Nous avons appris la triste nouvelle de la mort du père de l’enfant terrible du compas, Gracia Delva, surnommé Ti bat kò. Nous présentons nos sincères condoléances à Gracia ainsi qu’à sa mère pleurant amèrement ses quelques décennies d’amour perdu...
Pendant longtemps, le chanteur
vedette de Mass Kompa n’a
cessé de demander à sa mère de
lui montrer son père dans un refrain
mélancolique : “Manman
montre m Papam”. Malheureusement,
il ne connaîtra jamais
la joie paternelle puisque peu de
temps après avoir découvert quel
est l’homme qui est censé être
son père, celui-ci décide de partir
vers l’au-delà. Durant tout le temps que l’illustre Maestro Hulrick Pierre-Louis de Septentrional
fréquentait la mère du chanteur et dormait sous son toit, Gracia ne se doutait de rien. Il n’avait à aucun moment imaginé que le légendaire maestro pouvait être son père. C’est dommage, dira-t-il, qu’il l’ait su, selon
toute vraisemblance, seulement après sa disparition. Ce n’est pas sans raison que, dans plusieurs de ses mélodies, s’adressant à sa maman, il n’a cessé de chanter “Manman montre m Papam”.
Né au Cap-Haïtien, le bébé a été vite emmené à Marchand. L’on ne sait jusqu’à ce jour pourquoi Manman Titine n’a jamais voulu révéler à son fils qui était son papa. Le voile semble être enfin levé avec la mort du maestro Pierre-Louis plongeant dans une profonde tristesse la mère de Gracia qui fut une excellente “gongiste” au sein de la première formation musicale créée par l’Orchestre Septentrional et composée uniquement de femmes. Gracia nous a confié qu’il a du, devant la douleur queressentait sa maman à l’annonce de la mort de quelqu’un avec lequel elle a connu des moments “merveilleux”, la conduire rapidement
au Cap-haïtien, là où les funérailles seront probablement chantées.
Avec un père qui fut un excellent saxophoniste et sa mère, une talentueuse musicienne maniant bien le “gong”, vous conviendrez avec moi que Gracia a de qui tenir quant à son talent de chanteur. Il a donc la musique dans le sang.
Gracia, tout comme sa maman, portera-t-il le deuil, ne serait- ce que dans son coeur, pour quelqu’un au sujet duquel il n’avait le moindre soupçon que c’était son père ? Apparemment non, car, selon ce qu’il nous a confié, je n’ai jamais eu nulle relation paternelle avec le maestro. Pourtant, il y a eu entre maman et lui une longue relation sentimentale de plusieurs décennies. En tant que musicien, poursuitil, je n’ai qu’à tirer ma révérence. devant un si grand musicien qui a créé et dirigé l’Orchestre Septentrional durant plus de 60 ans. C’est un modèle à suivre.
Lors de la rencontre que nous avons eu hier avec Gracia, le créateur du Mass compas, nous avons pu déceler qu’il entretient encore des doutes concernant cette révélation tardive. Nous nous demandons déjà s’il ne va pas, malgré tout, continuer à chanter Manman montre m Papam.
Gracia Delva serait-il le fils du Maestro Hulric Pierre-Louis ? En dépit de la mort de celui-ci, il y a encore moyen de le vérifier en recourant à des tests d’ADN, d’autant plus que la dépouille n’est pas encore inhumée. Un chemin à suivre, si l’on ne voudrait pas se fier aux paroles d’une mère. En tout cas, les femmes savent souvent (pour ne pas dire toujours) pour qui elles tombent enceinte. La balle est enfin dans le camp de notre fameux chanteur.
Tel père, tel fils. Si tel est toujours le cas, l’on peut être déjà persuadé que le groupe MASS COMPAS atteindra autant de décennies que l’Orchestre Septentrional.
Stéphanie, Pawollapale
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Not-so-dangerous destinations
Now you can visit fascinating places with bad reputations
Let's say you're planning a Caribbean vacation. You're not sure which island you want to see, so you visit a well-known travel Web site and browse their map. There's Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Turks & Caicos, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic and ...
Wait a second — doesn't another country share the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic? What happened to Haiti?
