Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

AFTER PREVAL’S REFUSAL, MARTELLY SEES Haiti turn to vaccinations a year after cholera struck-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

Miami Herald: In a dramatic policy shift, Haiti has agreed to support a massive vaccination program to slow a cholera outbreak that has claimed more…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

Donors rushed to help Haiti, but Clinton Bush fund was slow to release the money

  October 19, 2011|By Megan O’Matz, Sun Sentinel: In the year following the devastating earthquake in Haiti, nearly $49 million poured into a relief fund…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA Govt Incompentece

Haiti Quake Panel’s Mandate Ends-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth

AP:The mandate is ending for a Haiti reconstruction panel that was set up to coordinate donor aid after last year’s earthquake. The Interim Haiti Recovery…

Posted in Crime/Corruption

Haiti closes orphanage for neglect following complaints from US missionaries

  Washington Post: CARREFOUR, Haiti — An orphanage where the director was accused by U.S. missionaries of not feeding children and selling donated goods was…

Posted in Elections FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Liste complète des membres du nouveau Cabinet Ministériel.

October 21, 2011 Ministre des Affaires Sociales et du Travail – François Richel LAFAILLE   Ministre de l'Agriculture des ressources naturelles et du Développement Rural…

Posted in Elections

New Haiti government begins work

  A day after being sworn-in at the broken presidential palace, Prime Minister Garry Conille sets about tackling myriad priorities. Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

Couple Married 72 Years Dies Holding Hands

  Yeager Family DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa couple who was married for 72 years died one hour apart last week in the hospital as…

Posted in Crime/Corruption

MARTELLY SAYS PARLIAMENT IS REFUGE FOR CRIMINALS. HERE IS AN EXAMPLE: DEPUTE ARNEL BELIZAIRE MUG SHOT

Posted in FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

“Ce président va être cynique”

“Vous n’avez encore rien vu, ce président va être cynique”, a déclaré samedi le président Michel Martelly lors d’un point de presse, de retour d’un…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

Scientists See Promise in Vaccine For Malaria

Ake Ericson/Aurora Photos Children sick with malaria, rest on blankets in Jandemar, Sierra Leone. Preliminary results from the trial of a malaria vaccine show that it protected…

Posted in Crime/Corruption

$26 Million [US] Missing from Haiti’s National Fund for Education

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (defend.ht) – $26 million [US] of the “Fund National pour l’Education” (FNE) are unaccounted for. The Bank of the Republic of Haiti (BRH)…

Posted in FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Reconstituer une armée en Haïti

WASHINGTON, États-Unis – Reconstituer une armée en Haïti, comme le souhaite son président Michel Martelly, dans un pays où l’armée est «traditionnellement un instrument de…

Posted in Aristide/Preval Crime/Corruption

Letter To Amnesty International

*Haiti Democracy Project*, 2011-10-17  http://haitipolicy.org/content/4729.htm)  International Secretariat  Amnesty International  London  Greetings from the Haiti Democracy Project. We commend your report on Jean-Claude Duvalier, “You Cannot Kill…

Posted in Crime/Corruption Govt Incompentece

“Who protects us from you?” – MINUSTAH and Haiti

By Kevin Edmonds Kevin Edmonds is a freelance journalist and doctoral student in Political Science at the University of Toronto. He is one of the…

Posted in Govt Incompentece

Sweet Micky’s Wild Ride

VOANews: Former Haitian pop-star-turned-president Michele Martelly abruptly canceled our TV interview. As a consolation, he invited VOA TV Correspondent Carolyn Presutti to join him in…

Posted in DAILY REPORTS-Direct From Haiti

About The Founder

MICHAEL COLLINS I was one of those kids who built model planes and dreamed of becoming a fighter pilot.  After four years in university, gaining…

Posted in Elections

Martelly gets support from U.N., Haitian Senate

Miami Herald: NEW YORK — The government of Haitian President Michel Martelly received two important symbols of support Friday from the United Nations. The U.N. Security…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA

CONILLE – CONILLE – CONILLE-Fort d’un appui massif de 81 voix pour, avec seulement 7 abstentions et 0 contre, le nouveau Premier ministre va diriger le premier gouvernement de la Présidence Martelly qui doit affronter des problèmes gigantesques

  Publié le samedi 15 octobre 2011    La Chambre des Députés a adopté massivement samedi matin (peu après 08h00 heure locale, 13h00 GMT) par…

Posted in Earthquake/CHOLERA FRENCH/CREOLE Articles

Les cas de choléra se multiplient dans la Grand’Anse, le Nord et l’Artibonite

Le Nouvelliste: Les cas de choléra se sont multipliés ces derniers jours dans les départements du Nord, de la Grand’Anse et de l’Artibonite. Cette recrudescence…

Posted in Ag/Farming

More Americans than Chinese can’t put food on the table

The number of Americans who lack access to basic necessities like food and health care is now higher than it was at the peak of…