Category: Earthquake/CHOLERA

Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Sweden, US give $2.6 million to Haiti’s displaced

The Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Sweden and the U.S. are providing $2.6 million to Haiti to help prevent sexual assaults in the settlement camps…

2011-05-19
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections

New UN head in Haiti to work with Martelly on pressing challenges

People’s Daily:Strengthening of political institutions and social-economic development are two major challenges in Haiti and the United Nations will work closely with new Haitian President…

2011-05-19
Posted in Ag/Farming Earthquake/CHOLERA

Heinz nurtures vitamin-deficient Haitian young

By Jill King Greenwood PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW When women in Haiti stop nursing their babies, it doesn’t take long for malnutrition to set in. Breast-feeding typically…

2011-05-19
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Keeping Hope Alive in Haiti’s Tent Cities

Huffington Post: On the afternoon of April 28, a black cloud rumbled over Haiti and unleashed violent winds and torrents of rain that tore through…

2011-05-18
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Homeland Security extends protected status for Haitians

By Melissa Sanchez The Miami Herald In a move that affects thousands of lives across two nations, the Department of Homeland Security will extend and…

2011-05-18
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections

Global Update With World Support, an Ambitious Plan Would Vaccinate 90 Percent of Infants

Ramon Espinosa/Associated Press By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr Haiti, which did a poor job of vaccinating its children even before the 2010 earthquake, has come…

2011-05-17
Posted in Aristide/Preval Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections

UN chief appoints new head of Haiti mission

The Sacramento BEE: UNITED NATIONS — Chile’s former foreign minister is the new U.N. envoy to Haiti. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Monday that Mariano Fernandez…

2011-05-17
Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA

Man accused of fraud in Haiti project cancels Reno house-building event

A Reno businessman accused in a lawsuit and by former employees of defrauding churches and individuals in a plan to build homes in the U.S….

2011-05-17
Posted in Aristide/Preval Crime/Corruption DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections Govt Incompentece

NATIONAL TELEVISION IS PRESENTING A UN PRODUCED, EDMUND MULET NARRATED FILM ON THE JANUARY 12, 2010 EARHQUAKE, CHOLERA EPIDEMIC AND RECENT ELECTIONS. PREVAL WOULD SEEM TO BE ON A LEVEL WITH SISTER TERESA, IF MULET IS TO BE BELIEVED AND THE MINUSTAH ACTIONS ON A LEVEL WITH THOSE OF JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES.

1800 hours May 15, 2011 This program is in such bad taste and so flawed that someone from Martelly’s entourage should have pulled the plug…

2011-05-15
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections

Haiti Presents Plan to Vaccinate 90 Percent of Children Under 1

By Pan American Health Organization: Country needs over $100 million financing over five years to carry out comprehensive vaccination plan Washington, DC, May 13th, 2011…

2011-05-14
Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

The UN reports only 4,500 CHOLERA deaths, but fail to account for more remote areas and provinces where they have no reach

Stanly Lucas: Haitian citizens protested the UN presence in Haiti after the outbreak of cholera last October and widespread speculation that the UN camp in…

2011-05-14
Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections

A REALITY CHECK ON MEDIA REPORTING IN HAITI WHAT YOU SEE IS NOT WHAT YOU GET. THIS STORY INDICATES THE PHILOSOPHY

A Harley biker is riding by the zoo in Washington , DC when he sees a little girl leaning into the lion’s cage. Suddenly, the…

2011-05-13
Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA

Republicans say aid efforts in Haiti are a failure

By LARRY MARGASAK Associated Press Published: Wednesday, May. 11, 2011 – 2:30 pm Last Modified: Wednesday, May. 11, 2011 – 3:55 pm WASHINGTON — House Republicans told…

2011-05-12
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Cholera epidemic in Haiti blamed on Nepalese UN peacekeepers-Added COMMENTARYBy Haitian-Truth

The National: More than 5,000 Haitians have died in a cholera outbreak that followed last year’s earthquake. Hector Retamal / AFP NEW YORK // The…

2011-05-12
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Surprise at Tribeca Festival: Best Film on Haiti Ever

Sitting through the world premiere of When the Drum is Beating at the Tribeca Film Festival this week, I thought to myself, at last: the…

2011-05-12
Posted in Aristide/Preval Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections

FORMER CONGRESSMAN BOB BARR INITIATES INQUIRIES Republicans say aid efforts in Haiti are a failure

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans told the top U.S. foreign aid official on Wednesday that his agency’s earthquake relief efforts in Haiti have been a…

2011-05-11
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

U.N. expects fresh Haiti cholera outbreaks with rains-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

By Joseph Guyler Delva Joseph Guyler Delva –  PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Humanitarian workers in Haiti are preparing for fresh cholera outbreaks as the rainy season…

2011-05-11
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Haiti’s Continuing Cholera Outbreak-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

NY Times Opinion: A United Nations report on the cholera outbreak that has sickened 300,000 Haitians since last fall, killing nearly 5,000, finds evidence to…

2011-05-11
Posted in Aristide/Preval Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA

Congressman Rivera: ‘Assessing Progress in Haiti Act’ Reiterates U.S.’s Commitment to Haiti, Demands Accountability from All Involved

Washington, DC- Today the House of Representatives began consideration on the Assessing Progress in Haiti Act, a bill sponsored by Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-9) and…

2011-05-11
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Haiti cholera similar to South Asian strain, says UN

The cholera strain that has claimed more than 4,500 lives in Haiti closely resembles strains currently circulating in South Asia, a UN report has found….

2011-05-08