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The newly renovated Ciné Triomphe in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, was inaugurated on Thursday, 21 May 2015. Closed since 1988, Ciné Triomphe had long been a cultural scar in the Champs-de-Mars area. Work began in December 2012, and it was finally ready to serve the population once again by May 2015.

News of a newly renovated Cine Triomphe in Port-au-Prince was really good news for Haiti Cinema at the time.

Dithny Joan Raton, Haiti's Ministre de la Culture (Minister of Culture) at the time, went on a quick tour of the premises of Ciné Triomphe a few days before its reopening and shared some photos.

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Did you know? In the United States, an estimated 1,197,704 violent crimes occurred nationwide in 2015. How many violent crimes occurred in Haiti that same year?

There were an estimated 372.6 violent crimes per 100,000 inhabitants in the United States in 2015. How many violent crimes occurred in Haiti that same year per 100,000?

This data is direct from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015/offenses-known-to-law-enforcement/violent-crime

I really hate it when Haitian journalists start screaming "Insecurity in Haiti" every time there is a murder or homicide in Haiti. It is not insecurity, it is a crime and it happens in every country in the world except news reporters in those countries do not freak people out. They simply report the news without characterizing it as general chaos.

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Did you Know? Microsoft founder Bill Gates visited Haiti back in February 2014 and apparently it was not the first time he went to Haiti.

Yep, Bill Gates, one of the top 10 richest person in the world, was in Haiti back in February 2014.

Note: At the time that Bill Gates visited Haiti he was the richest person in the world. As of the last update he is number five.

Bill Gates, his wife, now ex wife Melinda and their children visited hospitals in Plateau Central Haiti with his family to pay a visit to Dr. Paul Farmer, one of the heroes of global health, Gates said.

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Born of Haitian parents in Martinique, Karine Jean-Pierre will make history has the first black White House press secretary of the United States. Karine Jean-Pierre will assume office on May 13th 2022.

Both of Karine Jean-Pierre's parents Haitian. They gave birth to her in Martinique and raised her in New York City. Her mother worked as a home health aide, and her father was a cab driver.

Karine Jean-Pierre has been White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary since 2021. She served as the chief of staff for Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris during the 2020 presidential campaign, becoming the first black woman to hold that position.

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Haitian Journalist Roberde Celine dit Bob C. has returned to Radio Caraibes FM after almost 6 months of absence.

Bob C. made this comeback on October 23rd 2018.

Welcome Back Bob C. We missed you!

L'original, le vrai, l'unique en son genre!

Bob C. is Back! The Radio Caraibes FM journalist returns to the mic after a long absence

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More than 700 people have died from the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that hit southern Haiti on Saturday August 14th 2021. Now a tropical storm Grace comes knocking as victims are reported stuck under the rubble.

Grace? Can they pick up better name for this darn tropical storm?

Death tolls are reported expected to rise. Rescue and Recovery efforts are being made to try and save as many as they can.

The storm is coming and people are afraid of aftershocks. They're all sleeping outside of their homes because any sudden aftershock could eventually collapse homes and structure that already damaged by the 7.2 earthquake.

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The Republic of Haiti has decided to close its border border with the Dominican Republic starting Monday, March 16 at midnight to prevent coronavirus from entering the country.

This decision was made Sunday by the Haitian government. Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe announced it during a press conference in his private residence.

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Emmanuel Priva, a Haitian National living in Louisiana was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison on December 12, 2019, for running a visa fraud scheme involving more than 100 fraudulent U.S. visitors visa applications.

Priva will lose his house, his car, and all the money he had saved in ten bank accounts by order of U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier who found him guilty.

Read this from https://www.justice.gov/usao-edla/pr/haitian-national-sentenced-running-visa-fraud-scheme-involving-more-100-fraudulent-visa

According to court documents, from 2013 to 2018, Priva attempted to fraudulently obtain visas for more than 100 aliens, more than 40 of whom succeeded in obtaining visas to travel to the United States.

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Haiti's Environment minister Joseph Jouthe made it clear at the 2019 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that Haiti suffers big time from climate change though she is not responsible for it.

"Climate change is a very big terror in Haiti. It's very hard for us to deal with climate change," Jouthe said, "Haiti is not responsible for what's going on with climate change but we are suffering from it. We want better treatment from the international community."

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Due to all the political problems in Haiti recently, students have been unable to go to school for nearly 3 months, The education ministry has decided to publish an adjusted calendar so the school year does not go to waste.

Instead of 945 hours of schooling, middle school kids will have 733 hours. Instead of 1,134 hours, high school kids will have 882 hours.

Those hours will be critical. instead of a detailed program, it will more like a revision program, going over the essentials so students learn enough to be able to take required exams.

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