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Haiti’s president nominates prime minister nominee

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s new president has formally nominated a power company executive to be his prime minister. The nomination of Daniel-Gerard Rouzier on…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Fragile Haiti a top worry for hurricane season

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The director of the National Hurricane Center said Friday that Haiti’s ability to respond to a tropical storm while still…

Posted in Elections FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Martelly acculé à convoquer une assemblée constituante

Haïti: Haïti se trouve aujourd’hui plongée dans une situation calamiteuse et confuse qui, si elle est mal gérée, peut déboucher sur une crise politico-constitutionnelle sans…

Posted in Crime/Corruption Elections FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Haïti – Constitution : Texte officiel des amendements de la constitution de 1987

La publication officielle des amendements de la constitution de 1987, met fin aux imprécisions, contradictions et rumeurs de toutes sortes, qui circulaient après les deux…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

Forecasters expect 3 to 6 major hurricanes

MIAMI — U.S. government forecasters announced Thursday that they expect three to six major hurricanes from an above-average Atlantic storm season. No major hurricane has…

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DEVASTATING THUNDERSTORM DUMPS 10 INCHES IN 12 MINUTES AND CONTINUES FOR 2 HOURS.

May 19, 2011 6:41 PM and the skies opened with a deluge that would have frightened Noah! Roads became violent rivers that swept everything in…

Posted in Ag/Farming Earthquake/CHOLERA

24 hour deployable concrete tents back in the news as disasters mount

(PhysOrg.com) — First imagined and created back in 2007 by two University engineering students who met at the Royal College of Art in London, Will…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Sean Penn in Cannes Raising Money for Haiti

By: Roger Friedman HollywoodNews.com: Tonight’s the annual amFAR dinner. But with no Sharon Stone (she was ousted last year in a political squabble), the once…

Posted in Aristide/Preval Crime/Corruption Elections Govt Incompentece

US government revokes more visas for Haitians

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. State Department has revoked visas for a number of Haitian citizens, an American diplomat in the Caribbean country announced…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Sweden, US give $2.6 million to Haiti’s displaced

The Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Sweden and the U.S. are providing $2.6 million to Haiti to help prevent sexual assaults in the settlement camps…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Elections

New UN head in Haiti to work with Martelly on pressing challenges

People’s Daily:Strengthening of political institutions and social-economic development are two major challenges in Haiti and the United Nations will work closely with new Haitian President…

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Heinz nurtures vitamin-deficient Haitian young

By Jill King Greenwood PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW When women in Haiti stop nursing their babies, it doesn’t take long for malnutrition to set in. Breast-feeding typically…

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Martelly wants business leader as prime minister

By TRENTON DANIEL – Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s new president wants a business leader to serve as his prime minister, a government official…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Elections

MARTELLY CELEBRATES NATIONAL FLAG DAY IN ARCAHAIE

May 18, 2011 On May 18, 1803 Jean-Jacques Dessaline created the Haitian flag by tearing the white portion from a French flag, symbolic of removing…

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RCMP officers robbed at gunpoint in Haiti

The UN and Haitian police are investigating after three RCMP officers were robbed in Haiti’s capital. Seen here, a camp for people made homeless by…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Keeping Hope Alive in Haiti’s Tent Cities

Huffington Post: On the afternoon of April 28, a black cloud rumbled over Haiti and unleashed violent winds and torrents of rain that tore through…

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Homeland Security extends protected status for Haitians

By Melissa Sanchez The Miami Herald In a move that affects thousands of lives across two nations, the Department of Homeland Security will extend and…

Posted in Aristide/Preval DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti Elections

HUGE CONSTITUTIONAL SCREW UP CREATED BY PREVAL~MARTELLY SHOULD REALLY ARREST HIM – AMERICANS AND CANADIANS SHOULD REVOKE VISAS – FOREVER – FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE!!!

May 17, 2011 DOWNLOAD PDF OF AMENDMENTS HERE Amendement-version du Moniteur Recent debate in Parliament saw certain constitutional amendments passed, while others did not. In…

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Haiti’s New Leader Faces Daunting Security Challenges

By Hannah Stone: As Haiti’s President Michael Martelly begins his first week in power, among the legions of challenges facing the new leader is breaking…

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Global Update With World Support, an Ambitious Plan Would Vaccinate 90 Percent of Infants

Ramon Espinosa/Associated Press By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr Haiti, which did a poor job of vaccinating its children even before the 2010 earthquake, has come…