Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
NJBIZ.com: With a $1 million charitable commitment through the Clinton Global Initiative, Princeton-based NRG Energy Inc. has completed two of its 25 projects to bring low-cost solar energy to Haiti. Meredith Moore, NRG senior vice president of communications and head of NRG Global Giving, said employees and the company raised more than $400,000 for...
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People sit outside a house that was destroyed by the January 2010 earthquake in Port au Prince January 3, 2012. January 12th will mark the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people. Rubble removal remains a priority in the reconstruction effort. Trust.org REUTERS/Swoan Parker By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON, March...
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By Stewart Stogel WND.com UNITED NATIONS – Fresh from a visit to the troubled nation of Haiti, U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice is telling Security Council members Washington is not happy with events on the Caribbean island. “Political stalemate threatens hard-won gains. Haiti’s politicians need to temper their partisan interests, put aside winner-take-all politics and...
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2012-03-09 13:02:09 Xinhua Web Editor: Li Chinese representative to the United Nations said on Thursday that China urges the government of Haiti to speed up reconstruction and promote development. Li made the remarks while addressing an open meeting of the Security Council on the issue of Haiti. He noted that speeding up post-conflict reconstruction and...
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USGS: 4.6 magnitude quake rattles Haiti The Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A moderate earthquake has rattled southern Haiti, causing some people to run out of buildings in fear. There were no immediate reports of damage. The United States Geological Survey is reporting that the magnitude 4.6-quake was centered 24 miles (38 kilometers) southeast...
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By Associated Press, Published: March 7 MIREBALAIS, Haiti — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Wednesday that a U.N. peacekeeper was responsible for bringing cholera to Haiti but may not have known that he was doing so, and efforts need to focus on stemming the outbreak. Clinton was asked after a hospital tour if he...
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Three months after Japan’s March 11 triple disaster, a long-time expert on the country arrived in Tokyo to research a book he intended to entitle “Rebirth of a Nation.” Months later, Richard Samuels is calling his work “The Rhetoric of Crisis.” A year after the huge earthquake, deadly tsunami and the...
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While many welcome Haiti’s push to rebrand itself from Caribbean disaster zone to tourism Mecca, reviews are mixed over government’s plans to increase air travel tax and add a new tourism card for visitors. By JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — One South Beach-inspired businessman is installing the nation’s first rooftop infinite pool, three restaurants...
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March 05, 2012|Trenton Daniel, Associated Press Haiti’s government is trying to reclaim training camps, including an old military base, taken over by former soldiers calling for the restoration of the armed forces, President Michel Martelly said Monday. Martelly didn’t give a deadline for when the ex-soldiers need to leave the areas outside the capital...
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TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press8:12 p.m. CST, March 5, 2012 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — When doctors amputated her right arm that was crushed by jagged rubble during Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, Marjorie Benoit joined the ranks of Haiti’s outcasts: the blind, the deaf and those missing limbs. But then something unexpected happened for the 33-year-old mother...
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