April 24, 2012 It is 11 P.M. and torrential rain is sweeping the Port-au-Prince area. Already street are flowing with deep water that washes large boulders with it as it rushes down the hillsides. Cars and trucks plow through this fast-moving sea of water. Many have been trapped as their engines drowned. Low lying...
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Washington Post: SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The U.S. government is looking into allegations that Dominican sugar growers use child labor and keep workers in slave-like conditions as a possible violation of a free trade agreement, officials said Tuesday. A delegation from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Trade and Labor Affairs is...
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012 13:48 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht)- The corpse of one of the alleged murderers of police Walky Calixte was placed under the orders of justice during the past weekend, according to Jean Renel Senatus. The government commissioner in Port-au-Prince has promised that justice will soon shed light on the assassination, which sparked...
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012 14:28 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht)- The Minister of Justice and Public Safety, Michel Brunache, and the Director General of the National Police of Haiti, Mario Andresol (photo), raised the possibility of punishing the police strike of April 23 under the principles of ethics. Michel Brunache told the press that “if police...
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By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A rogue band of armed men pushing for revival of Haiti’s military are refusing to disband and clear out of old military bases, the leaders of the group said Tuesday, despite repeated orders from the government. In a news conference at an army barracks just outside...
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L’unique espoir de tout un peuple aux Jeux Olympiques de Londres en Juillet prochain. Bonne chance Pascale. LC Athlétisme/Triple saut Pascale Delaunay veut être le catalyseur du changement Dans un entretien accordé à Haitianbeatz, Pascale Delaunay a parlé de sa vie, de sa passion pour le sport et aussi de son désir de faire...
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April 23, 2012 Even as the PNH moved to tie up the Port-au-Prince area, Haitians were treated to the spectacle of Martelly’s son, Olivier, roaring around town in the presidential limousine, escorted by a crowd of heavily armed palace security. He would stop, here and there, to meet with friends. At each stop the...
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April 23, 2012 Martelly’s team starts to shoot at Laurent Lamothe, making one wonder what game Martelly is playing from Miami. Some even suggest his trip there was calculated to put him outside the country when Lamothe is torpedoed. Now Parliament suggesting they will be ready to act on Lamothe’s approval in 15 days....
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April 22, 2012 The entire PNH force has threatened a 24 hour strike in protest. The recent assassination of a PNH officer by the chauffeur of a Depute, who just happened to be the Depute’s cousin. The chauffeur was involved in an altercation and PNH officers were called. When they arrived on the scene...
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Health officials in the Dominican Republic say six people have died after contracting cholera in a northern village hit by a new outbreak of the disease. Authorities in the Caribbean nation announced last week that they were investigating a new cholera outbreak in the area after rains damaged sewer...
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