Category: Earthquake/CHOLERA
Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
A UNICEF staff member is motivated by work, colleagues – and stigma
By Tamar Hahn PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 19 December 2012 – Resource Mobilization Specialist at UNICEF Haiti Cara Elizabeth Yar Khan was diagnosed with hereditary inclusion body…
Dreaming of Haiti
Prince Loveridge, a free black Northerner, taught at a segregated school on Staten Island during the Civil War. Shortly after the war began, he published…
Is the UN repackaging Haiti’s cholera aid?
WATCH STUNNING 25 MIN VIDEO HERE We ask what the new plan to eradicate cholera truly means when the UN still refuses to admit causing…
Sabotage in EDH
20/12/2012 07:50:48 In a note the Directorate General of Electricity of Haiti (EDH) deplores the acts of sabotage on the night of December 17 on…
Brazil donates 2 million doses of vaccine
HaitiLibre:20/12/2012 09:56:10 The Ministry of Health of Brazil has donated another shipment of vaccines to Haiti, nearly 2 million doses distributed as follows: 297.750 doses…
MINUSTAH’s Disregard for the People of Haiti
Dissedent Voice by Yves Engler / December 20th, 2012 The Conservatives and their supporters have taken an increasingly aggressive tone against the United Nations. Since…
More Canadian peacekeepers may be bound for troubled Haiti in 2013
By Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press OTTAWA – The Harper government has quietly considered a proposal to contribute more peacekeepers to the UN stabilization mission…
Marriott breaks ground in Haiti for country’s first 4-star branded hotel-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Construction crews in Haiti are building what is expected to be the country’s first four-star branded hotel. The $45 million Marriott hotel…
French Ambassador Didier Le Bret bids farewell
French Ambassador Didier Le Bret bids farewell PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – France’s ambassador to Haiti, Didier Le Bret, was recalled by his government after three…
Puerto Rican team wins design competition for Haitian Cathedral
Architects from around the world submitted plans to rebuild the Port-au-Prince cathedral devastated by the 2010 earthquake. The winning design for the new cathedral in…
Haiti – Technology : Launch of the first Haitian Cyber Tap-Tap-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
19/12/2012 11:42:59 Tuesday, at the National Palace, the President Martelly, has launched the Project Cyber Tap-Tap. This project designed by the Presidency is primarily intended…
Haiti Arts Thrive Again Because Of Boost From Advocacy Groups (PHOTOS) -Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
MAKING IT IN HAITI: Three years after a devastating earthquake, there’s still not much economic traction in this impoverished Caribbean country, but arts and crafts…
UM School of Architecture hosts competition to rebuild Haitian cathedral
A panel of six experts meeting at the University of Miami this week will announce Thursday the winning design for the Port-au-Prince Cathedral. The Notre…
Reservoirs can make local flooding worse, says study
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News Researchers used measurements from several reservoirs, including this one at Puclaro, northern Chile Researchers say that large man-made…
Antigua PM: “The Future of the Caribbean Depends on How Haiti Will Play Its Role”
Above: Antigua PM Baldwin Spencer and Haiti Foreign Minister Pierre Richard Casimir (OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin…
Sri Lanka and Haiti establish diplomatic ties
Details Published on Wednesday, 19 December 2012 10:39 NEWS.LK Sri Lanka and the Republic of Haiti established formal diplomatic relations on Friday (14). Dr. Palitha…
Plans to rebuild Haiti’s cathedral begin to form
By JENNIFER KAY Associated Press CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Almost three years after an earthquake toppled the Roman Catholic and Episcopal cathedrals in Haiti’s capital,…
Haiti, Digicel National Fund for Education smells fishy
President Michel Martelly decorates Digicel CEO Denis O’Brien one month in office. June 22, 2011 MIAMI, USA (defend.ht) – President Michel Martelly told the Haitian…
Thursday, December 13, 2012 Reframing Haiti’s Foreign Policy Strategy By Stanley Lucas
The Martelly Administration has broken from the past 40 years of corrupt governance in many important ways. Reassessing Haiti’s standing in the world, particularly in…
Transat Holidays returns vacationers to Haiti after 23 years-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
The Star: FRED CHARTRAND/CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO Michaelle Jean, then Canada’s Governor General, overlooking the city of Port-au-Prince in May of 2006. Jean and her…








