Haiti - Politic : New orientations of National Press

iciHaiti - Florida : Interception of a luxury yacht filled with Haitian migrants

iciHaiti - USA : An AC-130 military plane lands in Port-au-Prince

iciHaiti - FAES : Donation of a 375 KVa generator to La Paix Hospital

iciHaiti - Insecurity : The Varreux oil terminal blocked

iciHaiti - Politic : Considerable progress during the month of April

more news

Haiti - News : Zapping...

Haiti - FLASH : Royal Caribbean cancels its stopovers in Haiti until the fall

Haiti - UN : Update on sources of illicit weapons and financial flows

Haiti - FLASH: In Geneva, Haiti calls for help from the UN for the restitution by France of the independence debt

Haiti - FLASH : «J-1» Installation of the CPT and election of the President-coordinator

more news

Haiti - Politic : New orientations of National Press
27/05/2012 09:00:22

Ady Jean Gardy, the Minister of Communications has installed Friday, May 25, 2012 a new National Director to the National Press (Presses Nationales), Mr. Fritzner Beauzile, in replacement of Pierre Robert Auguste [entrepreneur and renowned journalist]. When leaving his post, Mr. Pierre Robert Auguste, who will be appointed, according to the Minister "to new responsibilities of State," has indicated, in a spontaneous speech, the results achieved during his term [less than 6 months], to improve employee salaries, renovate structures of National Press, facilitate a more open relationship with clients of the institution and provide a better rigorous training to staff.

In his speech, the Minister of Communication, congratulated Mr. Augustus for his outstanding efforts in favor of the National Press, his leadership and the multiplication of initiatives to improve services of the institution.

Ady Jean Gardy has focused on the new orientations that he intends to see develop within the national press following the instructions of Head of State and Prime Minister :

The technological orientation towards an adaptation to new information technologies for secure electronic transmission of official documents, facilitating the promotion of remote procedures "key elements of a truly modern E-governance"
The orientation towards a legal reform that must introduce in the Haitian law new concepts in order to give to the electronic document the qualities recognized to the paper documents, starting with the State Press.
The orientation infra-structural determinant, for the historic building of the National Press where the equipment are, rotary and and press color to the Rue du Centre, be completely renovated in order repatriate the administrative staff that is in Petion Ville, since January 12, 2010.
The orientation of human resources whose conditions of work and life should be improved.
The orientation of historical research, to renew the tradition of publication of Laws and Acts and Balances of the Government halted for over 50 years.
The orientation of the training and exchanges with national experts and international partners.

Mr. Fritzner Beauzile, the new Director General, said he was aware of the task ahead and the many challenges and promised, with the assistance of the Government and its supervising Minister, to endow the institution of adequate material means and appropriate resources in order to improve the quality of production. He rely on the whole public administration, the first legal clients, to attract new funds and gaps the deficit of National Press. He supports the idea of outgoing Director General, to create a School of Printing for Haitian youth and to have launched the Book Fair. Mr. Beauzile promised to the Minister of Communication all his cooperate in the exercise of its mission.

Learn more about the National Press :
According to Minister Ady Jean Gardy, the National Press preserve a tradition of 300 years, since before Independence with the "Gazette Officielle de Saint-Domingue" replaced by the "Gazette Politique et Commerciale d'Hayti" which had the mission of publish Decrees, Orders and Acts of the founder of the Nation Jean-Jacques Dessalines.

The National Press was founded by Dessalines, November 15, 1804. In 1807, they published under the Government of Pétion, "La Sentinelle" and "The Le Télégraphe" under Boyer, while the monarchy of King Henri Christophe in the north, is endowed with the same structures for the publication of the "Gazette Royale d'Hayti" The Minister explained that it was February 8, 1845, under the presidency of Philippe Guerrier tha twas founded the newspaper "Le Moniteur", Official Gazette of the Republic of Haiti, printed since this date by the Haitian state. Le Moniteur and the national press known as "Imprimerie de l’État", then became two separate entities that merged in 1938 on the urging of President Sténio Vincent.

In 1965 the President François Duvalier definitely changed the name of "Imprimerie de l'État" in "Presses Nationales" under the control of the Ministry of Information and Public Relations. Today the National Press are under the Ministry of Communications headed by the founder of the Haitian Press Federation, Mr. Ady Jean Gardy.

HL/ HaitiLibre