Month: January 2010
Haiti earthquake: ‘100,000-500,000 may be dead’ 70% of structures collapsed in affected areas
By Channel 4 News Confusion reigns in the impoverished Carribean island state of Haiti as the true scale of the earthquake remains unknown but appears…
Iran condoles Haitians over the tragic earthquake
Tehran- Iran issued a statement expressing deep regret over a catastrophic earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday The Iranian people and government express their commiseration…
Much of Haiti’s capital destroyed by earthquake-tremors still happening
By Jonathan M. Katz The Associated Press Posted: 01/13/2010 01:00:00 AM MST The presidential palace in Port-au- Prince was reduced to ruins in the earthquake. (Lisandro…
Haiti: Earthquake Situation Report #1 Fresh quakes in the early hours of the 13th
This report was issued by the Office of the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs in New York. The next report will be issued on or around…
Entire Hospital Collapses In 7.3 Magnitude Haiti Earthquake
A very powerful earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.3, hit the country of Haiti on Tuesday. It has been reported that a hospital has collapsed…
Viettel spends $59 million to buy Haiti’s Teleco
06:38′ 12/01/2010 (GMT+7) This affair is scheduled to complete in April 2010, marking the overseas expansion of Viettel, after it arrived in Laos and Cambodia….
La communauté internationale rechigne à délier les cordons de la bourse !
Le Conseil électoral provisoire (CEP) s’impatiente de la lenteur de la communauté internationale à honorer ses promesses d’aide financière. Dans une interview au Matin ce…
The Western Union Company and Multi-Platinum Grammy-Award Winning Recording Artist Wyclef Jean Announce Strategic Alliance
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Nov 09, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU), a leader in the money transfer segment of global payments, officially…
Haitian extradited in French consul’s death
Associated Press 2010-01-09 05:50 AM Haitian gang leader Amaral Duclona has been extradited to France. Dominican anti-drug agency spokesman Roberto Lebron says Duclona left from…
Entreprises publiques : quoi faire finalement ?
Les positions diffèrent grandement sur la privatisation des entreprises publiques haïtiennes. Pour certains, c’est le plus grand mal qui pourrait arriver au pays, tandis que,…
Police: 3-year-old American abducted in Haiti
Associated Press January 9, 2010 2010-01-09 08:09 AM Authorities are searching for a 3-year-old U.S. citizen abducted last month from a church yard in Port-au-Prince….
Comfort Inn plans Haiti hotel in tourism revival
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti Choice Hotels is opening the first chain hotels to serve Haiti in almost a decade. A spokesman for the Maryland-based company said Thursday…
Haitian extradited in French consul’s death
Associated Press 2010-01-09 05:50 AM Haitian gang leader Amaral Duclona has been extradited to France. Dominican anti-drug agency spokesman Roberto Lebron says Duclona left from…
UN Rep: Haiti’s Future Depends on Smooth Elections
January 7, 2010 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 7:16 p.m. ET PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s democratic and economic development hinge on a pair…
59 MILLIONS DE DOLLARS POUR LA PRIVATISATION DE LA TELECO.
NTS NEWS – NEW YORK DAYBOOK JANUARY 8, 2010 Le Conseil de modernisation des entreprises publiques (CEMEP) a annoncé mercredi que dans le cadre du…
PREVAL POCKETS $10,000,000 IN TELECO DEAL
According to the Haiti Press Network, Vietnam’s Viettel Corporation has submitted the sole qualifying bid for 70% of the equity of the state-run telco Telecommunications…
ALL OF THE POO ISN’T IN HAITIAN POLITICS!! Group seeks answers to Haiti’s woes in its toilets
By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN STORY HIGHLIGHTS · SOIL facilitates the construction of toilets that compost human waste to be used as fertilizer · Only…
Haiti: UN helps in preparations for legislative elections
5 January 2010 –The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) is helping the impoverished Caribbean country prepare for upcoming legislative elections, providing secondary support…
OAS OBSERVER STUNNED BY PREVAL’S CONCEPT OF FREE ELECTION
Foreign observer reads Preval’s plan for a fair election, utilizing a CEP that includes his ex-mistress. The observer was seen to falter, then slide to…