Posted in Ag/Farming

Top State Department officials tour north Haiti

FOX News: CARACOL, Haiti –  Top State Department officials have made an off-the-record visit to northern Haiti, where they met with local leaders and toured…

Posted in Elections

Chavez, battling cancer, fades from world stage

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, who has yet to confirm his attendance at the Summit of the Americas this coming weekend, faces a slippage of regional…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Elections

HAITIAN RUMOR MILL SEES LAMOTHE PAYING $75,000 PER SENATOR FOR VOTE… HOW MUCH FOR THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES?

Avril 11, 2012 A sad, but realistic situation, that sees Laurent Lamothe seen to be paying for his acceptance as Prime Minister. We hope he…

Posted in Elections FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Lamothe en route pour la primature

Après des heures de débats, parfois houleux souvent stériles, l’Assemblée des sénateurs a ratifié, mardi soir, le choix de Laurent Lamothe comme Premier ministre avec…

Posted in FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Nuria Piera, un pitbull à la gueule d’ange

La très respectée journaliste dominicaine Nuria Piera a dénoncé des perquisitions dans des entreprises et résidences effectuées par la police secrète dominicaine afin de remonter…

Posted in Govt Incompentece

Prosecutors Move To Reduce Former Haitian Official’s Sentence

WSJBlogs-By Samuel Rubenfeld Prosecutors sought to reduce a former Haitian official’s jail sentence nearly two years after it was imposed. In a Rule 35 motion…

Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA

Haitian Teen to Testify in UN Abuse Scandal

Video captured on a cell phone purportedly shows U.N. peacekeepers sexually assaulting an 18-year-old boy in Haiti. (ABC News Exclusive) By LEE FERRAN and MATTHEW…

Posted in Govt Incompentece

Haiti: Ban on Transporting Livestock and Humans Together-Added COMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The head of the Directorate of Traffic and the Traffic Police, the Divisional Commissioner Will Dimanche, informed that as of Monday,…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

The Enduring Voice of Haiti After 60 Years, a Musical Institution Is Still on the Lookout for a New Audience

Kate Lord/The Wall Street JournalHaitian band Orchestre Septentrional performs in Brooklyn last week Deep in Brooklyn one recent night, hundreds of Haitian-Americans got a taste…

Posted in Govt Incompentece

Haiti flooding kills 6, displaces hundreds

USA TodayPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – The United Nations says that flooding from two days of rainfall in Haiti has killed six people and displaced 700…

Posted in Elections

Haiti prime minister nominee clears hurdle

By Trenton Daniel Associated Press Boston GLobe: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Haiti’s Senate approved President Michel Martelly’s candidate for prime minister on Tuesday, taking a critical step toward…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

For 6 Decades, the Sound of Good News in Haiti ‘When the Drum Is Beating,’ About Orchestre Septentrional

Since the founding of the Orchestre Septentrional in 1948, the band’s homeland, Haiti, has endured the nearly three-decade Duvalier family dictatorship, 26 other governments, a…

Posted in Govt Incompentece

Haitel network shuts down but government says closure is only temporary

10 Apr 2012 Haiti According to local press reports from Haiti, the network of struggling CDMA-based wireless operator Haitel has gone offline, just a week…