You know a country is off the beaten path when a major travel company doesn't even show it on their maps. In a nutshell, that's Haiti — a country with a reputation so ravaged by decades of civil war, catastrophic weather calamities and crippling corruption that you might forget it's even in the Caribbean.
It wasn't always like this. Even during the time of notoriously corrupt François “Papa Doc” Duvalier in the 1960s, Haiti was a popular tourist destination. And that's to say nothing of one of the Americas' most famous travelers, Christopher Columbus, who landed here in 1492. But when the military took power in a coup in 1991, the political situation rapidly deteriorated and the international community condemned the new regime for human rights abuses. Ever since, "Haiti" has been synonymous with poverty and violence.
To be sure, Haiti is still a desperately poor nation, but adventurous travelers are coming to appreciate this beleaguered nation for its West African-influenced heritage, truly untouched beaches and vibrant urban culture. And getting there is simple: Daily direct flights to Port-Au-Prince are available from most major American cities, and they're actually quite affordable.
Haiti is just one example of a country struggling to overcome a reputation for danger. Telling friends or family that you are traveling to Bangladesh, Bosnia or any country ending in “-stan” is likely to result in expressions of concern for your safety. But, as with Haiti, many of these concerns are based on dusty mental files and stereotypes that are easier to employ than explode.
More often than not, it's political unrest that tarnishes a country's image. And that's not always fair, says Julia Dimon, a travel journalist and co-host of “Word Travels,” a documentary series about the real lives of travel writers airing internationally on the National Geographic Adventure channel. “Political strife found in certain areas of a country shouldn't taint the entire destination,” says Dimon. “Despite negative news and nasty travel advisories, I've discovered that life goes on as normal — people shop, play, drink, pray and try to take care of their families.”
Haiti will Survive anyway...
Let's say you're planning a Caribbean vacation. You're not sure which island you want to see, so you visit a well-known travel Web site and browse their map. There's Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Turks & Caicos, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic and ...
Wait a second — doesn't another country share the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic? What happened to Haiti?
You know a country is off the beaten path when a major travel company doesn't even show it on their maps. In a nutshell, that's Haiti — a country with a reputation so ravaged by decades of civil war, catastrophic weather calamities and crippling corruption that you might forget it's even in the Caribbean.
It wasn't always like this. Even during the time of notoriously corrupt François “Papa Doc” Duvalier in the 1960s, Haiti was a popular tourist destination. And that's to say nothing of one of the Americas' most famous travelers, Christopher Columbus, who landed here in 1492. But when the military took power in a coup in 1991, the political situation rapidly deteriorated and the international community condemned the new regime for human rights abuses. Ever since, "Haiti" has been synonymous with poverty and violence.
To be sure, Haiti is still a desperately poor nation, but adventurous travelers are coming to appreciate this beleaguered nation for its West African-influenced heritage, truly untouched beaches and vibrant urban culture. And getting there is simple: Daily direct flights to Port-Au-Prince are available from most major American cities, and they're actually quite affordable.
Haiti is just one example of a country struggling to overcome a reputation for danger. Telling friends or family that you are traveling to Bangladesh, Bosnia or any country ending in “-stan” is likely to result in expressions of concern for your safety. But, as with Haiti, many of these concerns are based on dusty mental files and stereotypes that are easier to employ than explode.
More often than not, it's political unrest that tarnishes a country's image. And that's not always fair, says Julia Dimon, a travel journalist and co-host of “Word Travels,” a documentary series about the real lives of travel writers airing internationally on the National Geographic Adventure channel. “Political strife found in certain areas of a country shouldn't taint the entire destination,” says Dimon. “Despite negative news and nasty travel advisories, I've discovered that life goes on as normal — people shop, play, drink, pray and try to take care of their families.”
Haiti will Survive anyway...
Corruption Is The New Fashion Statement
Originally: How Come Things Never Work in Haiti?
Richard A. Morse
I remember when things got difficult in Haiti back in the early 1990's. Haiti's elites had taken over with a brutal coup d'état, and killing people who spoke out became fashionable. Bill Clinton was then president of the United States. I remember asking myself, should I keep speaking out or should I take
the safer route and keep quiet. In the end I decided that I didn't want to die and have my last thoughts be, "I should have said something."
