigrants From Haiti, Joining Philadelphia 76ers

Above: Nerlens Noel By the Caribbean Journal staff The clock kept ticking, and Nerlens Noel, once projected to go number one overall, no longer knew his fate. But then the pick came, and Noel, the former Kentucky star, was heading […]

Haiti Ratifies Investment Incentive Agreement With United States

Above: Haiti (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Parliament has ratified an Investment Incentive Agreement with the United States’ Overseas Private Investment Corporation. The agreement, which was officially ratified last month during a special joint session of Parliament, […]

Haiti Receiving $36 Million Grant For Port-au-Prince Water Services

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti is set to receive $35.5 million in grant funding for a programme aimed at improving drinking water services in Port-au-Prince. The grant was approved by the Inter-American Development Bank, which […]

Is Tourism Haiti’s Magic Bullet?

Above: Haiti (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff As Haiti moves to develop its long-ignored tourism sector, revenue generated from the sector is “critical” as external aid lessens, according to the Igarapé Institute. But the prospects for tourism […]

Haiti Receives $15 Million IDB Grant For Agricultural Reforms

Above: an irrigation channel (IDB Photo/Paul Constance) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti is set to receive a $15 million grant from the Inter-American Development Bank to support reforms in the country’s agricultural sector. Farming currently accounts for around half […]

IMF Lowers Haiti Growth Forecast, Citing Weak Agricultural Recovery

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The IMF has lowered its growth forecast for Haiti to 3.4 percent from 6.5 percent, the Fund announced following the visit of a mission to Haiti. Despite what it called a […]

Spain Tops Haiti, 2-1, in Hard-Fought International Friendly

By the Caribbean Journal staff For a while, it was looking like Spain would cruise to a 2-0 shutout against Haiti. But in the 75th minute, Wilde-Donald Guerrier made it through Spain’s defenders and put one home, giving Haiti its […]

Building “Qatar City” in Haiti

Above: Haiti (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti will soon be home to “Qatar City.” The multifaceted project is the product of an agreement signed this week by the US Agency for International Development and the government of […]

“Nestor Kirchner Hospital” Opens in Haiti

Above: Argentina Vice President Amado Boudou, Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin, Haiti President Michel Martelly and Cuba Vice Minister for Health, Dr Marcia Cobas Ruiz By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has inaugurated a new hospital in the town of […]

Solar-Powered Mirebalais Hospital Now Open in Haiti

Above: the Mirebalais Teaching Hospital By the Caribbean Journal staff The solar-powered Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais in Haiti has officially opened its doors. The development of the property was a joint project between US-based Partners in Health and its sister […]

Haiti: World Bank Approves $90 Million in Health, Business Grants

Above: Port-au-Prince (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The World Bank’s executive board has approved a pair of grants for Haiti totaling $90 million. The first is a $70 million grant from the International Development Association that will cover […]

Haiti’s Lamothe Visits Brazil

Above: the meeting of Brazil’s National Confederation of Industries (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe arrived in Brasilia Monday morning for a five-day visit to Brazil, following his trip to Cuba last week. […]

Haiti’s Martelly Marks Two Years in Office

Above: the event in the Champ de Mars (OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly marked two years in office Tuesday with a ceremony along the Champ de Mars in downtown Port-au-Prince, a site that had […]

Op-Ed: From Haiti to Cuba, A Vision For the Caribbean in 2030

By Michael W Edghill Op-Ed Contributor AS A REGION, the Caribbean stands at the threshold of opportunity. As with all moments of opportunity, they also come with the simultaneous risks of not achieving the possible and instead, sliding backwards and […]

Haiti: Association of Caribbean States Releases Petion-Ville Declaration

Above: the Karibe Hotel in Petion-Ville By the Caribbean Journal staff The Association of Caribbean States concluded its fifth-ever Summit of Heads of State and Government in Haiti this weekend, releasing a joint statement called the “Petion-Ville Declaration.” The declaration […]

Lamothe: “We Would Change the Approach That People Have to Haiti”

Above: Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe By Alexander Britell Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe recently concluded a weeklong trip to the United States that featured meetings with officials from the World Bank, the IDB, the UN, donor countries (including Canada) […]

Haiti, Anguilla Lead Caribbean in Expected Hotel Room Supply Growth

Above: the recently-opened Best Western Premier Haiti By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti led the Caribbean in expected hotel room supply growth through March, according to a new report from STR. Haiti’s expected hotel room supply growth was 58.2 percent, […]

Haiti, Qatar Talk Tourism

Above: the meeting in Washington (MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin met Friday in Washington with Qatar’s Ambassador to the United States, Mohammed Bin Abdullah Al-Rumaihi. The discussions focused on reconstruction projects in Haiti […]

Haiti, MIT Sign Agreement to Promote Creole-Language Science Education

Above: the signing ceremony at MIT (Photo: Dominick Reuter/MIT) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have signed an agreement to promote Creole-language education in science, technology, engineering and math. The agreement was signed during […]

Turks and Caicos’ Newest Resort Is Opening in November, With Its Own Private Lagoon