Day: May 19, 2011
Martelly acculé à convoquer une assemblée constituante
Haïti: Haïti se trouve aujourd’hui plongée dans une situation calamiteuse et confuse qui, si elle est mal gérée, peut déboucher sur une crise politico-constitutionnelle sans…
Haïti – Constitution : Texte officiel des amendements de la constitution de 1987
La publication officielle des amendements de la constitution de 1987, met fin aux imprécisions, contradictions et rumeurs de toutes sortes, qui circulaient après les deux…
Forecasters expect 3 to 6 major hurricanes
MIAMI — U.S. government forecasters announced Thursday that they expect three to six major hurricanes from an above-average Atlantic storm season. No major hurricane has…
DEVASTATING THUNDERSTORM DUMPS 10 INCHES IN 12 MINUTES AND CONTINUES FOR 2 HOURS.
May 19, 2011 6:41 PM and the skies opened with a deluge that would have frightened Noah! Roads became violent rivers that swept everything in…
24 hour deployable concrete tents back in the news as disasters mount
(PhysOrg.com) — First imagined and created back in 2007 by two University engineering students who met at the Royal College of Art in London, Will…
Sean Penn in Cannes Raising Money for Haiti
By: Roger Friedman HollywoodNews.com: Tonight’s the annual amFAR dinner. But with no Sharon Stone (she was ousted last year in a political squabble), the once…
US government revokes more visas for Haitians
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. State Department has revoked visas for a number of Haitian citizens, an American diplomat in the Caribbean country announced…
Sweden, US give $2.6 million to Haiti’s displaced
The Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Sweden and the U.S. are providing $2.6 million to Haiti to help prevent sexual assaults in the settlement camps…
New UN head in Haiti to work with Martelly on pressing challenges
People’s Daily:Strengthening of political institutions and social-economic development are two major challenges in Haiti and the United Nations will work closely with new Haitian President…
Heinz nurtures vitamin-deficient Haitian young
By Jill King Greenwood PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW When women in Haiti stop nursing their babies, it doesn’t take long for malnutrition to set in. Breast-feeding typically…