Well, the same folks who gave us imported rice, imported sugar and overcrowding (Chicago economics) in Port-au-Prince are back in power and they're profiting from photo-ops with now-special envoy to the UN Bill Clinton. It's all a masquerade. The UN, Bill Clinton's employer, is at the base of the
masquerade.
Everyone in Haiti knows the United Nations is corrupt. The United Nations has endorsed fraudulent elections. Poor Haitians know it; rich Haitians know it; the "left" in Haiti knows it; the "right" in Haiti knows it; the opposition in Haiti knows it; the UN workers know it; the Haitian government knows it; the Haitian president knows it; the journalist from the New York Times Magazine knows it; Michelle Montas, spokesperson to the UN, knows it, and I know it. I said it publicly back in April, I said it publicly back in May and I said it publicly back in June. The April/June senatorial elections in Haiti were fraudulent. I said it privately to Michelle Montas on May 1 at the RAM concert at the Alliance Française in New York City.
I told Michelle Montas that the Haitian senatorial elections were fraudulent and the implication that the fraud could expand to Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and North Korea was too disturbing to keep quiet. A couple of days ago, the New York Times ran an article that spoke of the UN firing someone because they were speaking out. This is an excerpt from the NYT article:
"...The two men have clashed repeatedly, United Nations officials said, and their different approaches came to a head over the vote recount after the Aug. 20 Afghan presidential election. Mr. Galbraith demanded a total recount, but then left Afghanistan and retreated to his Vermont farm.. Until now, Mr. Ban and others had been saying that Mr. Galbraith was expected to return to Kabul.
"Reaction to Mr. Galbraith's removal was swift from the campaign of Abdullah Abdullah, the former Afghan foreign minister . . ."
I can't get fired for saying the Haitian elections were fraudulent. I can get shot, someone around me can get shot, I can have my business run into the ground. I can have my electric rates and my tax rates get doubled and tripled. I can have requests for project funding denied; but I can't get fired.
Bill Clinton is running around Haiti pretending everything is fine; hanging out with people who are responsible for many of Haiti's problems and I guess I'm supposed to sit here and be quiet. As I said, Mr Clinton is enjoying himself with the same families who decided it's better to import rice and sugar, which in effect, has quadrupled the population of Port au Prince and is the leading cause of the destruction of Haitian society.
Well, it's difficult to be quiet, though I try, because in the long run all this stuff is going to come back and snap us in the butt and everyone is going to say, "How come things never work in Haiti?" Maybe Bill Clinton has good intentions, but he also has lousy "on-the-ground intelligence". Bill Clinton took FRAPH, which was a repressive Haitian paramilitary force headed by Toto Constant, and he wanted to turn it into a loyal opposition political party back in 1994!
I don't know if the UN is corrupt from the bottom up or (as a matter of poli cy) from the top down; but the same corruption seems to be spreading to other trouble spots around the world.
We have presidential elections coming to Haiti next year. I'm guessing the winners and the vote counts have already been decided. It would only make sense. Corruption is the new fashion statement.
Richard Morse
Owner-Manager
Hotel Oloffson
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Richard A. Morse
I remember when things got difficult in Haiti back in the early 1990's. Haiti's elites had taken over with a brutal coup d'état, and killing people who spoke out became fashionable. Bill Clinton was then president of the United States. I remember asking myself, should I keep speaking out or should I take
the safer route and keep quiet. In the end I decided that I didn't want to die and have my last thoughts be, "I should have said something."
Well, the same folks who gave us imported rice, imported sugar and overcrowding (Chicago economics) in Port-au-Prince are back in power and they're profiting from photo-ops with now-special envoy to the UN Bill Clinton. It's all a masquerade. The UN, Bill Clinton's employer, is at the base of the
masquerade.
