Posted in Ag/Farming Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

Monsanto’s Deadly Gift for Earthquake-Stricken Haiti…

The earthquake that hit Haiti in January is proving to be a lucky business break for Monsanto. They are offering Haiti’s farmers a deadly gift…

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Monsanto’s 475-ton seed donation challenged by Haitian peasants-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service WASHINGTON – Advocates for Haitian peasants said a U.S.-based company’s donation of up to 475 tons of hybrid vegetable…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Earthquake/CHOLERA

Videos of construction in Haiti, showing their skill and determination to overcome.

Here are some videos of world class methods of overcoming obstacles. Lessons that the citizens of developed countries should take a lesson from. Teamwork, and…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Archbishop Wenski first native son to head Miami Archdiocese

By Ana Rodriguez-Soto Catholic News Service MIAMI – The deluge let up just as the festivities began. Two hours later, Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski emerged…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

U.S. Southern Command transitions Haiti efforts

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The U.S. Southern Command’s (Southcom) Joint Task Force Haiti officially completed its mission today marking the end of Operation Unified Response almost…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Southcom Completes Haiti Disaster Response

By Lisa Daniel American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, June 1, 2010 – The U.S. military today officially ended its earthquake disaster response in Haiti today,…

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Many say Haiti unprepared for hurricane season

BY JACQUELINE CHARLES jcharles@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — Behind the once exclusive gates of this quake-ravaged nation’s only golf course, thousands of sandbags cut a path up…

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Low Cost Housing-Bamboo may be the answer-

One of Haiti’s needs is low cost housing now in great numbers. Taiwanese experts opened a school in Marmelade, (Beauche) Haiti. Rene Preval, Haiti’s president…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

UN archive captures the horrors and heroism of the Haitian quake

28 May 2010 – Amelia Shaw lost colleagues and friends in an instant on 12 January when an earthquake toppled the headquarters of the United…

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Haiti before and after the quake-A tale of aid gone wrong

by Geoff Olson photos by Elaine Briere David Putt, a retired agrologist/geologist from Nelson, BC, stands before a display of artwork from Port-au-Prince. The semi-abstract…

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World Bank cancels Haiti’s debt

WASHINGTON — The World Bank said Friday it had cancelled Haiti’s remaining debt to help the impoverished country recover from a devastating earthquake four months…

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Helping rebuild Haiti enhances Taiwan’s image

Taipei, May 28 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou said Friday that helping reconstruct Haiti has effectively enhanced Taiwan’s global image and described it as a major…

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Taiwan announces Haiti debt relief plan

Taipei, May 28 (CNA) Taiwan will pay about US$12-13 million in interest on loans to Haiti and the quake-ravaged country will not have to make…

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US predicts busy hurricane season

As many as 14 hurricanes could hit the Atlantic basin this year, the top US climate agency says. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)…

Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

Haiti Recovery Evolving, but Resolution Years Away-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Nearly five months ago the massive earthquake in Haiti changed everything for the nation’s population and the relief workers who flooded in to help them….

Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

On Haiti, Why Did UN Conceal Jail Slaughter, Shoot Into University?

By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, May 26 — Since the January earthquake in Haiti, the UN has said publicly that it is partnering with…

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Cash for Clinton — in the U.N.’s New Haiti Peacekeeping Budget

The United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in battered Haiti is one of the most expensive in the world — and it’s about to get even more…

Posted in Aristide/Preval Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA

UN to apologize for troops on Haitian university campus

Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — The United Nations planned to issue an apology Tuesday for peacekeeping troops breaching a Port-au-Prince university during an anti-government protest that…

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Slaughter in Les Cayes-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Even by the grim standards of Haiti, the prison massacre in Les Cayes after the Jan. 12 earthquake is chilling. According to an investigation in…

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Haiti state-run telecom’s distant savior: Vietnam-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – In one of the few offices of Teleco Haiti that survived January’s catastrophic earthquake, the customer service agents sit idle. The state-run…