1715 Hours May 2, 2010 and a few drop of rain spotted the dusty glass table on our patio. The droplets increased, forcing us to go inside. 1730 the rain has accelerated rapidly intermittent bolts of lightning with a FLASH – BANG interval of second, or less, telling me the strikes are very close....
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Cult leaders are worried about defector Amy Scobee’s new book, out later this month, which alleges that church leaders snoop in celebrity files for fun. Responding, in the Daily News, spokesman Tommy Davis also spared some ire for Anderson Cooper. The story, in the Rush and Molloy gossip column, alleges that the ‘church’ leader...
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By Max HarroldMay 2, 2010 12:02 PM PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI; JANUARY 19, 2010 — Patients wait for treatment by international volunteers at the Family Health Ministries clinic in Cité Soleil, Port au Prince, Haiti, Tuesday January 19, 2009, seven days after a magnitude 7 earthquake that hit the country. Many of the people...
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Metal scavenging and salvaging in Haiti In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, recovery is ongoing and any sense of normal life is still being pursued. To that end, foraging for metal to sell has become a common pursuit for villagers. By Manuel Roig-Franzia Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, April 29, 2010 PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — They pound concrete....
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Brad Targhetta, back row, in center, and some of his team outside the collapsed building in Haiti. (Brad B. Targhetta/P-D) BY GREG JONSSON ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH 05/02/2010 BRIGHTON — Among the relief efforts directed to Haiti after the devastating earthquake there in January were teams dedicated to providing a less obvious kind of help:...
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BY TRENTON DANIEL tdaniel@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — Only hours earlier, Michelle Obama had drawn a purple fish for a bunch of kids in a school bus-turned-classroom outside a forlorn tent city. Now here was another celebrity — beefy bodyguards in tow — wandering the same dusty grounds. “I’m Ben,” said Ben Stiller, looking like a...
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Infielder presents aid check from team’s charitable foundation By Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com BALTIMORE — Prior to Friday’s series opener against the Red Sox, infielder Miguel Tejada presented Project Medishare with a check for $25,000 from the Orioles Charitable Foundation to assist in its relief efforts in Haiti.The morning after the earthquake, Tejada was busy tracking down...
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Courtesy Rob Connor, head of maintenance at Quail Lakes Baptist Church, loads relief supplies onto an 18-wheeler bound for Miami and Haiti. By Michael Fitzgerald Record Columnist May 02, 2010 12:00 AM We’re used to various forms of legalized bribery in the American political process. Far less often do we encounter officials blatantly demanding...
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Lyons/Getty Pierre Garcon, whose parents were born in Haiti, proudly displays country’s flag after Colts’ 20-3By Jeff Glor Indianapolis Colt Pierre Garcon gives out food in Haiti. (CBS) The “CBS Evening News” anchor returns to Haiti three months after a devastating earthquake struck the country (CBS) After Pierre Garcon caught the winning touchdown pass...
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Stephen Lendman – Writer Preparing Haiti for Exploitation and Plunder – by Stephen Lendman Over 15 weeks post-quake, Haiti’s imperial takeover is proceeding. It began straightaway after the calamity, Haitians victimized by denied aid, appalling repression, and now dispossession of their land, homes, and communities. More on that below. On April 16, The New...
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