Everyone in Haiti knows the United Nations is corrupt. The United Nations has endorsed fraudulent elections. Poor Haitians know it; rich Haitians know it; the "left" in Haiti knows it; the "right" in Haiti knows it; the opposition in Haiti knows it; the UN workers know it; the Haitian government knows it; the Haitian president knows it; the journalist from the New York Times Magazine knows it; Michelle Montas, spokesperson to the UN, knows it, and I know it. I said it publicly back in April, I said it publicly back in May and I said it publicly back in June. The April/June senatorial elections in Haiti were fraudulent. I said it privately to Michelle Montas on May 1 at the RAM concert at the Alliance Française in New York City.
I told Michelle Montas that the Haitian senatorial elections were fraudulent and the implication that the fraud could expand to Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and North Korea was too disturbing to keep quiet. A couple of days ago, the New York Times ran an article that spoke of the UN firing someone because they were speaking out. This is an excerpt from the NYT article:
"...The two men have clashed repeatedly, United Nations officials said, and their different approaches came to a head over the vote recount after the Aug. 20 Afghan presidential election. Mr. Galbraith demanded a total recount, but then left Afghanistan and retreated to his Vermont farm.. Until now, Mr. Ban and others had been saying that Mr. Galbraith was expected to return to Kabul.
"Reaction to Mr. Galbraith's removal was swift from the campaign of Abdullah Abdullah, the former Afghan foreign minister . . ."
I can't get fired for saying the Haitian elections were fraudulent. I can get shot, someone around me can get shot, I can have my business run into the ground. I can have my electric rates and my tax rates get doubled and tripled. I can have requests for project funding denied; but I can't get fired.
Bill Clinton is running around Haiti pretending everything is fine; hanging out with people who are responsible for many of Haiti's problems and I guess I'm supposed to sit here and be quiet. As I said, Mr Clinton is enjoying himself with the same families who decided it's better to import rice and sugar, which in effect, has quadrupled the population of Port au Prince and is the leading cause of the destruction of Haitian society.
Well, it's difficult to be quiet, though I try, because in the long run all this stuff is going to come back and snap us in the butt and everyone is going to say, "How come things never work in Haiti?" Maybe Bill Clinton has good intentions, but he also has lousy "on-the-ground intelligence". Bill Clinton took FRAPH, which was a repressive Haitian paramilitary force headed by Toto Constant, and he wanted to turn it into a loyal opposition political party back in 1994!
I don't know if the UN is corrupt from the bottom up or (as a matter of poli cy) from the top down; but the same corruption seems to be spreading to other trouble spots around the world.
We have presidential elections coming to Haiti next year. I'm guessing the winners and the vote counts have already been decided. It would only make sense. Corruption is the new fashion statement.
Richard Morse
Owner-Manager
Hotel Oloffson
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
RADIOS FM: Y A-T-IL TROP DE STATIONS SUR LE CADRAN ?
Combien de stations de radio existe-il à Port-au-Prince ? Selon la dernière liste de la Conatel, publiée le 16 avril 2009, elles sont environ une cinquantaine. Précisément 50 stations de radiodiffusion autorisées à opérer dans la capitale. Ca, c’est en théorie.
Dans la réalité, elles sont au moins 48, si l'on excepte de la liste, Radio Haiti Inter, qui a été fermée, et Radio Timoun, qui n'a pas d'émissions régulières.
Par ordre croissant de leur numéro de fréquence sur le cadran, voici ce que j’ai pu trouver comme stations en activité.
- Visa FM (88.1 MHz), qui émet uniquement de la musique haïtienne, 24 heures sur 24, et qui est la station musicale en vogue
- Radio Kiskeya (88.5 MHz), la station généraliste de lancée par feu Sony, Liliane et Marvel.
- Radio Indigène (88.9 MHz), dirigée par Alfred Mikanor.
- RFI-Haiti (89.3 Mhz), le relais local de Radio France International.
- Radio Voix de l'Espérance (89.7 Mhz), la station de l’Eglise Adventiste d’Haïti.
- Radio One (90.1 Mhz), station musicale gérée par Solèy Sounds.
- Signal FM (90.5 Mhz), station généraliste où sévissent Michel Soukar et les comiques de KAAJ, dirigée par Mario Viau.
- Tropic FM (91.3 Mhz), la radio de Guy Jean.
