Month: October 2012

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

In rural Haiti, looking for a way to make clean water sustainable

Dieu Nalio Chery/AP – Outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a woman arrives at Wharf Jeremie in August to fill her two containers with water that she will…

2012-10-12
Posted in Ag/Farming Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections

IDB awards Haiti $53 million to improve key artery

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Inter-American Development Bank is awarding Haiti a $53 million grant to upgrade a stretch of one of the Caribbean nation’s…

2012-10-12
Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

Wyclef Jean’s highly-hyped Haiti charity defunct and in debt, surprising approximately…..nobody

Yéle is bust. How bust? So bust that their domain, yele.org, has expired. Deborah Sontag in the NYT, writing about the rockstar who once thought…

2012-10-12
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

MINUSTAH’s Upcoming Renewal: A Setback for Democracy in Haiti

Kevin Edmonds The Other Side of Paradise October 11, 2012 Despite widespread opposition from the Haitian people and many of their political representatives in parliament,…

2012-10-12
Posted in Ag/Farming Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA

WYCLEF IS, WAS AND ALWAYS WILL BE A BUM WHO STOLE FROM HIS PEOPLE IN TIMES OF NEED

Richard Perry/The New York Times The charity Yéle allotted $230,000 for the revitalization of this Port-au-Prince plaza in the Cité Soleil slum, with no lasting…

2012-10-12
Posted in Elections

Haiti: Martelly Calls Deputies Back for Extraordinary Session

Deputies [file] PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – Much to their dismay, President Michel Martelly called deputies back from vacation to convene an extraordinary session of the…

2012-10-11
Posted in Govt Incompentece

Haiti: First Lady Message on World Mental Health Day-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

By A Website Design First Lady Sophia Martelly PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – First Lady Sophia Martelly delivered a thought for the mentally ill on October…

2012-10-11
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Development bank awards Haiti $53 million to upgrade important highway, ports department

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti –  The Inter-American Development Bank is awarding Haiti a $53 million grant to upgrade a stretch of one of the Caribbean nation’s major…

2012-10-11
Posted in Ag/Farming Govt Incompentece

Burundi, Eritrea, Haiti top 2012 global hunger index

A woman watches as pastries cool after baking, ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival, in Sanaa, Yemen, Aug. 18, 2012. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi By Katie Nguyen…

2012-10-11
Posted in Ag/Farming DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

Atlantic TROPICAL STORM Activity

Eastern Pacific Atlantic Graphical Tropical Weather Outlook |   Active Storms |   Marine Forecasts Atlantic – Caribbean Sea – Gulf of Mexico Tropical Weather…

2012-10-11
Posted in Ag/Farming FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Le prix du riz a connu une baisse de 4% selon le secrétaire d’état a l’agriculture.

edlineaugustin@gmail.com Oct 11 12:38PM Le prix du riz a connu une baisse de 4% selon le secrétaire d’état a l’agriculture Le secrétaire d’Etat à la…

2012-10-11
Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

American prisoner released in Haiti- with a story to tell

WATCH HER STORY ON VIDEO HERE PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — John Shattuck is a serial entrepreneur, running several successful businesses and proud to say he hasn’t…

2012-10-10
Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

1987 STATE DEPARTMENT ADOPTS “LAST REDOUBT –SAFE HAVEN CONCEPT” NOW AMERICAN AMBASSADOR TO LIBYA DIES BECAUSE OF THIS.

October 10, 10, 2012 I can remember the adoption of the Last Redoubt policy, during the 1987 term of Ambassador Brunson McKinley… in which each…

2012-10-10
Posted in Crime/Corruption DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections Govt Incompentece

SIMPLE MATH FOR SCHOOL FUNDING AS LAMOTHE PUTS SIN TAX ON BOOZE AND CIGARETTES.

ADDS 2% TAX AND NEEDS $40,000,000 TO MEET SHORTFALL IN SCHOOL FUNDING… THEREFORE 1% = $20,000,000 SO WE NEED A TOTAL OF $1,000,000,000 IN BOOZE/TOBACCO…

2012-10-10
Posted in Crime/Corruption Elections FRENCH/CREOLE Articles Govt Incompentece

Les 3 nouveaux membres du CSPJ au CEP

edlineaugustin@gmail.com Oct 10 10:52AM Aujourd’hui le Conseil Supérieur du Pouvoir Judiciaire (CSPJ) a procédé au vote de 3 nouveaux représentants du pouvoir judiciaire au sein…

2012-10-10
Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

HAITI LOST TWO MEMBERS OF THE ART COMMUNITY TODAY:

October 9, 2012. PREFETE DUFFAUT AND MILOT….NOW MILOT WAS NOT WORLD RENOWN LIKE DUFFAUT. INSTEAD, MILOT WORKED FOR 30 OR 40 YEARS AT STAKERS, AN…

2012-10-09
Posted in Elections

Haiti: Health Minister Guillaume hands in resignation

Former Health Minister Florence Duperval Guillaume [file] PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The Minister for Public Health and Population, Florence Duperval Guillaume resigned as minister on…

2012-10-09
Posted in Elections

Haiti: Electoral Councilors Do Not Intend to Resign or be Removed

Partial CEP induction ceremony. Salnave Exantus and Yves Benoit Jean-Marie [highlighted] PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – A day before the Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSPJ)…

2012-10-09
Posted in Elections FRENCH/CREOLE Articles Govt Incompentece

Martelly à la recherche d’une majorité au Sénat

Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : lundi 08 octobre 2012 Robenson Geffrard, rgeffrard@lenouvelliste.com Après avoir dégagé une majorité à la Chambre des députés, le président de la…

2012-10-09
Posted in Elections FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Martelly salue la réélection de Chavez

Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : lundi 08 octobre 2012 Amos Cincir mcincir@lenouvelliste.com Dominique Domerçant dominiquedomercant@gmail.com Hugo Chavez a été réélu dimanche à la tête du Venezuela….

2012-10-09