Freedom of the Seas - Labadee issues today

[verofrisch]

As of 6:30 am RC dock at Labadee no sign of protestors.

[Cuizer2]

I wonder where it came from

 

A Coast Guard heliport.

Edited January 26, 2016 by Cuizer2

[Cuizer2]

I am currently on Allure of the Seas and we are docking at Labadee right now. Don't see any boats or protests.

 

 

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You don't see any boats? When did the Allure loose all of its lifeboats? :eek:

[Cuizer2]

Can anyone locate Allure in Labadee on a ship tracking site? I can't find her anywhere.

 

Look near the pier ...

 

Edited January 26, 2016 by Cuizer2

[John&LaLa]

You don't see any boats? When did the Allure loose all of its lifeboats? :eek:

 

See post 301

 

We really shouldn't encourage you

Edited January 26, 2016 by John&LaLa

[Cuizer2]

See post 301

 

We really shouldn't encourage you

 

That is what my former supervisor would tell people. :p

[loudbmw]

Just back on board the Allure after a wonderful day in Labadee. No sign of any protestors. We did notice a visible uniformed police presence on shore we haven't seen previously.

 

Everything appeared to up and running except for the jet skis. Most of the shore side personnel were mum on the subject on the protests.

[John&LaLa]

Just back on board the Allure after a wonderful day in Labadee. No sign of any protestors. We did notice a visible uniformed police presence on shore we haven't seen previously.

 

Everything appeared to up and running except for the jet skis. Most of the shore side personnel were mum on the subject on the protests.

 

How about para sailing

[doones2]

Can anyone locate Allure in Labadee on a ship tracking site? I can't find her anywhere.

 

So do you think they are lying? They arent really on Labadee? Crazy!!!!!

[loudbmw]

How about para sailing

 

I didn't look but I don't recall seeing them out.

Edited January 26, 2016 by loudbmw

[verofrisch]

Trust me they were at Labadee. Was confirmed by friends of mine leaving in Cap Haitian the main town 15 minutes from Labadee.

[Cuizer2]

Trust me they were at Labadee. Was confirmed by friends of mine leaving in Cap Haitian the main town 15 minutes from Labadee.

 

Fifteen minutes how? By rowboat? By walking? By sailboat? By running? By powerboat?

[time4u2go]

Fifteen minutes how? By rowboat? By walking? By sailboat? By running? By powerboat?

 

Cap Haitien is about a 15 minute drive from Labadee.

[jtdlmc]

So do you think they are lying? They arent really on Labadee? Crazy!!!!!

 

 

I was a little curious after the first person posted, not after 3 had posted and wanted to verify before passing the information on. There is the odd person here on this anonymous community that isn't quite as honest as you and likes to stir the pot the odd time!!! Thanks for your great contribution to the conversation!!! Crazy!!!! [emoji849]

Edited January 27, 2016 by jtdlmc

[Cuizer2]

Found this regarding Labadee ...

 

http://cruiseradio.net/royal-caribbeans-labadee-problem/

 

Words matter, and nowhere in the cruise world is that becoming more clear than at Labadee, Royal Caribbean’s beloved beach resort.

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Haiti does, however, have good reason to want to see the ships continue docking, as the Christian Science Monitor reported back in 2007 that Royal Caribbean had been the largest travel-based revenue generator for the country for over a decade.

[payankee]

So what are they protesting in that particular area? Are they upset that some of their fellow countrymen lucked out and scored a job with RCI and they want to sabotage that? Are they protesting rich tourist showing up in their country and they want to sabotage that and, again, hurt their own countrymen who are making a living off of the tourists?

 

What does protesting in the harbor around Labadee accomplish?

 

 

Haiti delays presidential runoff again in electoral dispute

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A protester carries a tire to burn during a street protest after it was announced that the runoff Jan. 24, presidential election had been postponed, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, Jan. 22, 2016. The Provisional Electoral Council in Haiti has postponed the election amid escalating protests by the opposition, which claims the first round was marred by fraud in favor of a government-backed candidate. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

 

 

 

 

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Posted: Friday, January 22, 2016 9:44 pm | Updated: 12:30 am, Tue Jan 26, 2016.

Associated Press |

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A presidential runoff that had already been delayed once and faced deep public skepticism was put on hold indefinitely Friday, as Haiti's leaders sought to negotiate a resolution to what threatens to become a constitutional crisis.

The Provisional Electoral Council decided to postpone Sunday's vote because there is "too much violence throughout the country," council president Pierre-Louis Opont said at a news conference. In recent days, a number of election offices across the impoverished nation have been burned and the capital has been rocked by violent opposition protests calling for a halt to the runoff.

The council did not set a new date for the vote. It also did not say whether an interim government would take power after Feb. 7, when President Michel Martelly is required to leave office under the Constitution, or if he would remain until a replacement is elected.

Martelly had been expected to address the issue in a speech to the nation Friday evening, but he canceled his address as thousands of protesters erected flaming barricades, smashed car windows and hurled rocks at police in Port-au-Prince. Instead an extraordinary council of ministers was convened to discuss public order and security.

Government opponents have insisted that the first round of presidential balloting Oct. 25 was marred by massive fraud in favor of the president's hand-picked successor, businessman Jovenel Moise. The runoff was originally supposed to be held Dec. 27, then rescheduled for Sunday.

Jude Celestin, also a businessman and the other candidate in the runoff, said he would boycott the vote, though his name remained on the ballot.

Neither candidate immediately returned phone messages seeking response to the electoral council's decision. In a statement, Celestin's "Group of Eight" opposition alliance welcomed the "fighting spirit of the Haitian people."

Protests have grown increasingly violent in recent days, prompting the council to conclude it was too risky to try to hold the vote. Haiti has only a shaky handle on security even with the assistance of troops and police from a U.N. peacekeeping force that has been in the country since a 2004 uprising ousted then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

Schools that serve as election centers and voting stations in various towns have been attacked and set on fire in recent days, and election materials in a border town were hijacked by gunmen, Opont said.

Recent opposition-stoked protests in Port-au-Prince have ramped up the tension with rock-throwing partisans and burning street barricades.

Thousands of demonstrators cheered in celebration Friday after hearing the vote would be postponed. Groups of mostly young men then proceeded to Petionville, a hillside district that is home to some of Haiti's wealthiest citizens, where they smashed windows, set vehicles alight and threw rocks at riot police. Security guards fired into the air.

In the evening, the smoldering remnants of scores of flaming barricades could be seen in downtown Port-au-Prince. Motorists were forced to swerve around burnt tires, shattered glass and piles of rocks, but roadside eateries began to reopen.

There has been growing concern that a flawed runoff might push the perennially volatile country of 10 million people to the edge of tumult, rolling back a decade of relative political stability and putting the brakes on foreign investment.

Elections are always a struggle in Haiti. It saw its first genuinely democratic election in 1990, closely followed by a coup d'etat. While there have been no shortage of opposition boycotts since, this is the first time that a presidential candidate is boycotting a runoff after qualifying for it.

Celestin recently told The Associated Press that Haiti was "moving toward a selection, not an election." He said the U.S. and other foreign governments that monitor Haiti were complicit for supporting flawed elections.

Haiti's Senate and various religious, business and civil-society groups had called for a halt to Sunday's runoff due to public suspicion of fraud and concerns about instability.

Martelly had said the runoff would go on as scheduled and accused the opposition of trying to derail the vote with bogus accusations so a transitional government they would dominate could be set up.

Edited January 31, 2016 by payankee