- Radio Etoile (91.7 Mhz), station généraliste, qui s’est convertie en Radio Kanaval le temps de la période carnavalesque.
- Stéréo Lumière 92 (92.1 Mhz), radio religieuse musicale, petite sœur de Radio Lumière.
- Radio Commerciale d'Haïti (92.5 Mhz), radio généraliste.
- Radio Ginen (92.9 Mhz), station généraliste, grande sœur de Télé Ginen.
- Radio Vasco Stéréo (93.7 Mhz), une jeune station.
- Radio Nouvelle Génération (94.1 Mhz), station généraliste.
- Caraïbes FM (94.5 Mhz), la station la plus populaire de la capitale, qui va fêter le 14 juin prochain ses 60 ans.
- MBC (94.9 Mhz) , lointaine descendante du Magloire Broadcasting Circuit (MBC), fondé en 1937. Elle a été rachetée récemment par Le Nouveau Matin S.A et diffuse cinq heures par jours les programmes de Minustah FM.
- Voix de l'Evangile (95.3 Mhz), station religieuse, propriété de l’Eglise de Dieu de Delmas 17, dirigée par Bishop Jean-Mary Désir.
- Horizon 2000, la première station FM à diffuser de la musique haïtienne 24 heures sur 24, 7 jours sur 7. Le fief de Bernier Sylvain alias BS ou Bawon Samdi.
- RCH 2000 (96.1 Mhz), station généraliste.
- Sky FM (96.5 Mhz), radio musicale pour les amateurs de musique rap, ragga, R&B, etc.
- Radio Antilles International (96.9 Mhz), fief du tonitruant Jacques Sampeur, actuel président de l'ANMH.
- Mégastar (97.3 Mhz), station généraliste, malheureusement au centre d’un conflit d’héritage
- Radio Lumière (97.7 Mhz), la station religieuse généraliste de la MEBSH, qui a fêté en février dernier un demi-siècle d'existence.
- Maxima FM (98.1 Mhz), le son qui vient du Nord d’Haïti
- Radio Ibo (98.5 Mhz), station généraliste dirigée par le journaliste Hérold Jean-François.
- Maximum FM (98.9 Mhz), radio généraliste
- Vision 2000 (99.3 Mhz), tête d’un réseau de radios qui couvre le pays
- Sweet FM (99.7 Mhz), station musicale
- Radio Métropole (100.1 Mhz), la radio des Widmaier qui soufflera en mars prochain ses quarante bougies.
- Magik9 (100.9 Mhz), station généraliste. Ci-devant Magik Stéréo, elle a été rachetée par Le Nouvelliste. Elle vient de lancer son site Internet.
- Univers FM (101.3 Mhz), station musicale
- Energie FM (101.7 Mhz), station généraliste
- Radio Nationale (102.1 Mhz), la version FM stéréo de la RNH, qui diffuse un programme entièrement musical.
- Zenith FM (102.5 Mhz), radio généraliste
- Radio Super Star (102.9 Mhz), la première station à émettre exclusivement ses programmes sur FM
- Mélodie FM (103.3 Mhz), dirigée par Marcus et Elsie Ethéart, elle a fêté ses 10 ans en septembre 2008.
- Inspiration FM (103.7 Mhz), station religieuse qui diffuse ses programmes sur la fréquence occupée préalablement par Radio Lakansyèl
- Radio Galaxie (104.5 Mhz), la station de Dadou Jean-Bart et d'Aruns Bellevue.
- RFM (104.9 Mhz), la station de Rotchild François Jr
- Radio Nationale (105.3 Mhz), la fréquence généraliste de la RNH.
- Radio Soleil (105.7 Mhz), la voix de l’Eglise catholique dans l’Archidiocèse de Port-au-Prince, qui a fêté ses 31 ans en avril dernier.
- Planèt Kreyòl (106.5 Mhz), l’OVNI de la bande FM, dirigé par Carl-Henri Desmornes.
- Kadans FM (106.9 Mhz), qui est revenue en ondes, après de longs mois d’absence
- Radio Solidarité (107.3 Mhz), la station de Venel Remarais, qui a célébré ses 10 ans le 30 octobre dernier.
