Day: June 25, 2013
Solar Suitcase for Health Care
The technology end of portable solar power for health care is now in Haiti for the first time. The use of a WE CARE Solar…
Haiti as a leisure destination? Not so fast, study says.
A young girl jumps rope inside the Jean-Marie Vincent camp for people displaced by the 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 22. Since the 2010…
Haiti Defense Minister says army reinstatement in due time
Minister of Defense Jean Rodolphe Joazile [file] PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – The Minister of Defense declared with firm conviction that Haiti will soon form its…
Hidden Haiti: The perfect destination for tourists?
Back in the 1970s, Haiti was a tourist destination for the jet set, welcoming visitors like Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. But political violence, instability…
GAO slams USAID’s Haiti rebuilding efforts
By Ali Watkins McClatchy Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — U.S. efforts to help rebuild Haiti after the devastating 2010 earthquake have been plagued by poor planning,…
Nicolas Maduro makes first trip to Haiti as Venezuela’s president, after canceling April visit
By Associated Press, Updated: Tuesday, June 25, 5:00 PM PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro made his first official visit to Haiti on Tuesday as the…
THE OAS, PNUD, MINUSTAH PLAN TO STEAL HAITIAN ELECTORAL FUNDS
June 25, 2013 Prime Minister Lamothe met with electoral chief Manno Menard to learn a few realities about the ongoing criminality of some friends of…
US launches project to boost farm incomes in Haiti
Cocoa beans. USAID has launched a project to boost farmer incomes and promote local organisations in northern Haiti. USAID said the five-year Feed the Future…
PRIME MINISTER LAMOTHE CALLS MEETING WITH ELECTORAL COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES, MINUSTAH AND OTHERS FOR PLANNING OF ELECTIONS.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – A meeting on elections that were due to be held in November 2011, was held on Monday with electoral council members…
Haiti to Get Inter-American Development Bank Water-Service Grant
Haiti, the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country with about 80 percent of the population living on less than $2 a day, will get an Inter-American Development…