Category: Earthquake/CHOLERA
Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
Divers find ancient monkey fossil in Dominican Republic
Scientists have examined fossilised remains of a tiny, extinct monkey that were retrieved from an underwater cave in the Dominican Republic. The researchers believe the…
U.S. Senator Warns Aid to Haiti Is at Risk
By NICHOLAS CASEY The U.S. risks wasting the aid it is offering earthquake-torn Haiti, a Senate report to be released Thursday says. The government has…
C.O.S.S.T.T.R.A.H GRÈVE: Ce jeudi 22 Juillet 2010, une grève d’avertissement sera lancée dans tout le pays. Dans trois jours, le Président Préval doit mettre en place un Nouveau Conseil électoral Provisoire (CEP) dans le pays.
Nous, les organismes responsables du secteur privé ; Nous, les organismes responsables du secteur syndical dans le domaine des transports qui fonctionnent dans les quatre…
USS Iwo Jima Stops In Miami On Way To Haiti
It’s been more than six months since a devastating earthquake destroyed much of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince. Countless amounts of aid and money have…
FLASH-FLASH-FLASH July 19, 2010 WYCLE JEAN FILES HIS PAPERS AS CANDIDATE FOR HAITIAN PRESIDENCY
Of course he faces a few hurdles, such as the Constitutional requirement that he live in Haiti for the 5 years before the election. He…
Haiti earthquake: six months on-Added Commentary By Haitian-Truth
Six months after Haiti‘s earthquake, the smell of death has gone. For a while it was on every street corner, a powerful reminder of the…
Seaport, the engine of Haiti’s recovery, is sputtering
The crippled seaport in Haiti’s capital, critical to getting the country back on its feet, is mired in cronyism, waste, scandal and inertia. BY JACQUELINE…
FLASH-FLASH-FLASH READ THIS ONE-Dr. Anthony Alessi: On my 3rd visit to Haiti after quake, I’ve seen some changes for better
By DR. ANTHONY ALESSI For The Norwich Bulletin Posted Jul 17, 2010 @ 11:30 PM Last update Jul 17, 2010 @ 11:32 PM Scorching sun…
Haiti’s sick ‘must not be forgotten
By Jane Elliott Health reporter, BBC News Operation. Pic: Merlin/Jeroen Oerlemans Merlin orthopaedic and plastic surgeons operate on a survivor Six months ago, scores of…
FLASH-FLASH-FLASH-Small Quake hits Mole St. Nicholas
Jul 17, 2010 SMALL EARTHQUAKE SHAKES MOLE ST. NICHOLAS At approximately 0300 hours a small earthquake shook Mole Saint Nicholas in Haiti’s northwest. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti…
Bill Clinton gets tough as donors fail to honour $5bn Haiti pledge-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Bill Clinton has promised to get tough with countries which pledged billions of dollars in aid to earthquake-ravaged Haiti but have yet to deliver the…
Quake troubles wash away in sacred Haiti waterfall
By JONATHAN M. KATZ (AP) – 15 hours ago SAUT D’EAU, Haiti — Pilgrims, partiers and profit-seekers flocked to a sacred Haitian waterfall Friday where…
Aid to Haiti: The View From the World Bank-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
To the Editor: “Finishing Haiti’s Unfinished Work,” by Jean-Max Bellerive, the prime minister of Haiti, and former President Bill Clinton (Op-Ed, July 12), makes clear…
Devastated Haiti Braces for an Active Hurricane Season-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
By NATHANIAL GRONEWOLD of Greenwire Published: July 12, 2010 UNITED NATIONS — Aid workers are still scrambling to provide shelter to millions of Haitians made…
Agriculture Short-Changed in Haiti’s Post-Quake Recovery Lack of rural jobs threatens reconstruction effort
After a powerful earthquake struck Haiti in January, boosting agricultural production was seen as one of the keys to the nation’s recovery. Six months later,…
Aid cargo sits unused in Haitian customs lot-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
(NECN/CNN: Port-au-Prince, Haiti) – In the main harbor of Port-au-Prince, where life-saving supplies are shipped in from around the world, there is a hold put…
Haiti reconstruction must proceed with all possible speed-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Saturday, July 17, 2010 IT HAS BEEN half a year since an earthquake nearly flattened Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, killing 250,000 people and leaving…
Haitian protesters say President Rene Preval must go
THOUSANDS of young Haitians demonstrated in their devastated capital yesterday, demanding the ouster of President Rene Preval. One day after marking the six-month anniversary of…