Category: Earthquake/CHOLERA

Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti

Posted in Ag/Farming Earthquake/CHOLERA

The buzz about Haiti – as a tourist destination?

Christian Science Monitor President Martelly wants to attract investors to build hotels and resorts, with an estimated 2,250 hotel rooms completed by 2013. It’s a…

2012-08-09
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

U.N. must take responsibility for ending epidemic caused by its troops

By MARK WEISBROT WASHINGTON — Haitians have had a long and arduous struggle just to achieve the rights that most people in the rest of…

2012-08-09
Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections Govt Incompentece

Think tank study advises against swift UN exit from Haiti-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

By Associated Press, PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A new report advises against the swift departure of a United Nations mission in Haiti despite debate over the…

2012-08-04
Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Earthquake/CHOLERA

Haiti’s Marlena Wesh Advances to Semi-Finals in Olympic 400m Competition

LONDON, England (defend.ht) – Marlena Wesh advanced to the second round of the women’s 400 meters competition at the 2012 Olympic Games coming in 3rd…

2012-08-03
Posted in Ag/Farming Earthquake/CHOLERA

Olympics-Triple jumper asks Facebook friend to help heal Haiti

By Paul Majendie LONDON | Wed Aug 1, 2012 2:56am EDT Aug 1 (Reuters) – Haitian triple jumper Samyr Laine is determined to give something…

2012-08-01
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

Haiti: workers in new FTZ complain about wages-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Submitted by Weekly News Upd… on Wed, 08/01/2012 – 00:57 The first plant in a giant “free trade zone” (FTZ) being built with international aid…

2012-08-01
Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Earthquake/CHOLERA

CARNIVAL CONTRAST IN MARTELLY’S HAITI

2012-07-31
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Latrines with Walls: Preventing Cholera in Haiti

Jason Hayes: Every weekday morning, the staff at Hopital Albert Schweitzer (HAS) convenes in the hospital’s bibliyotek to discuss deaths and complex cases from the…

2012-07-31
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Earthquake Relief Where Haiti Wasn’t Broken

Deborah Sontag: CARACOL, Haiti — On the first anniversary of the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake, in a sleepy corner of northeast Haiti far from the…

2012-07-30
Posted in Crime/Corruption DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

MAJOR HAITIAN BUSINESSMAN CONSULTS TOP AMERICAN TRIAL ATTORNEY WITH REGARD TO POSSIBLE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST AMERICAN CITIZEN SOPHIE MARTELLY UNDER THE AMERICAN CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT.

July 22, 2012 His approach is novel, to say the least. The Haitian says Sophie is guilty under the Corrupt Practices Act in that she…

2012-07-29
Posted in Crime/Corruption Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

MARTELLY’S MARIGOLD MASSACRE AS HE ATTEMPTS TO EVICT 140 FAMILIES FROM LAND THEY HAVE OCCUPIED SINCE 1942

Monday, July 23, around noon, a squad composed of 36 officers of the Departmental Unit of Law Enforcement (UDMO), directed by the Departmental Director of…

2012-07-28
Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Earthquake/CHOLERA

Lessons from Haiti and Japan Show Need for Greater Coordination, More Communication, Respect for Local Authority and Attention to Mental Health

Waterloo, Canada (PRWEB) July 24, 2012 Experiences in Haiti and Japan offer lessons on how the international community can improve responses to disaster, says the…

2012-07-25
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections Govt Incompentece

MARTELLY BEWARE!! HILLARY CLINTON, AND HAITI’S MOB, PREFER LAMOTHE…THEY BOTH BELIEVE MARTELLY GOVERNMENT HAS DONE NOTHING IN 12 MONTHS.. PREVAL WAS BETTER

WASHINGTON – Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe’s visit to Washington offered an opportunity to take stock of Haiti’s accomplishments as it continues its recovery from…

2012-07-25
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Award-Winning Documentary on UN role in Haiti’s Cholera Outbreak Set For Wider Distribution

Los Angeles, CA – The documentary film, Baseball in the Time of Cholera, which recently won a Tribeca Film Festival award for exposing the United…

2012-07-24
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

De l’électricité pour le développement de Léogâne

Le Nouvelliste: Nathalie Verné L’Electricité d’Haïti (ED’H) et l’ambassade de la Corée du Sud en Haïti ont inauguré le vendredi 20 juillet la centrale électrique…

2012-07-24
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

REPLACE MINUSTAH WITH A BATTALION OF US MARINES

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press AP Photo/Grant Hindsley US Video CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (AP) — The Marine Corps has created its first law enforcement battalions…

2012-07-22
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections

Haiti’s Michel Martelly Gives Award to Outgoing United States Ambassador -Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Above: the ceremony in Port-au-Prince (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly has awarded outgoing United States Ambassador to Haiti Kenneth…

2012-07-22
Posted in Crime/Corruption DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

AND YET MORE DEBT AS MARTELLY GOVERNMENT STEALS HAITI’S FUTURE

HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS ALREADY STOLEN BY MARTELLY INSIDERS MAKING ARISTIDE AND PREVAL’S CORRUPTION SEEM LIKE A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEAM. MARTELLY GOVERNMENT IN IMMINENT DANGER OF…

2012-07-22
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

US pledge to help rebuild Haiti better and with transparency faltering

(Dieu Nalio Chery/ Associated Press ) – In this Wednesday, June 13, 2012 photo, a woman and her daughter stand at the entrance of their…

2012-07-21
Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

Haiti cholera ‘far worse than expected’, experts fear

By Michelle Roberts Health reporter, BBC News Cholera is killing thousands in Haiti The cholera epidemic affecting Haiti looks set to be far worse than…

2012-07-21