Category: Earthquake/CHOLERA
Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
Haiti, not oil spill, is main storm season worry-Added COMMETNARY By Haitian-Truth
By JENNIFER KAY Associated Press Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A hurricane might help break up the oil spill staining the Gulf of Mexico, but…
La faille d’Enriquillo se réactiverait-elle ? Une secousse de magnitude 4.0 à quelques hectomètres de Léogâne, suivie d’une de magnitude 4.4, dans le Golfe de Gonâve.
La faille d’Enriquillo se réactiverait-elle ? Une secousse de magnitude 4.0 à quelques hectomètres de Léogâne, suivie d’une de magnitude 4.4, dans le Golfe de…
Signs of cover-up after killings in Haiti prison
-By DEBORAH SONTAG and WALT BOGDANICH New York Times inquiry indicates authorities shot unarmed inmates updated 6:40 p.m. MT, Sat., May 22, 2010 LES CAYES,…
UN: Outbreak of Diphtheria In The Capital, Port-au-Prince
18 May 2010 ” United Nations agencies are helping health authorities in Haiti carry out an emergency vaccination campaign after an outbreak of diphtheria in…
Sean Penn urges help for hospitals in post-quake Haiti
By ANN SANNER (AP) – 4 days ago WASHINGTON — Actor Sean Penn said Wednesday the biggest challenge facing post-quake Haiti is getting hospitals staffed…
Haiti’s elderly earthquake victims struggle to survive with little help
BY LAURA FIGUEROA lfigueroa@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — Flies swarmed around Christiane Carystil’s inflamed leg, yet despite her moans for help, there wasn’t much the 87-year-old could…
Monsanto’s Poison Pills for Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Monsanto, Haiti’s “New Earthquake” “A new earthquake” is what Haitian peasant farmer leader Chavannes Jean-Baptiste of the Peasant Movement of Papay (MPP) called the news…
Student’s Ear Reattached by Miami Docs in Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
The work of doctors and nurses in primative conditions at the University of Miami/Project Medishare field hospital in Port-au-Prince continues to amaze. Doctors at the…
In Haiti, small loans make a big impact
Microfinance organizations are working to lift Haiti out of poverty one tiny loan at a time. CABARET, Haiti — Ask Clanise Paul how to spell…
Idaho pastor blames UNICEF workers for Haiti arrests-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
by Dee Sarton Idaho’s NewsChannel 7 KTVB.COM Posted on May 19, 2010 at 6:37 PM BOISE — One of the Baptist missionaries detained with Laura…
Haiti Earthquake Risk ‘Not Over,’ Scientist Says
By Andrea Thompson, LiveScience Senior Writer posted: 21 May 2010 09:14 am ET The earthquake that devastated Haiti in January increased stresses on nearby faults,…
U.S. missionary held in Haiti is free, lawyer says-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
(CNN) — Laura Silsby, the American missionary accused of trying to take nearly three dozen children out of Haiti after the devastating January 12 earthquake,…
Haiti trying to avoid past mistakes as rebuilding begins
Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — At the Iron Market, Haitians shopped for everything from vegetables to Voodoo flags. One side was destroyed in a 2008 fire….
Haitians demand Preval step down Rally called by 40 political, opposition groups
BY JOSEPH GUYLER DELVA Reuters PORT-AU-PRINCE – Haitian police used tear gas and warning shots to disperse protesters calling for President Rene Preval’s resignation Monday…
Elections in Haiti OUR OPINION: Haiti’s leaders must pull together in time of crisis
With Haiti still reeling from last January’s earthquake, its leaders should be pulling together in the country’s best interests. Unfortunately, the expiration of parliament’s mandate…
Haiti Relief : Dean’s Report from Haiti A LOOK BACK AT HOW IT WAS – Dean’s Report from Haiti
Dear Friends, Our doctors, nurses and staff are doing God’s work in Haiti and at home! One week after the devastating earthquake that wrecked the…
Foreign-Led Commission Now Governs Haiti
Staff Sgt. Junior Florestal gives Haitian local Sonia Catilius a drink of water at a medic station in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on January 18, 2010.(Photo: The…
Relief flight to Haiti crashes after takeoff in Clearwater; all survive
CLEARWATER — As the plane was falling from the sky onto the house at 305 Patricia Ave. on Sunday morning, Katherine Swartz was getting down…
Real hope for Haiti — if donors follow through
By JACKIE BUENO SOUSA jsousa@MiamiHerald.com There was much to celebrate after last week’s United Nations Donors’ Conference on Haiti. Some 130 donors pledged almost $10…