FLASH: Signature for a hotel $70M-hotel on Turtle Island

The Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe confirmed the signing yesterday Thursday of a memorandum of understanding with "Carnival Cruises" for the construction of a cruise infrastructure on the Ile de la Tortue. The initial investment is 70 million dollars.

Tropical Storm Bertha under surveillance

A tropical storm named Bertha has formed in the Atlantic Ocean. Following the current trajectory it would spare Haiti, but municipalities in the North and East of Haiti should receive precipitation and feel the effects, in the evening and the night of Sunday, August 3. HaitiLibre following developments for you and will keep you informed of any change in trajectory.

Towards preventive detection of Ebola ?

Dr. Florence Guillaume Duperval, the Minister of Health has stated that the Government intended to adopt certain measures to prevent the introduction into Haiti of Ebola haemorrhagic fever, citing the establishment in the consulates of Haiti abroad [?], of a system for detecting suspected cases among visitors entering the country.

First results of State exams

Nesmy Manigat, the Minister of Education, announced that the correction has ended for the sixth and ninth year of fundamental as well as for the Bac and the first results of these state examinations will be published shortly.

Electronic Single Window

Thursday Wilson Laleau, Minister of Commerce and Industry met with the BNC, the National Press and DGI around the implementation of the Single Window Electronics (GUE) project.

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