Haiti: New drinking water system at Jacmel prison
Of a capacity of 20,000 liters per day, a water treatment by ultrafiltration, has been installed at the Jacmel prison. Sourced from: Haiti News
Oral History Project Captures Stories of Haiti Earthquake Survivors
Newswise – Two years after Haiti was rocked by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake near Port au Prince, a New York University graduate student and staff at the University of Kentucky …
Haiti judge: Try Duvalier on corruption charges
Investigative Magistrate Carves Jean said the statute of limitations had run out on the human rights charges but not on the accusations of misappropriation of public funds. Sourced from: Haiti News
Jamaica Broilers buys 1,700 acres for future plans
Jamaica’s largest poultry producer Jamaica Broilers, has purchased 1,700 acres of land in Spring Garden, St Catherine in order to facilitate a number of initiatives it has in the works. …
Martelly’s plan for new Haitian army stirs heated debate
MEXICO CITY/PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct. 2 — Haitian President Michel Martelly’s plan to create a new army has stirred a heated debate in the Caribbean country just days after it was published …
Haiti Bad Times for Baby Doc
Like a hurricane born in the Caribbean and gathering momentum as it pushes northward, word spread last week that Jean-Claude Duvalier, 34, Haiti’s President-for-Life, had fled his country. Sourced from: Haiti …
PAHO/WHO, the Government of Haiti, and Canada Launch Project Manman ak timoun an sante in …
Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 15 September 2011 – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization , together with the Haitian Ministry of Health and with the support of Canada, will launch a …
Haiti: Anti-MINUSTAH protests will continue
Via Prensa Latina: ContinuarA n protestas contra Minustah en HaitA . [Protests against MINUSTAH will continue in Haiti] Excerpt, with my translation: La organizaciA3n civil que preparA3 las protestas para …
Doctor sees roles changing in Haiti
A Baton Rouge physician who’s about to visit Haiti for the second time since the January 2010 earthquake, says the role of some volunteer physicians is becoming more mentor than …
Haiti gets $2m. grant to help create jobs, ease effects of 2010 quake
Haiti’s devastated economy will receive a boost of $2 million through a grant from the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund to help regenerate the country’s small business sector. Sourced from: Haiti News
One for the Books: Haiti, the ‘Pearl of the Caribbean’
It’s been just over a year now since a devastating earthquake hit Haiti, and the impoverished nation was in the news again recently with the return of one of its …
Lebanon: Protest in Support of Egypt
Written by Amira Al Hussaini This post is part of our special coverage of Egypt Protests 2011. A solidarity protest in support of the demonstrators in Egypt is taking place next …