No question to shorten the terms of senators

Jean Tholbert Alexis, President of the Chamber of Deputies, says that it is no question to shorten the term of the elected senators in 2009, declaring "Nobody will accept that Michel Martelly runs the country without Parliament, even for a second."

Haiti on the Podium

At the 7th edition of the Pan American Junior Championships of Athletics, which were held at the Alfonso-Galvis-Duque stadium, Medellin (Colombia), from August 23 to 25, 2013, Gélibert Jessica, a young Haitian-American 18-year-old made floated the Bicolor by ascending the third step of the podium with a time of 58.20 in the 400 meter hurdles.

Positive Balance for Customs

Friday, in the context of the fight against fraud and smuggling, Fresnel Jean-Baptiste, Director of the General Administration of Customs (GAC) indicated that 8,784 procedures were performed during the fiscal year 2012-2013 . During which 44 trucks of goods were seized, 9 employees dismissed and disciplinary measures taken against directors of customs. In addition, six people were arrested for smuggling and 195,000 U.S. dollars seized.

First anniversary of CIDOP

Friday, the Center of Information and Documentation of Port (CIDOP) celebrated its first birthday. Rodolphe Bertrand, Head of the CIDOP took the opportunity to honor the various presenters of Wednesdays of CIDOP and other personalities who have contributed to the development and progress of the Information Center.

Dr. Guerda Massillon receives an award in the U.S.

Our countryman Doctor in physics Guerda Massillon of the UNAM received an award of the International Journal of Medical Physics, Clinical Engineering and Radiation Oncology 2012-2013 from the North American Chinese Medical Physicists Association for his research entitled Energy dependence of the new Gafchromic EBT3 film : Dose response curves for 50KV, 6 and 15 MV X-ray beams.

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