Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Elections

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…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Govt Incompentece

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…

Posted in Elections Govt Incompentece

Haiti: Senators Delay Report on Prime Minister for after Easter-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – Contrary to what was announced, the Prime Minister appointed Laurent Lamothe will not know his fate in the Senate this week…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections

Morse: Rambling in Haiti

Tuesday, 27 March 2012 18:19 Written by Richard A. Morse Defend HT: It sure has been a long time since I sat down and wrote…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

UN says Haiti quake victims at risk over donor deficit

BBC: The United Nations in Haiti has warned that hundreds of thousands of quake victims are at risk due to an aid shortfall. The UN…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Caracol, au delà du Parc industriel

LeNouvelliste: La construction du parc industriel est loin de faire oublier aux Caracolois qu’ils vivent sans électricité, sans eau potable, sans voie d’accès… dans le…

Posted in Elections FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Des affaires courantes très difficiles pour Garry Conille

Le Nouvelliste: Difficile de gérer les affaires courantes lorsqu’on a été contraint à la démission. C’est le cas de le dire pour le Premier ministre…

Posted in FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Latortue, le prolifique sénateur de l’Artibonite

LeNouvelliste: Le troisième sénateur de l’Artibonite, Youri Latortue, traîne derrière lui un bilan positif pour ses six ans passés au Grand Corps en termes de…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Digicel to build Haiti submarine cable link; leaving BTC treading water?

telegeography.com Jamaica-based Digicel Group yesterday announced a plan to deploy an undersea fibre-optic cable connecting Haiti to an existing route from Jamaica to the US,…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

New investment fund seeks to spur jobs, growth in Haiti

By JACQUELINE CHARLES – McClatchy NewspaperMIAMI – The World Bank’s private sector arm is investing up to $10 million in Haiti in hopes of spurring…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections

French Ministry to Bring Haitian Delegates to France

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, March 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Following a series of meetings between Haiti’s Minister of the Interior, Thierry Mayard-Paul and Jean Dussourd, Prefet Referent on Haiti to…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

US$16-m ‘Fibralink’ extension to reconnect Haiti with the world

JUST over two years after Haiti was devastated by a powerful magnitude-7 earthquake, the impoverished country is set to receive a major boost with the…

Posted in Govt Incompentece

Haiti Is Too Black For Obama VIDEO

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Haiti, UN make urgent appeal for aid as rainy season nears

The United Nations and Haitian government make an urgent appeal for $60 million in aid as a lack of funding hampers efforts rebuilding efforts at…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

UN official pleas for funds before Haiti’s rains

March 27, 2012 16:52 GMT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The United Nations mission in Haiti is worried that a scarcity of resources will prompt a…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

In Haiti, Bureaucratic Delays Stall Mass Cholera Vaccinations

Credit: John W. Poole / NPR A hundred thousand people in Haiti are ready and waiting to get vaccinated against cholera. The vaccine is sitting…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Red Cross in Haiti considers building hotel, conference center in Caribbean nation-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Washington Post: By Associated Press, PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is considering building a hotel and conference…

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Haiti: Former Rebel Leader Guy Philippe Defends Aristide-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Monday, 26 March 2012 19:21 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The former rebel leader Guy Philippe said he was ready to “go down the streets” to…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Hurricane experts eye 2012 season

Despite an unprecedented early spring heat-wave that helped break records across the country last week, it’s the warming waters halfway across the world that have…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Sean Penn turned to alcohol in Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Actor and activist Sean Penn is keen to cut back on his alcohol intake after turning to booze at night during the ongoing relief effort…