Day: April 11, 2012
Top State Department officials tour north Haiti
FOX News: CARACOL, Haiti – Top State Department officials have made an off-the-record visit to northern Haiti, where they met with local leaders and toured…
Chavez, battling cancer, fades from world stage
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez, who has yet to confirm his attendance at the Summit of the Americas this coming weekend, faces a slippage of regional…
HAITIAN RUMOR MILL SEES LAMOTHE PAYING $75,000 PER SENATOR FOR VOTE… HOW MUCH FOR THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES?
Avril 11, 2012 A sad, but realistic situation, that sees Laurent Lamothe seen to be paying for his acceptance as Prime Minister. We hope he…
Lamothe en route pour la primature
Après des heures de débats, parfois houleux souvent stériles, l’Assemblée des sénateurs a ratifié, mardi soir, le choix de Laurent Lamothe comme Premier ministre avec…
Nuria Piera, un pitbull à la gueule d’ange
La très respectée journaliste dominicaine Nuria Piera a dénoncé des perquisitions dans des entreprises et résidences effectuées par la police secrète dominicaine afin de remonter…
Prosecutors Move To Reduce Former Haitian Official’s Sentence
WSJBlogs-By Samuel Rubenfeld Prosecutors sought to reduce a former Haitian official’s jail sentence nearly two years after it was imposed. In a Rule 35 motion…
Haitian Teen to Testify in UN Abuse Scandal
Video captured on a cell phone purportedly shows U.N. peacekeepers sexually assaulting an 18-year-old boy in Haiti. (ABC News Exclusive) By LEE FERRAN and MATTHEW…
Haiti: Ban on Transporting Livestock and Humans Together-Added COMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The head of the Directorate of Traffic and the Traffic Police, the Divisional Commissioner Will Dimanche, informed that as of Monday,…
The Enduring Voice of Haiti After 60 Years, a Musical Institution Is Still on the Lookout for a New Audience
Kate Lord/The Wall Street JournalHaitian band Orchestre Septentrional performs in Brooklyn last week Deep in Brooklyn one recent night, hundreds of Haitian-Americans got a taste…
Haiti flooding kills 6, displaces hundreds
USA TodayPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – The United Nations says that flooding from two days of rainfall in Haiti has killed six people and displaced 700…
Haiti prime minister nominee clears hurdle
By Trenton Daniel Associated Press Boston GLobe: PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Haiti’s Senate approved President Michel Martelly’s candidate for prime minister on Tuesday, taking a critical step toward…
For 6 Decades, the Sound of Good News in Haiti ‘When the Drum Is Beating,’ About Orchestre Septentrional
Since the founding of the Orchestre Septentrional in 1948, the band’s homeland, Haiti, has endured the nearly three-decade Duvalier family dictatorship, 26 other governments, a…
Haitel network shuts down but government says closure is only temporary
10 Apr 2012 Haiti According to local press reports from Haiti, the network of struggling CDMA-based wireless operator Haitel has gone offline, just a week…