Haiti - Politics :
Signature of the decree of the law on co-ownership
President Michel Martelly has proceeded yesterday, Friday, December 30, 2011 to the signing of the decree of application of the law on co-ownership. This decree, that comes strengthen its legal framework, is also a manifesta
tion of the vision of the Head of State of the modernization of structures and urban infrastructure.
During the signing ceremony the Head of State declared : "[...] my vision of the issue of building in Haiti, is not limited only to mitigate the effects of the earthquake. My gaze goes much further and leads me to take into account modern urban data [...] to make room for spaces planned, developed, organized and valued. And I strive to embody my concept of housing which is based on the creation of new neighborhoods, the rehabilitation and the urbanization of existing neighborhoods, the densification of already urbanized areas and the co-ownership to house the largest number of household possible. This new dynamic of change that legitimizes the law of August 13, 1984 on co-ownership, thus allows the real estate developer to undertake significant constructions in height and address the shortage of housing supply, adjust to social and demographic developments and work thus to the successful advent of a Haiti of owners, because home ownership we known, is the dream of every family, because it is the first of all securities. [...]
...it is clear that we must now move towards better urban planning and appropriate techniques of sustainable construction to put a definitive end to urban sprawl of settlement areas unregulated. Thus, to move forward in this process of strengthening the housing offer, the establishment of a business environment capable of attracting large flows of private capital is needed with force. The building in height is now a very attractive solution for viable real estate investments. The local and foreign entrepreneurs only wait that the harmonization of existing laws on co-ownership to engage in real estate development project [...]
Occupy' protests target Republicans in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa — Protesters tied to the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, angrily
denouncing "corrupt" US politicians, descended Saturday on the Iowa headquarters of Republican presidential candidates.
Police arrested 10 of the demonstrators, including two teenage girls ages 14 and 16, outside Representative Michele Bachmann's Urbandale base and charged them with trespassing, organizers said.
Five more were arrested at former House speaker Newt Gingrich's command post, and three at Rick Santorum's headquarters, they said in a statement, describing the former senator as "a corporate politician hiding behind police."
Earlier, about 65 demonstrators walked from the group's base of operations -- a shuttered bar in Des Moines's East Village neighborhood -- to the statehouse to condemn what they charged is outsized corporate influence over US politics.
"Banks got bailed out, we got sold out!" the group chanted in a New Year's Eve protest just days before Iowa holds its first-in-the-nation presidential nominating vote. "This is what democracy looks like!"
"We are sick and tired of politics as usual, sick and tired of corrupt politicians who are bought and paid for," said Dutch Ruisch, identified by others as the very first "Occupy The Caucus" protester in Des Moines.
The demonstrations came as Iowa prepares to hold its first-in-the-nation
Dominican-Haitians Protest Government Crackdown
Hundreds of people protested Thursday in front of the Supreme Court against what they say is a D
ominican government — practice of confiscating or annulling birth certificates for residents of Haitian descent.
Protesters demanded the government revoke a 2007 resolution aimed at reducing the use of fake documents that they say has led to extreme and unnecessary measures aimed at Dominicans of Haitian descent.
Among the protesters was 14-year-old Melania Richard who carried a sign that read, "I am Dominican, you know it." She said she was born in the Dominican Republic to Dominican parents whose ancestors came from neighboring Haiti.
"If I don't get a copy of my birth certificate, I will have to quit school," she said.
Nonprofit organizations have said at least 1,600 Dominicans have been denied their documents. The groups have filed complaints with the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, which is holding hearings on the matter.
The protesters also paid homage to Sonia Pierre, a human rights activist who died Sunday and had fought discrimination against poor Dominicans of Haitian descent for three decades.
Her daughter, Manuela Solaine, was among the protesters.
"Today, another Sonia Pierre is born," she said. "She lives in the Dominican-Haitian people." read-more@abcnews.com
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She has resumed her promotional commitments after taking time out in the wake of her messy split from husband Kris Humphries. — practice of But it appears Kim Kardashian has found time in the busy schedule to pay a trip to Haiti and visited the earthquake stricken country with her mother Kris Jenner over the weekend.
The reality star, 31, teamed up with actress and singer Maria Bello, who has been working in Haiti for the past three years Maria and Kim went to visit and celebrate women the charity works with and the reality star told fans the experience was 'incredible' and posted a picture to her blog showing herself and Maria, her mother Kris and Patricia Arquette who was also in the party. Kim and Maria also wrote a blog post for The Huffington post about their experience and the explained what they were doing. . readmore@dailymail.co.uk/