Jamaica Observer.com PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – A number of Jamaicans arrested on drug- and gun-related charges since last year, say they feel neglected by the administration in their homeland. The 20 Jamaicans arrested in the southern town of Les Cayes have denied any involvement in drug trafficking and have all claimed to...
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– STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT – VOLUMES 1 AND 11 – OVER 700 PAGES – SAY NOTHING BAD ABOUT MARTELLY GOVERNMENT… CHECK IT OUT YOURSELF. IF ANYTHING, THE SHORT COMMENT ABOUT HAITI IS FAVORABLE. http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/222880.pdf http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/120054.pdf
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Clotilde Josaime St. Jean Laura Carmichael Huffington Post: More than a century has passed since the first International Women’s Day, and as we look back to past accomplishments and forward to future goals, we urge readers to take action in one of the most pressing challenges facing women internationally – the present state of...
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Haiti’s new Roman Catholic cardinal celebrated his first Mass on Sunday, telling an audience of several thousand people there is a need to show compassion for others. Cardinal Chibly Langlois reminded the crowd in this impoverished and predominantly Catholic nation of 10 million people that many would go hungry or wouldn’t be able to...
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By Wilhelmina Agyapong, Council on Hemispheric Affairs | News Analysis Recent events have demonstrated that disputatious bilateral issues between the Dominican Republic (DR) and Haiti may have (finally) taken a positive turn. A second round of talks held between the two governments was launched in Jimani, DR, this past February 3, 2014. These concluded...
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Scott Hamel stands on his proof of concept model for his concrete roof at the Engineering Building on the campus of the University of Alaska Anchorage. PHILIP HALL — University of Alaska Anchorage By Kathleen McCoy Hometown UMarch 1, 2014 The first time he drove through Port-au-Prince, Haiti, back in 2004, Scott Hamel had...
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Macon.com By JENNA MINK jmink@macon.comMarch 6, 2014 Former Bibb Superintendent Romain Dallemand JASON VORHEES/THE TELEGRAPH — jvorhees@macon.com Former Bibb County School Superintendent Romain Dallemand’s permanent residence is now Port-au-Prince, Haiti. School system attorneys received an e-mail March 4 from an attorney representing Dallemand, who said Dallemand was willing to sit for a deposition in...
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National Guardsmen prevent ‘empty pots’ march from reaching food ministry as Maduro government denounces US Associated Press in Caracas theguardian.com, Saturday 8 March 2014 23.38 EST Marchers in Caracas bang pots in protest at food shortages. Photograph: Jesus Gil/Demotix/Corbis Hundreds of National Guardsmen in riot gear and armoured vehicles prevented an “empty pots march”...
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Three Bibb County Board of Education members and a schools lawyer told 13WMAZ they were notified that former Superintendent Romain Dallemand is now living in Haiti. Bibb school attorney Randy Howard said the system received an e-mail Tuesday from Dallemand’s former attorney confirming that the former superintendent now resides in Haiti. It said Dallemand...
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UN assistant secretary general says deadly outbreak, which has been blamed on UN troops, demands decisive action Mark Tran theguardian.com, Friday 7 March 2014 06.06 EST Haitian women bathe in a stream in Port-au-Prince, where a man contracted cholera recently. Sanitation must be improved in order to eradicate the disease, the UN says. Photograph:...
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