Month: May 2010
Rainy season threatens earthquake-battered Haiti With many displaced people still living in tent camps, floodwaters could wash away what the temblor didn’t destroy.-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
The first group of residents from the Petionville Club camp were bused to the dust-blown Corail Cesselesse campsite northwest of Port-au-Prince on April 10. (Liz…
Adopting Haitian children can mean a long wait: Silverhill family enjoyed fast push through ‘tiny window of opportunity’
By Press-Register Correspondent May 02, 2010, 8:01AM Bill Starling, Press-Register Staff Photographer—Chris and Natalie Lewis sit in February for a portrait with their 10 children…
FLASH FLOOD WARNING!!! Haiti to be innundated from above
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…
Scientology, Accused of Snooping on Celebs, Lashes Out at Anderson Cooper-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
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….
Gov. officials to report on Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
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…
In Haiti’s shattered capital, metal scavengers take to the streets-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
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,…
Illinois coroner helps ID bodies in Haiti
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…
Celebs flock to Haiti — but does it help? Celebs who flocked Haiti since the quake aren’t just show ponies. They’ve donated millions, and one is holed up in a tent city as its unofficial ‘mayor.’
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…
Tejada, Orioles have not forgotten Haiti Infielder presents aid check from team’s charitable foundation
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…
Haiti demands bribe to clear Stockton relief shipment-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
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…
Haiti’s Son Provides Source of Hope for Homeland Indianapolis Wide Receiver Pierre Garcon Distributes Free Food, Helps Rural Orphanage Provide Children Home
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…
Preparing Haiti for Exploitation and Plunder-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
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…
FLASH-FLASH-FLASH May 1, 2010 OBAMA PLANS HAITIAN VISIT
Michelle Obama’s recent sortie into Haiti was a mission to test the waters for a visit by President Obama. Secret Service representatives have already been…
Struggle goes on in Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
By Karen Middleton karen@athensnews-courier.com — Nearly five months later, the masonry roof of a destroyed building rests on debris a few feet off the ground…
STATE OF EMERGENCY/SIEGE SIMPLY A PROTECTION FOR PREVAL AGAINST JUSTIFIED PUBLIC OUTCRY AGAINST HIS CRIMES.
May 1, 2010 We have a very dangerous situation in place. The international community has effectively turned control of all funding to President Rene Preval,…
Vietnam’s Viettel Invests in Haiti’s Telecoms Market
Vietnam’s largest mobile network operator, Viettel has signed a deal to upgrade Haiti’s fixed line network in the country’s largest foreign direct investment after the…
MISSION OF HOPE GIVES HOPE – OPENS NEW PROSTHESIS FACILITY
APRIL 19, 2010 TETEYEN As one drives up the coastline, between Port-au-Prince and St. Marc, the journey traverses a wide, desolate plain between scrub-covered mountains…
Foreign minister Cannon to visit Haiti
OTTAWA — Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon announced Friday he will visit Haiti from May 5 to 7 to review reconstruction efforts following January’s devastating quake….