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Digicel Names New Corporate Sales Director
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- Created on Thursday, 10 May 2012 14:48
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht/Digicel) - In order to continue providing a world class service to its subscribers, Digicel announced today the appointment of Carl Momplaisir as the new Corporate Sales Manager at Digicel. Mr. Momplaisir held the same position within the company, Voila, now sees his functions extended.
$250 Million To Build 30-MW Waste-to-Energy Plant in Port-au-Prince
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- Created on Sunday, 06 May 2012 11:23
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Haitian Government has signed a $250 Million partnership agreement on Thursday with the "International Electric Power Company" for the construction of a processing plant waste and the production of 30 megawatts of renewable electricity, for Port - au-Prince and the metropolitan area.
The Company Haitel Officially Under Control of the Haitian State
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- Created on Tuesday, 01 May 2012 12:29
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - In difficulty for several months with enormous debts to the state institutions, the mobile phone company, HAITEL is in receivership by the Haitian State. The Directorate General of Taxes (DGI), which now managing the Haitel.
Haiti: Digicel Appoints new CEO to Acquired “Voila”
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- Created on Tuesday, 24 April 2012 15:18
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht)- The mobile phone company Digicel has announced Monday, April 23, the appointment of Noel Herrity as the new CEO of Voila-Comcel, following the acquisition of that company by Digicel at the end of March.
Miami-Dade Mayor Gimenez and Commissioner Jean Monestime visit Haiti
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- Created on Monday, 23 April 2012 18:56
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht)- Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez visits Haiti Monday and Tuesday with County Commissioner, Haitian American Jean Monestime, in a bid to bolster trade and commerce between the county and the island, which is striving to recover from the devastating 2010 earthquake.
Haiti-USA-Tax: Protesters, including Haitians, calling on corporations to "pay their fair share"
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- Created on Wednesday, 18 April 2012 12:59
MIAMI, USA (defend.ht)- April 17 is Tax day in the US. On this occasion, various trade unions gathered by the organization 1Miami demonstrated. Hundreds of people, including Haitians, marched through the streets of Miami to ask the wealthiest companies and millionaires to pay taxes like everyone else.
Haitian Mobile Telephone Carrier Haïtel Off
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- Created on Friday, 06 April 2012 19:57
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Less than a week after its sequestration by the Haitian government, the mobile phone company HAITEL no longer works but no announcement was been made to its customers.
Haiti: Digicel Group Acquires Voilà
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- Created on Monday, 02 April 2012 12:15
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - Digicel Group, the largest value on the mobile phone market in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific has acquired the mobile operator in Haiti, Voila from its parent company, Trilogy International Partners, for an undisclosed sum statement. The transaction closed Friday, March 30, 2012.
What is PetroCaribe in Haiti?
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- Created on Monday, 02 April 2012 11:17
ORLANDO, USA (defend.ht) - With so much discussion on irregular contracts signed and paid to the tune of $500 million [US], it is important that young Haitians, especially, understand where this money comes from and what it is. It is from PetroCaribe and it is not humanitarian aid, it is a loan from Venezuela.
Haiti: Remobilized Soldiers a Nuisance to the Economy says Kesner Pharel
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- Created on Saturday, 31 March 2012 21:05
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The movement of former soldiers of the Armed Forces of Haiti can be an obstacle for economic development according to Economist Kesner Pharel.
Digicel to Link Haiti and Jamaica with Submarine Cable
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- Created on Wednesday, 28 March 2012 10:34
KINGSTON, Jamaica (defend.ht/Jamaica Observer) - Digicel has been granted a licence that will allow it to connect undersea fibre cable to neighbouring Haiti and the Bahamas from Jamaica, but the group is still planning the implementation of the project.
Strengthening Haitian-Dominican Trade Relations Priority in D.R.
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- Created on Tuesday, 27 March 2012 19:19
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (defend.ht) - The Director of the Dominican Center for Exports and Investment, Franklin Lithgow, said since 2004, exports to Haiti have risen from $78.5 million to $875 million in 2010, $1 billion in 2011.
Rhum Barbancourt 150 Years Old and Gets Better
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- Created on Sunday, 18 March 2012 06:26
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht/Le Nouvelliste) - Great patron of culture, intangible heritage you can get a bottle or case, the famous Rhum Barbancourt® hits 150th anniversary on Sunday. Every Haitian is proud, regardless of class or religion, the nectar produced by the oldest business in Haitian activity. We buy it without drinking and drink it without loving to say how this product was installed, in manners. Not a home has not held a bottle of Barbancourt. The Rhum of ConnoisseursTM apt in age and reputation.
Haiti: Toussaint Louverture Airport Still Under Construction
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- Created on Sunday, 18 March 2012 06:21
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht/Le Nouvelliste) - Rehabilitation work continues at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport. If an initial starting room was made available to passengers, most of the work is still yet to be done. We still need at least a month to put the airport in step with international standards, promised the construction firm Panexus.
"Haiti is not yet open for business", says Former Justice Minister Bernard Gousse
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- Created on Wednesday, 14 March 2012 06:41
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - "Haiti is not yet open for business," said lawyer Bernard Gousse during his speech at the second day of the forum on the General State of Investing in Haiti. According to the former Justice Minister (2004-2006) and Prime Minister-designate of President Michel Martelly, business law in Haiti constitutes a barrier to investment because of its obsolescence.
Haiti: Central Bank Sees "Investment as a Public Good"
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- Created on Monday, 12 March 2012 23:17
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - At the opening ceremony of the "Special Assemblies of Investments in Haiti," the Governor of the Bank of the Republic of Haiti (BRH), Charles Castel promised to serve the economic agents “accompanying them for inclusive growth, consistently and sustainably”.
Haiti: First Money Transfers by Mobile Phone
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- Created on Saturday, 03 March 2012 16:32
NEW-YORK, USA (defend.ht )- This week, Haitian households affected by the earthquake began receiving cash payments through the first mechanism to transfer money via mobile phones to support housing reconstruction after the disaster, said the United Nations Development Programme in a press release.
PM Conille to Review Contracts Signed by Former PM Bellerive
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- Created on Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:47
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht)- Premier Gary Conille announced Monday the establishment of an audit committee to review some contracts that the government Jean-Max Bellerive had concluded with firms during the emergency period after the earthquake of January 12, 2010.
Haiti: National Credit Bank Opens New Office for Kay Pa'm Mortgages
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- Created on Thursday, 16 February 2012 13:50
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The Board of Directors of National Bank of Credit (BNC) opened the doors of its office for Kay Pa'm (My House), the first construction and residential housing mortgage program in Haiti.
Haiti: Digicel Statement on Federation of Haitian Football
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- Created on Saturday, 11 February 2012 18:09
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) - The CEO of Digicel Haiti, Maarten Boute, in a letter stated the position of his company in regards to its beneficiary, the Federation of Haitian Football, which incurred sanctions following a controversial election process.
