Day: March 13, 2012
Haiti: Nine Gunmen on Motorcycles Murder Police Officer, Injure Others
PORT-DE-PAIX, Haiti (defend.ht) – A squad of nine gunmen on motorcycles opened fire Monday morning on a police patrol killing one police officer, in a…
Two Pakistani UN soldiers jailed for raping Haitian boy
BBC: Two United Nations peacekeepers from Pakistan have been sentenced to a year in prison and sacked from the army for raping a 14-year-old boy…
Op-Ed: Haiti: Impunity or Justice?-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Caribbean Journal.com By Irwin P Stotzky Op-Ed Contributor Two years and two months after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti killing approximately 350,000 people, leaving several…
Haiti-Dual Nationality: “Case has only just opened…” says Senator Joseph
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The senate investigation into the nationality of the president and executive members of the government continues despite the decision of the…
As Cholera Season Bears Down On Haiti, Vaccination Program Stalls-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
The vaccine — $417,000 worth of it — is stacked high in refrigerated containers to protect it from the Haitian heat. Hundreds of health workers…
Pakistani U.N. peacekeepers sentenced in Haiti rape case
By Joseph Guyler Delva PORT-AU-PRINCE | Mon Mar 12, 2012 11:40pm EDT (Reuters) – Two U.N. peacekeepers from Pakistan have been sentenced to a year…
Miami jury convicts former Haiti official on bribery charges in telecom trial
The Justice Department scored another conviction in the long-running bribery probe of former officials for Haiti’s state-owned telecommunications company and executives with Miami long-distance phone…