Category: Earthquake/CHOLERA
Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
USGS: 4.6 magnitude quake rattles Haiti
USGS: 4.6 magnitude quake rattles Haiti The Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A moderate earthquake has rattled southern Haiti, causing some people to run out…
Former President Clinton urges officials to stem Haiti cholera outbreak
By Associated Press, Published: March 7 MIREBALAIS, Haiti — Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Wednesday that a U.N. peacekeeper was responsible for bringing cholera to…
Insight: Japan missed tsunami wake-up call for change
TOKYO (Reuters) – Three months after Japan’s March 11 triple disaster, a long-time expert on the country arrived in Tokyo to research a book he…
Haiti rebrands itself, but getting there will cost more
While many welcome Haiti’s push to rebrand itself from Caribbean disaster zone to tourism Mecca, reviews are mixed over government’s plans to increase air travel…
New Haiti govt panel to help clear army camps
March 05, 2012|Trenton Daniel, Associated Press Haiti’s government is trying to reclaim training camps, including an old military base, taken over by former soldiers calling…
Rare reprieve for Haiti’s disabled slated to end as government plans to close camp
TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press8:12 p.m. CST, March 5, 2012 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — When doctors amputated her right arm that was crushed by jagged rubble…
Tunisia leader, Bill Clinton among Nobel nominees
OSLO (Reuters) – Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower Bradley Manning, and former U.S. President Bill Clinton may be among the hundreds of nominees…
FEATURE-Haiti’s homeless face housing lottery
23 Feb 2012 20:39 Source: alertnet // Anastasia Moloney By Anastasia Moloney PORT-AU-PRINCE (AlertNet) – For the past month, Yvenna Calixte has been searching for…
UN Must Take Responsibility for Haiti Cholera Outbreak
JURIST Guest Columnists Maria-Elena Kolovos and Beatrice Lindstrom of the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux say that for the Haitian cholera victims to be properly compensated…
Energetic Microbiologist-Turned-Ambassador Puts Out a Call to Action for Medical Laboratory Volunteers for Haiti, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic Read more: Energetic microbiologist-turned-ambassador puts out a call to action for medical laboratory volunteers for Haiti, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic
From volunteer services, to replaced equipment, to outdated NCCLS materials, anything can be of help in poor countries where no medical laboratories come anywhere close…
Two years after the earthquake, Haiti is trying to clear tent cities
By William Booth, PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — International aid worker Emmett Fitzgerald has to get 20,000 very poor people squatting in front of the National Palace…
HAITIAN QUAKE FUNDS STOLEN BY FIFA CHIEF
Stabroeknews.com: The Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) now has a fresh issue to deal with: the reported disappearance of Haiti Aid funds. On the…
NEXT TIME THE WORLD TRIES TO SCREW HAITI – WE WILL BE READY: Sir Richard’s Condom Company Announces Inaugural Condom Donation to Haiti
WEBWIRE – Monday, February 13, 2012 For every Sir Richard’s condom purchased, one is donated to a developing country New York, NY (February 13, 2012)…
U.N. Security Council heads to Haiti for firsthand look
By JACQUELINE CHARLES AND STEWART STOGEL McClatchy Newspapers Published: Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012 – 12:00 am UNITED NATIONS — When a 15-member delegation of the…
PRIME MINISTER CONILLE PROMISES STATE DEPARTMENT THAT BELLERIVE CONTRACTS – FOR $358,000,000 WITH DOMINICAN SENATAOR BAUTISTA – WILL BE AUDITED A PROMISE OF GRAVE PROBLEMS FOR PREVAL, BELLERIVE AND POSSIBLY MARTELLY, SINCE RUMORED $34,000,000 SKIMMED OFF TOP….CONILLE CANCELLED, MARTELLY REINSTATED
Contrat entre Jean-Max Bellerive et des Compagnies Dominicaines, un Crime de Haute Trahison. ________________________ ____________________ _
Inveneo bringing broadband to developing countries
SF Gate: Esha Chhabra Friday, February 10, 2012 Two years ago, when international aid groups rushed to help earthquake-ravaged Haiti, little did they expect that…
L’éducation en Haïti, un sujet de préoccupations
LaNouvelliste: Manifestations d’élèves, protestations de syndicats d’enseignants à travers tout le pays, le système éducatif haïtien est sur la route d’une nouvelle crise: d’un côté,…
Can Vaccines Break Cholera’s Deadly Hold On Haiti?
February 7, 2012 by Jason BeaubienNPR The cholera outbreak in Haiti is currently the worst ongoing episode in the world. Over the past 15 months,…
Haiti – Economy : ALBA will meet in Haiti early March in Jacmel
Haiti Libre On the occasion of the XI Summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) to which took part a…
ALBA moves to expand group, welcomes Haiti’s membership
The eight-nation Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) is moving quickly to expand, as its leaders have approved a new economic integration…