Category: Earthquake/CHOLERA

Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Earthquake/CHOLERA

Magnitude 4.3 Quake detected – 4km SSE of Imbert, Dominican Republic

Event Time 2013-11-22 23:24:47 UTC 2013-11-22 19:24:47 UTC-04:00 at epicenter 2013-11-22 15:24:47 UTC-08:00 system time Location 19.719°N 70.816°W depth=13.2km (8.2mi) Nearby Cities 4km (2mi) SSE…

2013-11-23
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Haiti decries lack of int’l funds to fight cholera

Most donor countries have failed to deliver on their promise to help Haiti fight cholera, making it difficult to combat the disease, reports reaching here…

2013-11-22
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Partners In Health, Abbott and the Abbott Fund Open Nutrition Facility in Haiti

Facility Produces First Shipments of Locally Sourced, Therapeutic Food to Treat Severe Malnutrition in Children – Abbott and PIH Combine Unique, Complementary Expertise to Build…

2013-11-20
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Grass-roots movements key to ending world’s toilet problem: UNICEF

NEW DELHI: Toilets are still out of reach for more than one-third of the global population, with devastating consequences to the health and development of…

2013-11-20
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections

Venezuela’s Maduro Secures Powers to Rule Without Congress

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro received authority to pass economic laws without congressional approval, a move the opposition says will increase the harassment of businesses and…

2013-11-20
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Haiti, Cholera and the UN

by ROGER ANNIS A very informative and revealing story about the lawsuit against the United Nations over cholera in Haiti was broadcast on the Canadian…

2013-11-15
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Péligre et la crise énergétique en Haïti (Documentaire Audio-Video)

Centrale de Péligre: Puissance installée 47.5 Mw Péligre et la crise énergétique en Haiti (Documentaire Audio-Video) Suite à l’annnonce du prêt  qui est octroyé  par…

2013-11-14
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

US Education Secretary Duncan visits Haiti classrooms, calls for openness to improve schools

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A senior U.S. official visiting Haiti called Tuesday for greater transparency to improve the quality of education in the Caribbean country’s long-struggling…

2013-11-08
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Sunrise Airways Reaffirms Commitment to Turks and Caicos

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – (October 29, 2013) – Sunrise Airways (IATA: S6, ICAO: KSZ) announced today that it plans to launch a second nonstop flight between Cap Haitien and…

2013-11-02
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Brazil to export low-cost measles and rubella vaccine

The vaccine will be the first produced exclusively for export by Brazil Brazil has announced plans to produce a low-cost measles and rubella vaccine for…

2013-10-31
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Haiti, the forgotten victim of Sandy

by Ehab Zahriyeh @EhabZ October 29, 2013 12:02PM ET Despite progress, Haitians and donors face fatigue in addressing the Caribbean island’s humanitarian crisis A Haitian…

2013-10-30
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Arcade Fire’s Reflektor: Let The Light In On their daring double album, Arcade Fire re-invents rock from the roots up, in Bigger Than The Sound

Win Butler seems like a guy who thinks about music. I say that based on what I know about him (admittedly, very little), though it’s…

2013-10-30
Posted in Aristide/Preval DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections Govt Incompentece

DIVIDE AND CONQUER!!! CHERYL MILLS ATTEMPTS TO MURDER HAITI BY PLAYING ONE SIDE AGAINST THE OTHER IN A DANCE OF DEATH – MAKING PROMISES TO EACH SIDE SHE KNOWS WILL NEVER BE KEPT.

October 30, 2013 VICE-PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN PHONES MARTELLY AND ATTEMPTS TO FORCE IMPOSSIBLE ELECTION SCHEDULE ON HAITI WHEN CANADIAN AND AMERICAN EMBASSIES ALREADY ACCEPT REALITY…

2013-10-30
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Arcade Fire pays tribute to Haiti on new album

By JENNIFER KAY The Associated Press Win Butler, right, and his wife and bandmate Regine Chassagne, left, of Arcade Fire, perform Oct. 24, 2013 at…

2013-10-27
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Haitian garment plants accused of cheating workers

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A labor rights group is accusing clothing manufacturers in Haiti of frequently cheating workers out of their meager wages. The U.S.-based…

2013-10-26
Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA

Survivors of capsized Haitian migrant smuggling boat charged with murder

FILE–Coast Guard examine a boat that capsized just southeast of Government Cut Oct. 16, 2013. A Bahamian boat captain and crewman are being charged with…

2013-10-26
Posted in Ag/Farming Earthquake/CHOLERA

Today, in a first for Haiti, one group of farmers sponsored food aid for another group of farmers in need.

Jean-Robert Castin, representing farmers in Gonaives, giving rice, beans and cooking oil to Ametide Estimable, a farmer in Terre des Nègres. Today, in a first…

2013-10-25
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Haitian Cholera Strain Spreads To Mainland With Mexico Outbreak

byRichard Knox- Morning Edition October 23, 2013 3:12 AM A nurse treats a cholera patient in the Dominican Republic on Aug. 27, at the Juan…

2013-10-23
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Architects unveil plan for Haitian cathedral ‘Iconic symbol’ would reflect hope for resurrected church, nation

The new Episcopal Church cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti would make a strong statement of hope on a busy corner in the country’s capital, which is…

2013-10-23
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

HAITIAN HOTELIERS FORGET THE MAXIM – LOCATION! – LOCATION! – LOCATION! WHEN BUILDING IN HAITI. INSTEAD, THE BUILD IN SEMI-SLUM AREAS WHERE GUESTS WILL HAVE NO ATTRACTIONS – MONEY LAUNDERING OR A TAX DODGE FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS OF NO USE TO HAITI OR HAITIANS-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Above: the soon-to-open NH El Rancho By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti currently has five hotels and 644 rooms in its active hotel development pipeline,…

2013-10-22