Month: March 2012
Haiti-Dual Nationality: “Case has only just opened…” says Senator Joseph
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The senate investigation into the nationality of the president and executive members of the government continues despite the decision of the…
As Cholera Season Bears Down On Haiti, Vaccination Program Stalls-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
The vaccine — $417,000 worth of it — is stacked high in refrigerated containers to protect it from the Haitian heat. Hundreds of health workers…
Pakistani U.N. peacekeepers sentenced in Haiti rape case
By Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE | Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:40pm EDT (Reuters) – Two U.N. peacekeepers from Pakistan have been sentenced to a year…
Miami jury convicts former Haiti official on bribery charges in telecom trial
The Justice Department scored another conviction in the long-running bribery probe of former officials for Haiti’s state-owned telecommunications company and executives with Miami long-distance phone…
The dishonesty of WSJ columnist Mary O’Grady
By Lucy Komisar March 12, 2012 What’s good for the goose is apparently not good for the gander. Or what’s bad for the Democrats is…
Truckers block main route from Dominican Republic into Haiti to protest crime aimed at drivers
By Associated Press, Published: March 9 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Truckers in the Dominican Republic are blocking the principal route into Haiti to protest what…
Closing arguments start in Miami trial of ex-Haitian official accused of bribe
BY JAY WEAVER Miami Herald jweaver@MiamiHerald.com A former senior official in Haiti’s state-owned telecommunications company could learn his fate on money laundering charges in Miami…
Haiti under U.N. occupation-Mass protest on anniversary of reactionary coup-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
By G. Dunkel Published Mar 11, 2012 10:02 PM Over 10,000 supporters of former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide marched in Port-au-Prince on Feb. 29 from…
New quake renews frustrations over Haiti’s rebuild progress
Haiti (MissionNetworkNews) ― On the other side of the world, another moderate earthquake struck southern Haiti last week, causing some people to relive the terrors…
Caricom leaders want early ratification of new Haitian Prime minister
JamaicaObserver.com PARAMARIBO, Suriname (CMC) — Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders say they were looking forward “to the early ratification” of a new prime minister for Haiti…
The Looting of Haiti Teleco
Associated Press Jean Bertrand Aristide Wall Street Journal: A federal bribery case in Miami may shed light on how a well-connected U.S. firm operated during…
Roger Dunwell, owner of famous Haitian hotel, succumbs to cancer
Roger Dunwell Steven Dunwell / Dunwell family BY ELINOR J. BRECHER ebrecher@miamiherald.com Just after a monster earthquake ripped through Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, a…
Dominicans evacuate consulate as violence in Haiti continues
dominicantoday.com Dajabón, Dominican Republic.- Dominican personnel in the consulate at Ouanaminthe, Haiti, left the premises on safety concerns, as the violent incidents of the last…
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH – LET’S GET ON WITH THE NATION’S REAL PROBLEMS!!!
Saturday, 10 March 2012 18:31 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – Senator Steven Benoit (Ouest/Alternative) wants the president to send very quickly, in addition to his eight…
Clinton joins NRG chief on tour of Haitian solar installation
NJBIZ.com: With a $1 million charitable commitment through the Clinton Global Initiative, Princeton-based NRG Energy Inc. has completed two of its 25 projects to bring…
Dominican truckers protest kidnappings in Haiti
SANTO DOMINGO, March 9 | Fri Mar 9, 2012 2:45pm EST (Reuters) – Truckers in the Dominican Republic blocked a key border crossing into neighboring…
Haiti needs stability to remove threat from ex-soldiers -UN
People sit outside a house that was destroyed by the January 2010 earthquake in Port au Prince January 3, 2012. January 12th will mark the…
Haiti infighting scaring off quake-recovery aid Ambassador warns politicians to ‘temper partisan interests’
By Stewart Stogel WND.com UNITED NATIONS – Fresh from a visit to the troubled nation of Haiti, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice is telling Security Council…
Haiti: Powerful Gang Leader Samba Boukman Shot Dead
Friday, 09 March 2012 15:54 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – A former presidential representative of the Commission for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (CNDDR) under Rene Preval,…
LAVALAS PROMISES TO MOUNT A HUGE DEMONSTRATION ON MARCH 18, AIMED AT REMOVING MARTELLY FROM OFFICE THEIR LAST EFFORT
ACCORDING TO ASSOCIATED PRESS – DREW HUNDREDS. PERHAPS MARCH 18th CAN DRAW 1000 IF THEY SPEND ENOUGH MONEY.