A response to George’s Pierre
The piece by Mr. Pierre is misleading in its broad-brush characterization of the bourgeoisie of the South as one dominated by the mulatto and color prejudice. In the case of Les Cayes, which was one of the more important cities of what was called then the South and where I grew up, the bourgeoisie […]
Adoption à Dubaï d’un nouveau traité international sur les télécommunications
Adoption à Dubaï d’un nouveau traité international sur les télécommunications Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : 2012-12-14 La Conférence mondiale des télécommunications internationales établit un nouveau cadre solide pour le monde hyper-connecté de demain Au terme de deux semaines de négociations intenses, les délégués venus du monde entier ont adopté un nouveau traité international […]
How to Stop Companies from Collecting and Selling Your Facebook Info
By Brandon Ballenger, MoneyTalksNews.com If you want to keep a secret, don’t put any trace of it online. That’s something ex-CIA director David Petraeus just learned the hard way. But our lives are increasingly digital, and the government recognizes it. In July, Congress asked nine data brokerage firms – including credit reporting agencies – what consumer information […]
10 cheapest cars to own and operate
Source: Bankrate.com Look beyond the sticker price A good deal of information must be sifted through to get down to the nitty-gritty on the 10 cheapest cars to own. If you want to know what owning a car really costs, you must look far beyond the purchase price.In arriving at this list of 10 cheapest […]
US to get world’s cheapest car
– By Tara Baukus Mello · Bankrate.com By Tara Baukus Mello · Bankrate.com Saturday, October 20, 2012 Posted: 6 am ET The world’s cheapest car, an Indian subcompact made by Tata called the Nano, will be brought to the U.S., according to company owner Ratan Tata in an interview with industry publication “Automotive News.” The Tata Nano was […]
7 shopping secrets retailers won’t tell you
– By Naomi Mannino • Bankrate.com There’s a method to mall madness There’s a method to mall madness Today’s retailers have uncovered the science behind shopping. Your favorite mall stores actually hire such retail researchers as Paco Underhill, author of “Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping.”Underhill has tracked hundreds of thousands of shoppers to study […]
Haïti/2050 : qui vivra verra !
Lundi, 05 Novembre 2012 16:15 Haïti/2050 : qui vivra verra !En 2050, Haïti comptera sur ses 27.500 km2 environ 16 millions d’habitants, soit une augmentation de 60% qui sera effective en moins de 40 ans. Cette croissance exponentielle aura des effets catastrophiques sur les zones urbaines, à en croire des experts qui ont analysé ces […]
Haiti – Social : 16 million Haitians in 2050
02/11/2012 12:07:32 According to Evens Joseph, Director of the Haitian Institute of Statistics and Informatics (IHSI), the Haitian population currently estimated at 10 million inhabitants will reach 16.1 million in 2050, despite an average population growth lower than that measured during the last 50 years. This population will be composed of 8,023,000 men and 8,126,000 […]
De Duclos à Dessalines
– Par Jean Ledan Fils Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : 2012-10-16 Jean Ledan fils Cormiers était située dans la paroisse de Sainte-Rose qui devint plus tard la Grande-Rivière du Nord. Cormiers était contiguë à l’habitation d’un autre colon nommé Henri Duclos qui y possédait une caféière et des esclaves. Parmi ceux-ci se trouvait le jeune créole […]
Haiti – Tourism : The first tourists are satisfied
Haiti – Tourism : The first tourists are satisfied 24/10/2012 11:01:11 “We discovered a great country where people live proud, of happy people,” declared Marie-Josée Cozema, one of the tourists from Guadeloupe, who left the country on Monday after spending 4 nights in Haiti between 18 and 22 October as part of a tour. The […]