- Scoop FM (107.7 Mhz), la toute dernière née de la bande FM. Dirigée par Gary Pierre-Paul Charles, elle ambitionne de devenir la première radio haitienne tout-info, 24 sur 24, 7 sur 7.
Dans la réalité, elles sont au moins 48, si l'on excepte de la liste, Radio Haiti Inter, qui a été fermée, et Radio Timoun, qui n'a pas d'émissions régulières.
Par ordre croissant de leur numéro de fréquence sur le cadran, voici ce que j’ai pu trouver comme stations en activité.
- Visa FM (88.1 MHz), qui émet uniquement de la musique haïtienne, 24 heures sur 24, et qui est la station musicale en vogue
- Radio Kiskeya (88.5 MHz), la station généraliste de lancée par feu Sony, Liliane et Marvel.
- Radio Indigène (88.9 MHz), dirigée par Alfred Mikanor.
- RFI-Haiti (89.3 Mhz), le relais local de Radio France International.
- Radio Voix de l'Espérance (89.7 Mhz), la station de l’Eglise Adventiste d’Haïti.
- Radio One (90.1 Mhz), station musicale gérée par Solèy Sounds.
- Signal FM (90.5 Mhz), station généraliste où sévissent Michel Soukar et les comiques de KAAJ, dirigée par Mario Viau.
- Tropic FM (91.3 Mhz), la radio de Guy Jean.
- Radio Etoile (91.7 Mhz), station généraliste, qui s’est convertie en Radio Kanaval le temps de la période carnavalesque.
- Stéréo Lumière 92 (92.1 Mhz), radio religieuse musicale, petite sœur de Radio Lumière.
- Radio Commerciale d'Haïti (92.5 Mhz), radio généraliste.
- Radio Ginen (92.9 Mhz), station généraliste, grande sœur de Télé Ginen.
- Radio Vasco Stéréo (93.7 Mhz), une jeune station.
- Radio Nouvelle Génération (94.1 Mhz), station généraliste.
- Caraïbes FM (94.5 Mhz), la station la plus populaire de la capitale, qui va fêter le 14 juin prochain ses 60 ans.
- MBC (94.9 Mhz) , lointaine descendante du Magloire Broadcasting Circuit (MBC), fondé en 1937. Elle a été rachetée récemment par Le Nouveau Matin S.A et diffuse cinq heures par jours les programmes de Minustah FM.
- Voix de l'Evangile (95.3 Mhz), station religieuse, propriété de l’Eglise de Dieu de Delmas 17, dirigée par Bishop Jean-Mary Désir.
- Horizon 2000, la première station FM à diffuser de la musique haïtienne 24 heures sur 24, 7 jours sur 7. Le fief de Bernier Sylvain alias BS ou Bawon Samdi.
- RCH 2000 (96.1 Mhz), station généraliste.
- Sky FM (96.5 Mhz), radio musicale pour les amateurs de musique rap, ragga, R&B, etc.
- Radio Antilles International (96.9 Mhz), fief du tonitruant Jacques Sampeur, actuel président de l'ANMH.
- Mégastar (97.3 Mhz), station généraliste, malheureusement au centre d’un conflit d’héritage
- Radio Lumière (97.7 Mhz), la station religieuse généraliste de la MEBSH, qui a fêté en février dernier un demi-siècle d'existence.
- Maxima FM (98.1 Mhz), le son qui vient du Nord d’Haïti
- Radio Ibo (98.5 Mhz), station généraliste dirigée par le journaliste Hérold Jean-François.
- Maximum FM (98.9 Mhz), radio généraliste
- Vision 2000 (99.3 Mhz), tête d’un réseau de radios qui couvre le pays
- Sweet FM (99.7 Mhz), station musicale
- Radio Métropole (100.1 Mhz), la radio des Widmaier qui soufflera en mars prochain ses quarante bougies.
- Magik9 (100.9 Mhz), station généraliste. Ci-devant Magik Stéréo, elle a été rachetée par Le Nouvelliste. Elle vient de lancer son site Internet.
