Month: July 2014
Harvard health aide killed in visit to Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
By Faiz Siddiqui | Globe Correspondent July 31, 2014 A Harvard University health worker was killed last week as she was just starting a visit…
Btc Eyes Haiti Mobile Market
By NATARIO McKENZIE #Tribune Business Reporter #nmckenzie@tribunemedia.net #The Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) is still aiming to enter Haiti’s cellular market, its chief executive confirmed yesterday,…
Vers le renforcement de la coopération entre Haïti et les Bahamas
Vers le renforcement de la coopération entre Haïti et les Bahamas Le président Martelly, a rencontré le mardi, à Nassau, le premier ministre des Bahamas,…
Deals Signed To Tackle Haiti Migration
Prime Minister Perry Christie pictured with Haitian president Michel Martelly yesterday. Photo: Peter Ramsay/BIS As of Wednesday, July 30, 2014 #By AVA TURNQUEST #Tribune Staff…
Haiti surfers aim to turn tourism tide
Young surfers launch initiative to attract tourists to impoverished country’s pristine beaches. Haiti, a country known for having one of the highest poverty rates in…
Nasty chikungunya virus gaining traction in U.S.
At least 20 New Jersey residents have tested positive for chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that has spread through the Caribbean. (July 30) AP (Photo: James…
A Helping of Raspberry Pi (and Other News)
Image: Jared Smith / CC BY-SA The Raspberry Pi is a tiny, easy-to-use, and incredibly low-cost computer. Nonprofits, schools, and libraries are using them to…
TIME FOR A CHANGE OF SOCKS – MINISTER OF EDUCATION MANIGAT MUST GO!!
July 30, 2014 President Martelly promised a free education – for all children in Haiti. He really means this but some, close to him, work…
CARNAVAL DES FLEURS 2014 – SPONSORED BY HAITIAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY- A HUGE SUCCESS
July 29, 2014 The Carnival des Fleurs has seen a three day success as hundreds of thousands packed downtown Port-au-Prince for the festivities. Aristide had…
‘Milestone’ for child malaria vaccine
By Smitha Mundasad Health reporter, BBC News Making malaria vaccine available for routine use will be a major milestone, researchers say Experts say the world’s…
Inauguration of 7 new schools Digicel in 3 weeks
Haiti Libre: Resolutely focused towards its commitment to build 150 schools in Haiti by September 2014, the Digicel Haiti Foundation is accelerating its efforts to…
Democracy Lab Why Haiti Needs a National Dialogue
Four years after a devastating earthquake, Haiti remains a mess. It’s time to bring Haitians from all walks of life into a national conversation about…
Leadership lessons in Haiti
Emma Boyd: ©Franck RimpelIn search of positive change: Deborah Ancona (left), Laurent Lamothe and Michel DeGraff The poverty-stricken Caribbean country of Haiti faces intense challenges….
Haiti to vaccinate 200,000 against cholera
Jamaica Observer: PORT-OF-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – Haiti is set to vaccinate 200,000 people against cholera starting in August, with support from the Pan American Health…
The Rise of Delicious Haitian Chocolate
In Robillard, a tiny hamlet deep in the Haitian hinterland, Valmir Mamonvil is standing next to a would-be national hero: Maman Pye Cacao, which in…
Laying the First Stone of the Sub-Police Station of Gris Gris
Haiti Libre: After 2 year effort the authorities of the city of Côtes-de-fer with officials of the National Police of Haiti in the region, in…
Funding to Boost Notre Dame Haiti Program
July 27, 2014 News Release South Bend, Ind. – The Notre Dame Haiti Program at the University of Notre Dame has received a large, anonymous…
American Airlines next stop: Cap-Haïtien, Haiti
American Airlines will become the first U.S. major carrier to offer daily, nonstop service to Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, the country’s second largest city By jacqueline charles…
Trees May Prevent 670,000 Incidences Of Acute Respiratory Symptoms Annually
By Rebekah Marcarelli r.marcarelli@hngn.com | Jul 26, 2014 10:33 PM EDT Trees save numerous lives every year by cleaning the air. (Photo : Smithsonian Tropical…
UN Secretary General Fails to Come Clean on Haiti’s Cholera Cover Up by Stanley Lucas
Earlier this week, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon traveled to Haiti giving hope to the Haitian people and officials that the UN would issue a…