Month: January 2010
Haiti earthquake may have exposed gas, aiding economy
BY JIM POLSON Bloomberg News The earthquake in Haiti this month may have left clues to petroleum reservoirs that could aid economic recovery in the…
5,000-Bed Hospital to Increase Haitian Medical Capacity
By John J. Kruzel American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Jan. 26, 2010 – U.S. and international relief workers in Haiti are developing a 5,000-bed hospital…
How does Haiti differ from post-tsunami Aceh?
The last international disaster on the scale of the January earthquake in Haiti was the tsunami that devastated coastlines across Asia in 2004. The death…
Haiti avoids disease outbreak but threat looms (But there is more)
* Doctors worry unsanitary camps could spread disease * Infections also a growing concern 12 days after quake By Patricia Zengerle PORT-AU-PRINCE, Jan 24 (Reuters)…
Austin church mobilizes volunteers, planes and medical supplies en route to Haiti in four days
Hill Country Bible Church Northwest was one of several organizations to organize efforts that will send 13 tons of medical supplies to Haiti By Joshunda…
Haiti ‘can lead quake recovery’, Canada summit told (but that is a lie)
Haiti’s government can lead efforts to rebuild the country in the wake of its devastating earthquake, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive has said. Mr Bellerive told…
DAILY COMMENT: JANUARY 25, 2010-BUTCHERS – DISGUISED AS DOCTORS CHOPPING OFF ARMS AND LEGS THAT COULD BE SAVED
Foreign doctors under contract are resorting to amputation when this procedure would never be used in the States, or other civilized countries, under similar circumstances….
Epic task of rebuilding Port-au-Prince is beset by hard strategic questions
BY ANDRES VIGLUCCI AND SCOTT HIAASEN aviglucci@MiamiHerald.com Speaking to an American audience on C-SPAN, the Haitian ambassador to the United States sketched an optimistic future…
In land of manual labor, a tough future for Haitian amputees
BY DAVID OVALLE dovalle@MiamiHerald.com PORT-AU-PRINCE — Airport lawn-care man Basaney Simon lost his right leg in last week’s earthquake. He fears it will cost him…
Banks reopen in Haiti’s capital-Haiti officials hope the reopening will give a boost to businesses and provide money to begin rebuilding the country.
By Mitchell Landsberg and Tracy Wilkinson Reporting from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti – The earthquake destroyed just about everything Georges Marceau owned, even his shoes. For 10…
A cultural agony in a nation where art is life Haitians rescue works from rubble, grieve the lost and create anew.
By Tracy Wilkinson January 24, 2010 Reporting from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti – At Port-au-Prince’s main art museum, it looked as if a cruel giant had taken…
Bellerive Says Reports of Haiti Violence Aren’t True
By Greg Quinn Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) — Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said today that the country is “calm” and that reports of major violence…
Clinton for Haiti Czar? If the country is ever to develop it will need less cronyism and more transparency.
In the news from Haiti over the past two weeks, images of a grieving Bill Clinton have been almost as constant as the pictures of…
Castro decries US, others sending troops to Haiti
The Associated Press Sunday, January 24, 2010; 9:56 AM HAVANA — Fidel Castro is questioning why the U.S. and other countries sent soldiers to quake-ravaged…
Haiti capital earthquake death toll ‘tops 150,000’
The confirmed death toll from Haiti’s devastating earthquake has risen above 150,000 in the Port-au-Prince area alone, a government minister has said. Communications minister Marie-Laurence…
Teleconference Briefing on Relief Efforts in Haiti
Gordon Duguid Spokesman Col. Buck Elton, Air Operations Director Via Teleconference from Haiti January 21, 2010 Mr. Duguid: — that Rear Admiral Samuel Paris would…
All-star Haiti telethon raises $57 million, so far
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP Music Writer Nekesa Mumbi Moody, Ap Music Writer – 35 mins ago NEW YORK – Organizers for the all-star “Hope for Haiti…
Doctor Searches for Haitian Girl He Saved Last Year He doesn’t know if she survived the quake
A Fairfax, Va., doctor and his wife are packing a tent and sleeping bags for Haiti to see if the young girl he helped save a…
Haiti After the Earthquake
Haitian earthquake victims in Petit-GoâvePETIT-GOÂVE, Haiti—They work all day under the blazing sun, hammers and saws in hand, pulling down the last remnants of a…
Where is Haiti’s government?
By Daniel Schwartz CBC News As Haitians scramble to get their lives back in order, many observers are wondering what has happened to the country’s…