Despite billions of US dollars in pledges and an unprecedented humanitarian drive, it is likely too late to avert a second disaster in quake-hit Haiti, a top US aid co-ordinator has warned. Tents and tarpaulins are simply not enough to protect tens of thousands of Haitians from the coming rains and hurricanes, and a...
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Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will travel to Haiti next week to meet with government officials and others who are involved in the restoration efforts after the country was hit by a 7.0 earthquake in January. The two will make the trip on behalf of the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund, which...
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March 18, 2010: Omega News is in the process of publishing a report concerning the contract Awarded to Sogener ( Vorbe et Fils V&F Construction) and DRC Group an Alabama Corporation. The contract of 100 million dollars US is a conflict of interest when the Wife of President Rene Preval: Elizabeth Delatour Preval is:...
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Prime Minister Bellerive squanders what little is left of his reputation by pressing for funding of a new dock facility in Port-de-Paix. He wants his government to back the project which will only benefit the cocaine traffic in the area. Port-de-Paix has become a key element in the drug flow into the States and...
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By Joel R Deeb CEO Omega Consultants & World News Political and Security Consultant on Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean deebjr@omegamilitaryconsultant.com deebjr@aol.com 202-239-6567 March 15, 2010 His name is Amaral Duclona. His dwelling today is a prison cell in France, where he awaits trial for the murder of a citizen of that country,...
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By Savannah Savary Figaro, and Roméo Halloun Translated from French to English by Paul Sanon Ayiti, Pearl of the islands, or Republic of Haiti are various names that are ascribed to this phenomenal corner of the globe. Seen by many as symbol of freedom, and emblem of hope, ironically, Haiti is also known for...
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When I first entered the chapel of worship inside Haiti’s main national penitentiary – or central jail – I found it difficult to make sense of the sight before me. The ceiling was inexplicably festooned with plastic bags and scraps of cloth. I had obtained access to the prison to investigate the aftermath of...
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By DANIEL J. WAKIN Published: March 17, 2010 Lang Lang, the celebrity pianist; Christoph Eschenbach, the conductor; and the Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra are taking the stage at Carnegie Hall on Sunday night in a concert trumpeted as a fund-raiser for the earthquake-ravaged Haiti. But what ticket buyers may not realize is that far more...
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Are the countries that normally foot the U.N.’s bills drawing a line in Haiti? There are some unsettling signs to consider, weeks before the start of an international donors’ conference on March 31 that is reportedly expected to face requests for more than $11.5 billion to rebuild the shattered island. Even before the mammoth...
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