The crippled seaport in Haiti’s capital, critical to getting the country back on its feet, is mired in cronyism, waste, scandal and inertia. BY JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — The day the ground buckled, a $3.2 million crane crashed into the water off this country’s main seaport, the pier crumbled and cracked containers spilled...
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Interview de Stevens Mokgalapa, député de l’Alliance Démocratique (DA) avec Mme Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, ministre des Relations internationales et de la Coopération en Afrique du Sud 08/07/2010 Source : .forumhaiti.com Stevens Mokgalapa, député de l’Alliance Démocratique (DA) a posé à Mme Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, ministre des Relations internationales et de la Coopération en Afrique du Sud une question parlementaire...
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By DR. ANTHONY ALESSI For The Norwich Bulletin Posted Jul 17, 2010 @ 11:30 PM Last update Jul 17, 2010 @ 11:32 PM Scorching sun beats down on a group of Haitian men as they unload 5,000 bags of rice. Amazingly, each man carries up to four sacks weighing 55 pounds each. The laborers...
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By Jane Elliott Health reporter, BBC News Operation. Pic: Merlin/Jeroen Oerlemans Merlin orthopaedic and plastic surgeons operate on a survivor Six months ago, scores of British surgeons were among those who flew in from around the world to treat the wounded victims of the Haiti earthquake. Those medics are now determined that the world...
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Jul 17, 2010 SMALL EARTHQUAKE SHAKES MOLE ST. NICHOLAS At approximately 0300 hours a small earthquake shook Mole Saint Nicholas in Haiti’s northwest. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey reports a light, magnitude-4.3 earthquake struck northwest Haiti. The tremor shook the sea-floor 15 miles west of the coastal city of Gonaives around...
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