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Haiti - News : Some news here and there... 03/02/2014 14:31:12 Wednesday, February 5, the eve of his meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, President Michel Martelly, will speak at 4:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the "School of Business Auditorium" of the "Howard University" where he talk about the importance of education. Recall that the "Howard University" has a long relationship with Haiti, including students, faculty and alumni. This University was the first to respond to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. It also has an "Alternative Spring Break Program" and an international medical rotation in Haiti in Croix-des-Bouquets and Fort-Liberté. Opening of the exhibition "Paroles de Fierté" Tuesday, as part of Black History Month will take place the opening of the exhibition "Paroles de Fierté" whose objective is to present the highlights and main characters of the struggle for the abolition of slavery and against discrimination whose was and are still victims the black populations. This exhibition, under the auspices of Promocultures Internationales revolves around the theme "Toussaint Louverture / Alphonse de Lamartine: From Haiti to France". Location: French Institute of Haiti, 99 avenue Lamartinière (Bois Verna). Opening Tuesday, February 4 from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Exhibition 4 to 22 February. FREE ADMISSION. MAST meeting at the U.S. Embassy Last Thursday, an important working meeting was held between Charles Jean Jacques, Minister of Social Affairs and Labour (MAST) accompanied by Marie France Mondésir, Director of Ministry and John Peter Higgens, Head of Economic and Commercial Section and Andrea Arcila, Economic Attaché, both representatives of the American Embassy. These senior representatives of the Embassy wanted to obtain information about the status of the recommendations of the High Council for Wages (CSS). Minister Jean Jacques took the opportunity to inform them of the project to purchase the "General Sawing Data" (GSD), a device that can allow inspectors to better control the quota of manufacturing companies. Yanick Lahens, winner of the 2014 ADELF Haitian novelist Yanick Lahens received the 25th award of the Association of Caribbean writers of French language (ADELF) for his novel "Guillaume et Nathalie" published in 2013 published by "Sabine Wespeiser Éditeur". The award will be presented to the novelist in March 2014 at the Salon du Livre in Paris. HL/ HaitiLibre
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