Month: February 2010
US preps to halt post-earthquake migration of Haitians, just in case
US Coast Guard has 16 cutter ships near Haiti, in part to send Haitians the message ‘don’t try to flee.’ There’s been no sign of…
Haiti re-opens schools after killer earthquake
English.news.cn 2010-02-02 09:48:46 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) — Schools in Haiti’s capital city re-opened on Monday after the Jan. 12 killer earthquake as President Rene…
Bill Clinton pledges to improve Haiti aid distribution
Haiti faces a massive task helping those who lost homes and livelihoods in the recent earthquake, former US President Bill Clinton has admitted. Named by…
Dominican Republic copter crash kills 2 Americans on Haiti mission
(CNN) — The two people who died Thursday night when their helicopter crashed into a mountain in the Dominican Republic were friends who had left…
Baptist volunteers in Haiti charged with kidnapping
PORT-AU-PRINCE (BP)–A Haitian prosecutor Thursday charged 10 members of a Baptist volunteer team with child kidnapping and criminal association for allegedly not following the law…
Corruption alarms ring as billions are poured into shattered Haiti
NEW YORK // With billions of dollars already pledged for Haiti, anti-corruption experts have warned UN aid chiefs that unscrupulous officials and businessmen in the…
US commits to recover all bodies from Haiti hotel
By MIKE MELIA and MICHELLE FAUL The Associated Press Friday, February 5, 2010; 9:25 AM PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — An hour before the earthquake struck, 19-year-old…
GM Foundation donates 30 GMC pickups, cash to Haiti
While the rest of us mail checks, the General Motors Foundation is doing a lot more to help the earthquake victims of Haiti. It i…
In high court ruling on Haiti, Swiss make an awkward break with neutrality
By Eliane Engeler Thursday, February 4, 2010 GENEVA — In an embarrassment to Switzerland’s government, the country’s top court said Wednesday that at least $4.6…
The Politics of Disaster Relief: China, Taiwan and the Haitian Earthquake
By: Daniel Erikson After a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on January 12, the aftershock reached China in ways that few observers could have…
U.S. missionaries charged with kidnapping in Haiti
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Ten Americans who were detained last week while trying to take 33 Haitian children out of the country were charged Thursday…
Don’t rebuild Haiti; let’s re-imagine it.
By STEVEN VAN ZANDT | 2/2/10 5:02 AM EST As I watched “Meet the Press” host David Gregory recently ask former Presidents Bill Clinton and…
Analysis: Is Haiti’s René Préval buckling under? He should resign! Commentary added in article
February 03, 2010 -Olivia Ward: Haitian President René Préval has been rightly criticized for his refusal to rally the nation after Haiti’s devastating Jan. 12…
UN picks Clinton to head Haiti aid co-ordination
By Steven Edwards, Canwest News Service UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations on Wednesday named Bill Clinton as chief aid and reconstruction co-ordinator for earthquake-ravaged…
Frustration growing at Haiti aid bottlenecks
By PAISLEY DODDS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – The aid flooding into Haiti by plane and boat is not reaching earthquake victims quickly enough to stem…
Cowell’s Haiti charity single gets first airing
LONDON – A star-studded British single to raise money for victims of the earthquake in Haiti has had its first radio airplay. The cover of…
Daily Report- Titanyen , FEBRUARY 1, 2020
TITANYEN, FEBRUARY 1, 2020 Yesterday, I took part in a memorial service for over 50,000 of my Haitian friends, buried in a mass grave at …
Crowded Haiti camps exacerbate children’s health problems
By Peter Slevin Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, February 2, 2010; 1:39 PM PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Children are increasingly suffering health problems from the hardships…
Haiti earthquake: voodoo high priest claims aid monopolised by Christians
Haiti’s voodoo high priest has claimed believers have been discriminated against by evangelical Christians who are monopolizing aid sent to the earthquake-stricken country. Max Beauvoir,…