Month: February 2012
US seeks half off 27-year sentence for ex-Haitian drug lord for assisting prosecutors
By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, February 21, 3:31 PM MIAMI — Federal prosecutors in Miami say a once-powerful Haitian drug lord should get half off…
MARTELLY TEAM SHOULD REACT TO HEADLINES LIKE THIS!! Haiti police: 1 dead, 120 injured after street fighting during Carnival celebration-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
By Associated Press, Published: February 22 | Updated: Thursday, February 23, 12:52 AM PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A police spokesman in Haiti says one person has been killed and…
What it’s Like To… Experience Poverty in Haiti
By John Garfield Wednesday, February 22, 2012 Lorrin McElroy, Lawrence High graduate, has been going to Haiti for years now to help out at an…
Retrospective: A Look at Remi Ochlik’s Aftermath in Haiti
By WSJ Staff French photojournalist Rémi Ochlik, who was killed Wednesday in Homs, Syria, won first place in the General News category for the 2012…
Haiti – Culture : A Carnival 2012 without violence, situation of the first 2 days
HaitiLibre:Shortly before the start of the festivities, many doubted the capacity of the city of Les Cayes to make an event of this size and…
Energetic Microbiologist-Turned-Ambassador Puts Out a Call to Action for Medical Laboratory Volunteers for Haiti, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic Read more: Energetic microbiologist-turned-ambassador puts out a call to action for medical laboratory volunteers for Haiti, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic
From volunteer services, to replaced equipment, to outdated NCCLS materials, anything can be of help in poor countries where no medical laboratories come anywhere close…
La Cour de cassation au grand complet
Quatre (4) nouveaux juges ont été installés à la Cour de cassation,ce vendredi 17 février 2012. Nommés par le président de la République le 12…
US seeks half off 27-year sentence for ex-Haitian drug lord for assisting prosecutors
By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, February 21, 3:31 PM MIAMI — Federal prosecutors in Miami say a once-powerful Haitian drug lord should get half off his 27-year prison sentence…
Gangs of Port-au-Prince-PHOTO GALLERY
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Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez faces new operation
BBC: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said that he will have to have further surgery after doctors found a lesion during medical tests in Cuba….
Foreign community scrambling to stave off Haiti crisis
Hoping to stave off a political crisis in Haiti, the country’s leaders and foreign diplomats have been working to get the country’s executive and legislative…
Two years after the earthquake, Haiti is trying to clear tent cities
By William Booth, PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — International aid worker Emmett Fitzgerald has to get 20,000 very poor people squatting in front of the National Palace…
US gives $7.2mn to curb charcoal use in Haiti
(AP) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The U.S. Agency for International Development is hoping to build a small market in Haiti to offset a charcoal industry that…
MARTELLY LOSES BY WINNING!! Carnival in Les Cayes was a technical success, but a political SUICIDE
Millions of dollars were spent, and a lot stolen to transfer Carnival to Les Cayes, while abandoning Port-au-Prince’s millions- without a penny for teh Nation’s…
DENNIS O’BRIEN, WHERE ARE YOU?? RUMORED DIGICEL WORKERS UNPAID FOR 9 MONTHS???
DENNIS O’BRIEN, WHERE ARE YOU?? RUMORED DIGICEL WORKERS UNPAID FOR 9 MONTHS??? THEY HAVE NOTHING TO EAT, AND STAGED A SIT-IN AND CLOSED THE OFFICE…
TIME TO ARREST MOISE JEAN-CHARLES FOR PRESENTING FORGED MARTELLY PASSPORT Dossier de la nationalité : l’ambassadeur des Etats Unis à Port-au-Prince, Kenneth Merten, clarifie sa dernière correspondance au Sénat au sujet du dossier de la nationalité Le diplomate appelle à la conclusion urgente du dossier en vue de la poursuite des efforts de reconstruction et de relance
Publié le jeudi 16 février 2012 L’ambassadeur des Etats-Unis à Port-au-Prince, Kenneth Merten, a apporté mercredi au micro de Radio Kiskeya, des précisions sur la…
Haiti Must Assume Public Safety and National Security, Minister Mayard-Paul Tells UN Security Council as Key to Decentralization
PR newswire.com Martelly administration special commission working on long-term roadmap for democratic sovereignty PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — In meeting with members of…
On eve of carnival, political crisis looms in Haiti
As Haitians prepare to celebrate pre-Lenten carnival, a looming political crisis is raising concerns among the country’s foreign friends. By Jacqueline Charles jcharles@MiamiHerald.com As Haiti’s…
Haiti govt says president attacked while walking
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian President Michel Martelly was attacked as he walked in a Carnival procession in downtown Port-au-Prince, but he escaped unharmed, the…