Category: DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti
DAILY REPORTS, Direct From Haiti
MARTELLY – A BABE IN THE WOODS ARISTIDE PLANS TAKE-OVER WHILE MARTELLY’S PEOPLE PLAY CHILDREN’S GAMES
April 12, 2012 Even as Martelly maneuvered to install a new Prime Minister in the form of Laurent Lamothe, Aristide sat back and watched the…
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…
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…
SENATE COMMISSION ON LAURENT LAMOTHE HATES HAITI AS THEY DELAY APPROVAL FOR $$$
Avril 9, 2012 Four of the senators, on the commission to decide acceptance or rejection of Laurent Lamothe’s candidacy for Prime Minister, are playing games. …
Black passengers add another facet to Titanic story
A twice-overlooked passenger has local ties. Joseph Laroche and family in Paris. He was of the only black passengers on the Titanic. (Family photo /…
A NEW GENERATION OF CARPET BAGGERS INVADES HAITI FROM THE UNITED STATES
March 13, 2012 Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake in 2010. Since that time, has struggled to recover from this disaster that killed some…
TRUTH IN ADVERTISING MINUSTAH PROMISES TO MOLEST ANYONE ENTERING THEIR CAMP !!!
Easter Sunday. 2012 MINUSTAH has a huge camp on the international airport in Haiti. The walls of their enclosure host dozens, and dozens of signs…
Death Toll in Haiti Truck Accident Climbs to 26
The number of Haitian merchants who died in a truck accident outside the Caribbean nation’s capital climbed to 26, the government said Sunday. President Michel…
Haiti’s president goes to Miami for surgery on right shoulder, months after operation on left
NY times:PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haitian President Michel Martelly has gone to Miami for an operation on his right shoulder. The presidential office’s announcement Wednesday night…
Chavez back in Venezuela after Cuba cancer treatment
5 April 2012 Last updated at 02:57 ET BBC Mr Chavez has said he will be going back and forth to Cuba for treatment Venezuelan…
THE MARTELLY MESS
April 4, 2012 Who cares if Martelly took some cash from a Dominican senator? What has been reported is peanuts, compared with the cash gobbled…
Haitian Wins Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Lottery
Tuesday, 03 April 2012 13:47 BALTIMORE, USA (defend.ht) – A 37 year old resident Haitian in Maryland, USA is one of three winners of the…
Haitian Star, Rooby Man, Nominated for IRAWMA’s Entertainer of the Year
Having recently won the Chicago Music Award’s, Best Reggae Entertainer of the Year, the Haitian, Chicago-based, Reggae/ Pop sensation, Rooby Man, who has performed over…
Jamaica phone company Digicel buys rival in Haiti
The Caribbean mobile phone company Digicel Group says it’s acquired a rival business in Haiti. The Jamaica-based private group says in a Monday news release…
HAITIAN DOCTORS WILL BECOME KILLERS!!! CHOLERA SEASON IS HERE AND HAITIAN DOCTORS REFUSE TO ADMINISTER ANTI-CHOLERA VACCINE!!! THEY CLAIM THAT IF PEASANTS GET VACCINE THEY WILL NOT WASH THEIR HANDS
April 2, 1012 It isn’t an April Fool’s Day joke. Members of the Haitian medical community are blocking use of cholera vaccine. They believe that…
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez returns to Cuba for radiotherapy
BBC: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says he has started radiotherapy treatment for cancer in Cuba. Mr Chavez, 57, had surgery in Cuba last month to…
OH…I DIDN’T KNOW YOU WERE STILL HERE: CONILLE SAYS HE WILL STEP DOWN EARLY
March 29, 2012 Garry Conille thought that his move to surprise everyone, with a resignation, would see a tsunami of local and international support that…
PRIORITIES SEE MARTELLY PAYING MILLIONS TO SENATORS AND DEPUTIES IN EFFORT TO GET LAURENT LAMOTHE ACCEPTED AS PRIME MINISTER
March 28, 2012 With many things requiring a financial input, the Martelly team is focused on paying millions to Senators and Deputies to guarantee Laurent…
Voter registration card information of Stephanie Villedrouin
Voter registration card information of Stephanie Villedrouin March 17, 2012 This was an expected revelation, however, it just magnifies the sad situation in which Haiti…
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…