Day: April 2, 2012
Haitian president urged to control ex-soldiers By Stabroek editor
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A Haitian government panel has urged the president to appoint an interim commander to take charge of former soldiers, a panel member…
UN concerned over funding for humanitarian services in Haiti
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The United Nations and the Government of Haiti today voiced concern over a lack of resources to fund humanitarian services…
Haiti’s reckless political infighting must end
MiamiHerald BY MARK SCHNEIDER mschneider@crisisgroup.org Some of Haitian President Michel Martelly’s closest advisors and some opposition Parliament leaders are still locked in a reckless high-wire…
Haitian Star, Rooby Man, Nominated for IRAWMA’s Entertainer of the Year
Having recently won the Chicago Music Award’s, Best Reggae Entertainer of the Year, the Haitian, Chicago-based, Reggae/ Pop sensation, Rooby Man, who has performed over…
In Haiti, Global Failures on a Cholera Epidemic
NY Times: Damon Winter/The New York Times A child played and a woman washed clothes at the river tributary in Meille that is believed to…
Jamaica phone company Digicel buys rival in Haiti
The Caribbean mobile phone company Digicel Group says it’s acquired a rival business in Haiti. The Jamaica-based private group says in a Monday news release…