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 Govt Incompentece

THE LATEST POOP ON SALAMI Haiti lawmakers visit sausage plants as salami row crosses border

B. Rojas. File. Zoom Picture SANTO DOMINGO.- Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas promised to disclose the results of the studies to be conducted on salamis,…

2012-08-01
Posted in Elections

Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe Returns from Trip to US, UK

Above: Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe and IOC President Jacques Rogge (Photo: OPM Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe is back…

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 Govt Incompentece

BLACKOUT AT CARNIVAL CAUSES PANIC!! WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS STILL PACKING CHAMPS DE MARS STREET POWER FAILED

August 1, 2012 Martelly’s Carnival of Flowers was still in full swing, well after midnight, when a blackout occurred. There was a near panic and…

2012-08-01
Posted in Ag/Farming

Broilers touts ethanol, Haiti as growth areas after flat year

Food and ethanol producer, Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG), expects an energised financial year having secured a market for its ethanol production. Concurrently, JBG expects to…

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

CARNIVAL CONTRAST IN MARTELLY’S HAITI

2012-07-31
Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

MINI-WAR IN MARTISSANT

July 31, 2012: 8:00PM Police and bandits in gunfight in Martissant. The police have burned down several houses in Ti Bois.

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 DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

1,000,000 ATTEND CARNIVAL MONDAY

July 31, 2012 Martelly’s Carnival of the Flowers – Carnaval des Fleurs  drew a phenomenal crowd on its second day, and evening. Not since the…

2012-07-31
Posted in Elections FRENCH/CREOLE Articles Govt Incompentece

Corruption : “Ti-Geste” ou Gesner Champag

Le gouvernement Martelly-Lamothe aurait signe un contrat avec SIG SAUER pour l’achat de 15,000 armes automatic P-250 par l’entremise de Gesner Champagne “Ti Geste” le…

2012-07-30
Posted in Govt Incompentece

Thousands in Haiti show up for festival-Addd COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

` The Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Thousands of revelers have poured into the downtown area of Haiti’s capital to kick off a three-day festival…

2012-07-30
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

FLASH – FLASH – FLASH!! DEATH AT THE CARNIVAL?? -Updated

DEATH AT THE CARNIVAL?? LIVE TV BROADCAST CUT OFF AT ROUGHLY 10:15 WITH PEOPLE BEHIND ANNOUNCER ASKING IF THE JUGE de PAIX HAD ARRIVED YET….

2012-07-29
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

ARISTIDE NEXT? A Miami federal judge sent a former top official for Haiti’s telecom company to prison for nine years in a bribery case that legal sources say is now focusing on deposed Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

A Miami federal judge sent a former top official for Haiti’s telecom company to prison for nine years in a bribery case that legal sources…

2012-07-29
Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

Haiti – Judo : End of the dream of Linouse Desravine, Olympics 2012

The young Judoka of Cap, Linouse Desravine (born February 10, 1991, in Cap-Haitien), flagship of the Haitian delegation at the opening of the London Olympics…

2012-07-29
Posted in Crime/Corruption

Haiti – Justice : Nearly 10 millios Gourdes diverted from PSUGO

Antoine Atouriste, the Director of the Unit of Fight Against Corruption (ULCC) presented this week, its investigation report on the diversion of nearly 10 million…

2012-07-29
Posted in FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Carnaval des fleurs, c’est parti!

Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : vendredi 27 juillet 2012 Stands au Champ de Mars en voie d’achèvement Claude Bernard Sérant 2 On avait presque oublié ces…

2012-07-29
Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

HAITI’S Harvard Grad Inspires a Nation at the 2012 Olympics in London

I first started triple jumping as a junior in high school. This was after being a distance runner in 7th grade and getting cut from…

2012-07-29