- Univers FM (101.3 Mhz), station musicale
- Energie FM (101.7 Mhz), station généraliste
- Radio Nationale (102.1 Mhz), la version FM stéréo de la RNH, qui diffuse un programme entièrement musical.
- Zenith FM (102.5 Mhz), radio généraliste
- Radio Super Star (102.9 Mhz), la première station à émettre exclusivement ses programmes sur FM
- Mélodie FM (103.3 Mhz), dirigée par Marcus et Elsie Ethéart, elle a fêté ses 10 ans en septembre 2008.
- Inspiration FM (103.7 Mhz), station religieuse qui diffuse ses programmes sur la fréquence occupée préalablement par Radio Lakansyèl
- Radio Galaxie (104.5 Mhz), la station de Dadou Jean-Bart et d'Aruns Bellevue.
- RFM (104.9 Mhz), la station de Rotchild François Jr
- Radio Nationale (105.3 Mhz), la fréquence généraliste de la RNH.
- Radio Soleil (105.7 Mhz), la voix de l’Eglise catholique dans l’Archidiocèse de Port-au-Prince, qui a fêté ses 31 ans en avril dernier.
- Planèt Kreyòl (106.5 Mhz), l’OVNI de la bande FM, dirigé par Carl-Henri Desmornes.
- Kadans FM (106.9 Mhz), qui est revenue en ondes, après de longs mois d’absence
- Radio Solidarité (107.3 Mhz), la station de Venel Remarais, qui a célébré ses 10 ans le 30 octobre dernier.
- Scoop FM (107.7 Mhz), la toute dernière née de la bande FM. Dirigée par Gary Pierre-Paul Charles, elle ambitionne de devenir la première radio haitienne tout-info, 24 sur 24, 7 sur 7.
Friday, October 9, 2009
What Obama's Nobel Prize May Mean (Or Not)
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, October 9, 2009; 8:55 PM
Other than to say that President Obama was "surprised," the White House has declined to discuss the details of the early Friday morning phone call during which press secretary Robert Gibbs informed Obama that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize.
The official line from Obama is that he was "surprised and deeply humbled" by the news, and that a visit from one of his daughters, who equated in momentousness the awarding of the lofty prize and her puppy's birthday, helped him put things in perspective. The immediate blowback from the Republicans, and the history of attacks calling him an undeserved celebrity -- a political Paris Hilton -- probably provided all the perspective he needed.
"Well, this is not how I expected to wake up this morning," Obama said during a morning press conference in the Rose Garden.
The president didn't demonstrate much bounce in his step on his way to the podium (Gibbs did call early, after all) and when he was done speaking about how "the elimination of nuclear weapons may not be completed in my lifetime," he turned without answering any questions.
"What did your wife say?" one reporter shouted as he walked away.
"What will you do with the money, Mr. President?" another yelled.
"If I were sitting in that White House, this is not something I would have asked for today," said one former adviser to former President Bill Clinton, who did not want to be named addressing the awkward position of the White House. "It feeds into an image that his detractors want to portray of him."
Friday, October 9, 2009; 8:55 PM
Other than to say that President Obama was "surprised," the White House has declined to discuss the details of the early Friday morning phone call during which press secretary Robert Gibbs informed Obama that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize.
The official line from Obama is that he was "surprised and deeply humbled" by the news, and that a visit from one of his daughters, who equated in momentousness the awarding of the lofty prize and her puppy's birthday, helped him put things in perspective. The immediate blowback from the Republicans, and the history of attacks calling him an undeserved celebrity -- a political Paris Hilton -- probably provided all the perspective he needed.
"Well, this is not how I expected to wake up this morning," Obama said during a morning press conference in the Rose Garden.
The president didn't demonstrate much bounce in his step on his way to the podium (Gibbs did call early, after all) and when he was done speaking about how "the elimination of nuclear weapons may not be completed in my lifetime," he turned without answering any questions.
"What did your wife say?" one reporter shouted as he walked away.
"What will you do with the money, Mr. President?" another yelled.
"If I were sitting in that White House, this is not something I would have asked for today," said one former adviser to former President Bill Clinton, who did not want to be named addressing the awkward position of the White House. "It feeds into an image that his detractors want to portray of him."
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