Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
A “potentially catatrosphic” Hurricane Maria is now a Category 5 storm, packing 160 miles per hour winds — with even higher gusts — as it nears Dominica and takes aim at the US territory of Puerto Rico. “The extremely dangerous core of Maria is expected to pass over Dominica within the next hour or...
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John Cary FIXES SEPT. 12, 2017 A child with cholera symptoms being examined in the Cholera Treatment Center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Credit Dieu Nalio Chery/Associated PressNext month marks the seventh anniversary of the cholera outbreak that ravaged Haiti. The disease, which can cause death within hours if left untreated, came less than a year...
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This is Thursday’s storm coverage. Read the latest with Friday’s live updates on Hurricane Irma » Hurricane Irma, an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm with sustained winds of up to 155 miles an hour, continued to tear through the Caribbean on Friday, moving through the Bahamas and along the northern coast of Cuba, the...
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‘May God save us all’: Mass evacuation as Hurricane Irma makes landfall in the Caribbean with 185mph winds after swelling to the size of FRANCE as Red Cross braces for ‘major humanitarian response’ Hurricane Irma strengthened to Category 5 storm sparking evacuations from Caribbean and the Florida Keys The Red Cross said it is...
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Haiti Libre: The J/P Haitian Relief Organization (J/P HRO) of the American actor Sean Penn, in the presence of representatives of Delmas City Council and the Ministry of Public Health, organized a donation ceremony at its Community Development Center located in Delmas 40 B. With a value of more than 170,000 US dollars, these...
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The American Red Cross had a golden opportunity Thursday to re-establish itself as the pre-eminent U.S. disaster relief organization. It could have dispelled any lingering doubts stemming from previously reported mishandling of donations. Instead the organization blew an opportunity to restore its image at a crucial time when Americans are looking for responsible charities...
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While much of the United States’ focus is still on Texas and the destruction left behind by Hurricane Harvey and it’s historic rainfall, powerful Hurricane Irma is rapidly intensifying in the open Atlantic and poses a major threat to the Caribbean and potentially the United States next week. Irma was named as a tropical...
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Haiti Libre: This Thursday, August 31, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. in Camp Jaborandy, located in Tabarre, next to the park of the Unibank, will take place the closing ceremony of the end of operations of the Brazilian battalion and the Brazilian engineering company in Haiti. The two units will cease operations on the following...
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The Facebook posts and WhatsApp messages promising safe haven in Canada claim to have the blessing of the Canadian government. Creole-language radio stations offer up consultants giving free and paid consultations for Haitians seeking residency across the U.S. border. Border cities such as Montreal are welcoming immigrants with open arms, or so the stories...
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Immigration from the Caribbean island nation of Haiti continues to be dismally low throughout the U.S., which has spurred an exodus to Canada for fear of deportation. The welcome mat to U.S. citizenship introduced 10,200 newly naturalized citizens on Aug. 22, at the Los Angeles Convention Center. During Fiscal Year 2017, the USCIS L.A....
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The last remaining class-action lawsuit against the United Nations over the cholera epidemic in Haiti was thrown out Thursday by a federal judge, who upheld the organization’s assertion of diplomatic immunity. In an order filed in Federal District Court in Brooklyn, Judge Sandra L. Townes said the lawsuit, which accused the United Nations of...
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The recent graduates praised the teachings of Chavez which showed them a new perspective on society and public health. Some 58 medical students from the IV Cohort of Haitian Doctors graduated Tuesday after studying in Venezuela’s Latin American School of Medicine, offering praise and thanks for the experience. “Today, we want to say THANK...
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Even though they are thousands of miles apart, Haiti sometimes reminds me of growing up in Galway By Ailish O’Reilly Galway Advertiser, Thu, Aug 24, 2017 Ailish pictured overseeing the programmes PROGRAMME MANAGER FOR HAVEN You either love or hate Haiti, and I loved it from the first trip. My life has changed in...
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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada fears a huge surge in asylum seekers crossing the border from the United States, putting political pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ahead of a 2019 election, sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The number of migrants illegally entering Canada more than tripled in July and August, hitting...
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By Patrick Lejtenyi and Rob Gillies | AP August 23 at 12:04 AM MONTREAL — Men and women with furrowed brows sat in pews alongside their children at a Montreal church as volunteers explained what to expect now that they have crossed into Canada from the United States seeking asylum. They would receive temporary housing stipends and access...
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Fight back against mosquitoes This is a special blog post. Sign up or sign in, read the article, and take the quiz. Then I will give a bed net to a family in need through World Vision. – Bill Gates Learn more about this giveaway. We’ve come a long way since the days of...
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By Kate McKenna, CBC News Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a message for asylum seekers: crossing illegally into the country doesn’t offer an advantage when it comes to obtaining refugee status in Canada. “If I could directly speak to people seeking asylum, I’d like to remind them there’s no advantage,” Trudeau said at a news conference Sunday in Montreal. “Our...
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An asylum seeker is processed by RCMP officers after crossing the border into Canada from Champlain, N.Y., in Hemmingford, Que., August 4. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press) In the U.S. immigration debate, it’s called “twilight status,” and for many who hold it, the light is flickering and fading. Unlike Canada or Mexico, which both routinely deport almost...
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Asylum seekers sit in front of their tent in a temporary camp, Aug. 15, 2017, near Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP) By Joe Crowe | Friday, 18 Aug 2017 01:13 PM People are seeking asylum in Canada in “unprecedented” numbers, officials said in a CNN report Friday. “We’ve never seen these numbers....
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VICE NEWS By Brigitte Noël Aug 18, 2017 Immigration workers in Quebec are worried that videos spreading misinformation about what it takes to be granted refuge in Canada are partly to blame for the stream of asylum seekers heading north. And they’re afraid some could be part of profit-making scams. More than 3,000 people...
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