By AOPA ePublishing staff Co-chairs of the House and Senate General Aviation Caucuses, Reps. Vernon Ehlers (R-Mich.) and Allen Boyd (D-Fla.) and Sens. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Mike Johanns (R-Neb.), along with co-sponsors introduced a concurrent resolution this week that recognizes GA’s contributions to the Haiti relief effort in the wake of the devastating...
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The drive down from Stamford, Conn., to the Jets‘ Florham, Park, N.J., facility took about an hour and a half on Thursday. With a driver doing the navigating, Vladimir Ducasse — all 6-foot-4 and 332 pounds of him — was able to relax in the backseat and chat on his phone to old friends...
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By SARAH LARIMER Associated Press Writer The Coast Guard has yet to see a noticeable change in migration trends from Haiti following a deadly earthquake in the Caribbean nation earlier this year, officials said Wednesday.Coast Guard commandant Adm. Thad Allen said authorities have monitored the displaced population of Port-au-Prince and the areas affected by...
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President Rene Preval is – at this very moment – involved with a convoluted series of negotiations that he hopes will see him step down from power while retaining the hundreds of millions he has stolen from Haiti’s treasury. He is also requesting immunity for his wife Elizabeth Delatour, from prosecution for...
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Food Aid Hurts Haiti’s Farmers Helping in a crisis can pose dilemma for local farmers and merchants Steve Baragona | Artibonite Valley, Haiti29 April 2010 Photo: VOA – S. Baragona Rice farmers can be adversely affected by food aid. About three hours north of Port-au-Prince, the Artibonite Valley is the center of Haiti’s rice...
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Dr. Jeannie Beauchamp, left, performs dental work on a patient during her visit to Haiti last week. The doctor faces three to six years in jail for trying to take medication out of the country without the proper documents. Clarksville dentist Karyl Jean Beauchamp thought she was going to Haiti on April 18 to...
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By Ken Ellingwood, Los Angeles Times April 29, 2010 Reporting from Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti Displaced and homeless, the 10,000 earthquake victims crowding the school grounds of the Lycee Jean Jacques are feeling the sting of a new label: unwanted guests. Administrators and students at the private high school are eager to resume classes after a...
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BRASILIA, Brazil — Haiti’s leader on Monday called for an influx of international aid to organize elections this year as the impoverished Caribbean country rebuilds from the January earthquake that devastated the capital. President Rene Preval made the comments after meeting with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the close of a...
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The government has moved a step closer to making it easier to return illicitly acquired funds deposited in Switzerland to their country of origin. A news release from the Swiss foreign ministry on Wednesday said a draft law has been drawn up that will make it possible to use ill-gotten gains for public benefit...
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By Henry Brier Editor April 29, 2010, 12 a.m. - The U.S.-led relief effort in earthquake-torn Haiti fell under sharp criticism Wednesday eve as two non-government organizations drew down the largest stakeholder’s help, saving their praise for aid contributed by Cuba and Venezuela. Manager-less refugee camps, sexual violence against women, spreading disease, and lack...
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