Haiti Sun news Haiti Sun news Rss feed

  • IFC affirms commitment to private sector capital market development in the Dominican Republic

    Santo Domingo.- IFC Vice President and Treasurer Jingdong Hua said today that private sector development is key to supporting long-term growth and poverty reduction in the Dominican Republic. Hua is visiting the country for the first time as VP and Treasurer of IFC, a member of the World Bank Group. Hua met with government and regulatory officials to discuss how IFC can support the development ...

  • Manufacturing slump paces Dominican Republic 0.3 1Q growth

    Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic's economy grew barely 0.3% in the first quarter, much slower than forecast, the Central Bank announced Friday. In its preliminary report the monetary authorities noted that in the first quarter of 2012 the economy grew 3.8%, 4.3% in 2011 and 7.5% in 2010. Key sectors with a strong impact on employment have fallen thus far this year, including retail ...

  • Bill creates Dominican Republic’s 1st red light district submitted again

    Santo Domingo. - Opposition deputy Esther Minyety on Friday said she submitted the bill to create the "red light district" to the lower Chamber, because the originally proposed legislation had expired. The PRD party legislator said she's confident the bill aimed at establishing norms for streets near historical places where women offer sexual services will pass. She said the ...

  • Will new UK tax approach harm the Caribbean

    Last week, Britain's Prime Minister, David Cameron, wrote to the leaders of all of the UK's Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies*. The letter formed a part of the UK Government's attempt to have the leaders of all G8 nations - the grouping that brings together the world's wealthiest countries - agree a concrete action plan to tackle tax evasion and aggressive tax ...

  • Royal Caribbeans Explorer of the Seas to be based at Port Canaveral

    Royal Caribbean International plans to base a third ship at Port Canaveral Explorer of the Seas for the winter of 2014-201 Royal Caribbean International plans to base a third ship at Port Canaveral Explorer of the Seas for the winter of 2014-2015, Florida Today reports. The ship has been sailing for the last eight years from Cape Liberty Port in Bayonne, N.J. Once based at Port Canaveral, ...


mostlycloudy
Port-Au-Prince Weather
-9999°C Mostly Cloudy
Winds: From the East at 7 MPH
Sat
tstorms
28° 20°
Sun
tstorms
28° 21°
Mon
tstorms
28° 20°
Last Updated on May 24, 4:00 PM EST
Weather sourced from Weather Underground

Movie Review

Home Alone [DVD]

Home Alone [DVD]

Home Alone, which for reasons that still escape me, became one of the highest-grossing movies of all time during the winter of 1990 and has since turned into something of a perennial holiday classic. The movies rampant success caught many people by surprise, but probably not writer/p ... ...

On Facebook

  • Singer Lissie set for concert to raise money for Haiti orphanage

    Elaine Constantine/Contributed photo File Photo: Ojai-based musician Lissie. Taking a break from her U.S. tour, Lissie — the stage name for Elisabeth Corrin Maurus — is swinging by her adopted hometown of Ojai to perform at the Libbey Bowl on Saturday for a concert benefiting Changing Tides Orphanage in ...

  • National Black Light Theater Prague to Perform in Dominican Republic

    4 de mayo de 2013, 00:01 Santo Domingo, May 24 (Prensa Latina) National Black Light Theatre Prague will perform again in Dominican Republic next June 8, with the show Aspects of Alicia, reported local media. The play, to be exhibited at National Theater Eduardo Brito, is a version of Alice in Wonderland, the legendary creation of Lewis Carroll. Under the direction of Czech Pavel Marek, the ...

  • SXM first Caribbean airport to receive International Transport Award

    Simpson Bay, St. Maarten - Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) became the first Caribbean airport to receive the International Transport Award given by the Global Trade Leaders' Club (GTLC) since the award was established 15 years ago. It was also the only airport to receive the award this year out of a total of 15 awardees. Receiving the award on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Madrid, ...

  • NOAA forecasts active or extremely active 2013 hurricane season

    The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration issued a forecast Thursday for an active or extremely active 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, in its hurricane season outlook, forecast a 70 percent likelihood of 13 to 20 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher) -- of which seven to 11 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including ...

  • Haitian refugee pleads for help after her daughter is allegedly kidnapped

    Marie Yvena Senatus-Prince, a 45-year-old refugee from Haiti, has made a plea to Canadian authorities to help locate her 22-year-old daughter, who she says was kidnapped in ...

More Haiti Sun news