Month: March 2010
Lawmakers Question Direct U.S. Aid to Haiti
Manuel Quinones, CNC News Now that House and Senate lawmakers have approved measures calling for the elimination of Haiti’s foreign debts, they face a more…
Former official of the Republic of Haiti pleaded guilty to money laundering
MIAMI, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) – A former official of the Republic of Haiti’s state-owned national telecommunications company pleaded guilty to a money laundering conspiracy, prosecutors…
Released aid workers in Haiti are Czech, Belgian-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
PRAGUE — An official says two European aid workers kidnapped in Haiti and later released were from the Czech Republic and Belgium. Lucia Duricova of…
Lack of doctors, rehab threaten Haitians’ recovery
Haitians injured in the January earthquake face leaving hospitals for camps that lackrehabilitation facilities. BY FRANCES ROBLES frobles@MiamiHerald.com FOND PARISIEN, Haiti — In the turmoil…
Kidnapping raises risks for aid workers in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The first kidnappings of aid workers in Haiti jolted the thousands-strong foreign relief operation in the quake-torn nation Thursday, adding to the staggering…
Lost in the ruins: Haiti’s best and brightest
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — They kept the books, had the training and fixed the computers. They were the educated few of Haiti, an up-and-coming generation of…
Haitian president drops the ball on addressing corruption concerns
RENÉ PRÉVAL, president of Haiti, has been in Washington discussing how to help his earthquake-ravaged country ahead of a major international donors conference this month….
WOW – EX-PREVAL SUPPORTER TURNS-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Haiti’s President; Hat In Hand By Richard Morse I read somewhere that Haitian President Rene Preval was heading to Washington to meet with President Barack…
Hospital ship USNS Comfort sailing home from Haiti
By Steve Sternberg, USA TODAY The U.S. Navy hospital ship Comfort pulled up anchor Tuesday in Port-au-Prince and began the long trip home to Baltimore,…
Clinton joins call for quick Haiti elections-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Clinton joins call for quick Haiti elections (AFP) – 3 hours ago WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined Haitian President Rene Preval…
Voodoo practitioners shrug off blame for Haitian quake
In a whirl of limbs and with eyes bulging, the woman is helped to a squat in the ramshackle shed and starts cackling maniacally like…
BOSTON GLOBE Give Haiti control over its recovery-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
By Monika Kalra Varma and Loune Viaud | March 8, 2010 SINCE JANUARY’S devastating earthquake in Haiti, well-meaning experts have proposed an abundance of short-term…
OBITUARY 0345 HOURS 8 MAR 2010
I am sleeping on a 2 inch foam pad, spread on the floor of my office. The others are sleeping outside on the terrace. No…
Agencies give shelter to half of Haiti’s homeless-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Aid agencies say they have delivered emergency shelter to half of the 1.3 million people in need following the Jan. 12 earthquake…
LOS ANGELES TIMES Haiti, after ‘the event’ A TRULY CHARMING SERIES OF COMMENTS – HAITIAN-TRUTH.ORG
Susan Silk is a Detroit-area psychologist in private practice. But for years, she has had another life as well. As Michigan coordinator of the American…
Governor general to mark women’s day in Haiti
MONTREAL — Haitian-born governor general Michaelle Jean will mark International Women’s Day on Monday in Haiti, as the impoverished nation struggles to rebuild two months…
US troops withdrawing en masse from Haiti
By BEN FOX and JENNIFER KAY (AP) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — U.S. troops are withdrawing from the shattered capital, leaving many Haitians anxious that the most…
What happens to Haiti when ‘the good doctors’ leave? TENS OF THOUSANDS WILL DIE BECAUSE OF PREVAL’S CALCULATED INDIFFERENCE-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
By Joel Rubin March 7, 2010 Reporting from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti The line of patients at this city’s battered General Hospital forms early. The sick come…
FLASH- FLASH – PREVAL UPDATE March 6, 2010 PREVAL WILL FACE AN ANGRY OBAMA WEDNESDAY
Congresswoman Maxine Waters headed mission to Haiti this week. The American team included President Clinton’s man, responsible for reconstruction of Haiti. These visitors accompanied by…
FLASH–FLASH–FLASH March 5 2010-PREVAL ORDERED TO WASHINGTON 10 MARCH. CALLED BY OBAMA AFTER EXPLOSIVE FIASCO WITH ADMIRAL MULLEN AND STATE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTATIVE REGARDING HIS (PREVAL’S) LACK OF INTEGRITY.
Government representative voiced shock at President Rene Garcia Preval’s uncontrolled outburst during a meeting with Admiral Mullen, Commander SOUTHCOM, and Hillary Clinton’s personal representative. Preval…