Pan-Caribbean Radio

Host Alice Backer welcomes Hugues Girard to go over the latest Haiti news.

Topics:

Reginal Boulos' very official scolding or Sweet Micky aka Former President Michel Martelly | Haitian Prime Ministers and taxes | Trump's statements on foreign aid and whether Haiti really needs it | Guy Philippe's admission that he colluded with Washington to overthrow Aristide.

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Host Alice Backer welcomes guests Samuel Maxime of Haiti Sentinel and Hugues Girard to go over the latest Haiti news, including the aftermath of President René Préval's death. 

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Join Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com and co-host Hugues Girard as we go over the week's news about Haiti and Haitians. Topics: Kanaval expenses in Haiti, Sweet Micky's not so "PG" outburst in Okay and what it means for Jovenel Moïse, discussions on mining in Haiti, and the rape survivor Cynthia Verna's outburst on the arrest of a 60 year old for the rape of an 11 year old, followed by the arrest of an American missionary for pedophilia.

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Host Alice of kiskeacity.com welcomes Fabiola Abelard and Florence Jean-Joseph, two spiritual leaders who will be sworn-in  as GwetoDe for the Haitian Diaspora  by the Konfederasyon.Nasyonal Vodouyizan Ayisyen (KNVA) on Saturday, February 25th in Harlem, NYC.  Find out more about and register for this swearing-in  Wosman ceremony here.  Find out more about Wosman in general here.

We will answer the following questions: What is a GwetoDe? How and why is a GwetoDe appointed? What is KNVA? Is the GwetoDe paid by the Haitian government?

 

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Host Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com welcomes Prof. Ilio Durandis, professor and Dean at Universite D'Etat d'Haiti (UNDH)-Hinche.

We will discuss democracy in Haiti, where it's going and whether we ever had it. We'll also look at current events involving UN Peacekeeping and the newly inaugurated administration, among many other topics. As in the past, you never know where the conversation might end up!

 

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Join Alice of kiskeacity.com  and  Hugues Girard to review news and blog commentary on

Jovenel Moise's inauguration as 58th President of Haiti and Trump's Omorosa-led delegation to itThe Clinton foundation's alleged closure: is it for real or just a re-brand?New allegations from within the Trump camp no less about Denis O'Brien's interference in Haiti's election

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Join host Alice Backer of  kiskeacity.com as she welcomes Digicel Chairman Maarten Boute and last week's guest Giles Colbert Charleston of AHP to debate Digicel's impact in Haiti today.

We'll discuss Digicel and the Haitian telecom market, specifically issues of competition, VoIP, quality of service and various grievances about Digicel increasingly expressed by Haitians. 

As background, Giles Colbert Charleston has agreed to come back to the show to explain in person what he meant when he said last week that Digicel is acting increasingly as a monopolistic actor in Haiti. This show was spurred by Maarten Boute reaching out to Alice directly to take exception to this statement and asking for a chance to respond.

Join us for this promising debate.

Make sure to send us questions or join us live with them. 

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Host Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com welcomes IT professionnal Giles Colbert Charlteston, founder and Board member of the  Association of Haitian Professionals (AHP). We'll discuss the Association, his experience as a tech professional in Haiti and his pre-earthquake move to Haiti and back.

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Join host Alice of www.kiskeacity.com as she shares clips and insights from her recent attendance of Wikipedia Day NYC and of the Wiki Indaba 2017 Conference in Accra, Ghana. (One of the interviews played on the show will be in French with a translation provided afterward.)

 

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Alice Backer of kiskeacity.com welcomes Frandley Julien of the new Haitian daily Le National which can be found online at www.lenational.org.

We'll discuss the paper's genesis and circulation, its reception in the Haitian community, its decision to maintain a print edition and of course the latest in the Haitian politics it covers.

 

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