Month: May 2010
No shelter from the storms for Haiti quake victims
By BEN FOX (AP) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A hurricane season predicted to be one of the wettest on record opens Tuesday in the Caribbean, where…
Haiti: Protests demand Preval resign
By Kim Ives Protest in support of ousted Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on March 22 in Port au Prince. Aristide’s Lavalas party, Haiti’s most popular,…
Low Cost Housing-Bamboo may be the answer-
One of Haiti’s needs is low cost housing now in great numbers. Taiwanese experts opened a school in Marmelade, (Beauche) Haiti. Rene Preval, Haiti’s president…
UN archive captures the horrors and heroism of the Haitian quake
28 May 2010 – Amelia Shaw lost colleagues and friends in an instant on 12 January when an earthquake toppled the headquarters of the United…
Haiti before and after the quake-A tale of aid gone wrong
by Geoff Olson photos by Elaine Briere David Putt, a retired agrologist/geologist from Nelson, BC, stands before a display of artwork from Port-au-Prince. The semi-abstract…
Le dernier montage de Rene Preval
Rene Preval avait planifie avec Rene Momplaisir et Jean Philippe Jean Baptiste alias Samba Boukman un montage pour ficeler les membres de l’opposition et maitriser…
World Bank cancels Haiti’s debt
WASHINGTON — The World Bank said Friday it had cancelled Haiti’s remaining debt to help the impoverished country recover from a devastating earthquake four months…
Helping rebuild Haiti enhances Taiwan’s image
Taipei, May 28 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou said Friday that helping reconstruct Haiti has effectively enhanced Taiwan’s global image and described it as a major…
Taiwan announces Haiti debt relief plan
Taipei, May 28 (CNA) Taiwan will pay about US$12-13 million in interest on loans to Haiti and the quake-ravaged country will not have to make…
FLASH-FLASH-FLASH Evening – MAY 27, 2010 PREVAL HAS TEAM STAGE PHONY ATTACK ON HIS RESIDENCE
Residents of Tomasin, a suburb above Petionville, heard a short burst of gunfire this evening. There was nothing to worry about. It was just another…
Monsieur Amos Durosier Directeur General de l’ULCC
Port-au-Prince, le 25 mai 2010 Monsieur Amos Durosier Directeur General de l’ULCC En ses Bureaux Monsieur le Directeur Général, Certains faits troublants dans la gestion…
US predicts busy hurricane season
As many as 14 hurricanes could hit the Atlantic basin this year, the top US climate agency says. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)…
Haiti Recovery Evolving, but Resolution Years Away-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Nearly five months ago the massive earthquake in Haiti changed everything for the nation’s population and the relief workers who flooded in to help them….
On Haiti, Why Did UN Conceal Jail Slaughter, Shoot Into University?
By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, May 26 — Since the January earthquake in Haiti, the UN has said publicly that it is partnering with…
Cash for Clinton — in the U.N.’s New Haiti Peacekeeping Budget
The United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in battered Haiti is one of the most expensive in the world — and it’s about to get even more…
UN to apologize for troops on Haitian university campus
Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — The United Nations planned to issue an apology Tuesday for peacekeeping troops breaching a Port-au-Prince university during an anti-government protest that…
Slaughter in Les Cayes-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Even by the grim standards of Haiti, the prison massacre in Les Cayes after the Jan. 12 earthquake is chilling. According to an investigation in…
Haiti state-run telecom’s distant savior: Vietnam-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – In one of the few offices of Teleco Haiti that survived January’s catastrophic earthquake, the customer service agents sit idle. The state-run…
Haiti, not oil spill, is main storm season worry-Added COMMETNARY By Haitian-Truth
By JENNIFER KAY Associated Press Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A hurricane might help break up the oil spill staining the Gulf of Mexico, but…
La faille d’Enriquillo se réactiverait-elle ? Une secousse de magnitude 4.0 à quelques hectomètres de Léogâne, suivie d’une de magnitude 4.4, dans le Golfe de Gonâve.
La faille d’Enriquillo se réactiverait-elle ? Une secousse de magnitude 4.0 à quelques hectomètres de Léogâne, suivie d’une de magnitude 4.4, dans le Golfe de…