Americans want to help Haiti; Democrats control the U.S. Congress; the Haitian Parliament has passed legislation saying Haitian workers should be paid at least $5 a day; and specific legislation that provides preferential access to the U.S. market to garments from Haiti is already U.S. law. Therefore, the following policy reform ought to be...
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By Frank Bajak (CP) – 6 hours ago PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti has handed U.S. officials six orphans its police seized over the weekend as they were about to board a plane for the United States, a top Haitian official said Tuesday. Social Welfare agency chief Jeanne Bernard Pierre would not say exactly when...
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This is Wendy Harman from the American Red Cross. Perhaps we have not communicated clearly enough – we have SO FAR spent $80 million of the $276 million donated to Haiti relief in Haiti. The $80 million has been spent on immediate relief needs – water, food, shelter, basic supplies and health support. Every...
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Ayinde O. Chase – AHN Editor Port-au-Prince, Haiti (AHN) – A second aftershock in as many days struck Haiti on Tuesday. The early morning 4.7-magnitude jolt was centered 20 miles west-southwest of the capital of Port-au-Prince. People awoke with a jolt at 1:26 a.m. on Tuesday. The latest in a series of mild tremors...
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Dimitri Vorbe is in control of customs at Haiti’s International Airport. Of course, this is illegal but it would not have become public – international knowledge -had it not been for a particularly stupid move, even for President Preval. The Mexican Government sent a big load of medical supplies for the Haitian people. It...
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