Rene Preval has irritated so many Haitians, with his open and obvious grab for dictatorial power that a collection of widely diverse groups will stage a major demonstration against President Preval and his band of criminals. Preval has managed to initiate a State Of Siege that gives him absolute power, if one reads the...
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Dr. Bill Harden of Rocky Mount, right, works with Lisette Derius, 68, during a medical clinic by volunteers with the North Carolina Baptist Men Disaster Relief team in Cabaret, Haiti Friday May 7, 2010. Helping out is Stephen Winchell with ALERT, a Christian training and service organization. ETHAN HYMAN – ehyman@newsobserver.com BY MARTHA QUILLIN...
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By Robert Sanchez | Daily Herald Staff A month after Haiti was devastated by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake, Raymond Joseph returned to his native country to see the widespread destruction. “I am not very emotional,” said Joseph, Haiti’s ambassador to the United States. “But when I saw what happened, I cried.” Through his tears, Joseph...
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April 2. 2010 2:39PM GMT The quake destroyed his house, but Milot Beaubrun managed to save the little bureau that constitutes his lottery business, which he set it up in the middle of a settlement camp in Tapis Rouge. Daniel Cima for The National January’s earthquake may have reduced much of Port-au-Prince to rubble,...
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By FRANK BAJAK (AP) – 8 hours ago PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Six Haitian children cling to Lt. Ben Stollerman’s hands, sleeves and fatigue pants as the U.S. Navy engineer negotiates one of Haiti’s biggest camps for earthquake refugees. “I feel like the Pied Piper,” he says, grinning as he takes a break from pointing...
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JOSHUA WOLFSON Casper Star-Tribune | Posted: Friday, May 7, 2010 12:00 am CASPER — A Casper man whose geodesic dome design was used for a Haitian field hospital wants to use the same concept to develop housing for earthquake refugees. “They really have a hunger to be able to do this on their own,”...
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