Day: February 24, 2010
Haiti reconstruction official owns share of concrete company-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
WASHINGTON — Haiti‘s top reconstruction planning official owns part of the country’s largest concrete company, which stands to reap major gains from the coming wave…
FLASH-FLASH-FLASH DIMITRI VORBE – PREVAL AND ELIZABETH DELATOUR MAKE ANOTHER FORTUNE WHILE MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN DIE
Two days after the January 12 quake, President Preval gave Dimitri Vorbe a contract to purchase 200,000 food packages at $20.00 US pr package. Vorbe…
Chile: Unasur to provide $100 million to Haiti-Added COMMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
The Associated Press Wednesday, February 24, 2010; 5:47 PM PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — Chilean President Michelle Bachelet says a group of South American nations has committed…
Who’ll rule the tent cities of Haiti?
Haitian survivors’ camps have started to reflect hierarchies and rivalries that vex nation’s politics. Andrew Chung Staff Reporter PORT-AU-PRINCE–They jockey for power. Cronyism is rampant,…
Haitian voodoo leader vows ‘war’ after attack on ceremony-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Haiti’s supreme voodoo leader vowed “war” on Wednesday after Evangelicals attacked a ceremony organized by his religion honoring those killed in last month’s massive earthquake….
Recovery prospects dim for Haiti electric utility
By FRANK BAJAK The Associated Press Wednesday, February 24, 2010; 6:27 PM PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Six weeks after a catastrophic earthquake flattened downtown Port-au-Prince, power…
Miami architect devises prefabs for homeless
Andrés Duany — the famed Miami architect — has designed a basic, inexpensive and easy-to-assemble house that could shelter thousands of displaced Haitians. BY ANDRES…
Haiti quake is beginning to be felt miles away-Added COMMENTAYR By Haitian-Truth
Haitian farmers in the countryside struggle to feed the displaced relatives they’ve taken in. As meager funds dwindle, they wonder how they’ll be able to…
Questions Surface After Haitian Airlift -Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
By GINGER THOMPSON Published: February 23, 2010 PITTSBURGH — It was widely billed as the first uplifting story in the aftermath of the earthquake that…