Caribbean responds to damage caused by Irene

Date:8/28/2011  By:CMC

Hurricane Irene killed two people in Haiti, flooded houses, cut roads, unleashed landslides and devastated farm fields during its passage off the coast of the Caribbean country earlier this week, the United Nations has reported.

Haitians told to be patient and await presidential election results

Date:3/22/2011  By:CMC

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti Monday called on all candidates in the second round of presidential and legislative elections on Sunday to show patience and restraint as they wait for the results of the vote.

Wyclef Shot In Haiti

Date:3/20/2011  By:Staffer

Reports out of Haiti are that popular that hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean had been shot and was at a hospital seeking treatment.

Aristide back on Haitian soil.

Date:3/18/2011  By:AP

Former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide is getting celebrity treatment following his arrival in Haiti after seven years in exile.

Jean Bertrand Aristide’s return to Haiti imminent

Date:3/13/2011  By:CMC

The head of former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s Lavalas Party Council has said that the exiled leader’s return to the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country is “imminent.”

Cholera death toll in Haiti passes 600

Date:11/10/2010  By:CMC

The death toll from cholera across Haiti has risen to 644, as aid workers fight to contain the spread of the disease in the capital, Port-au-Prince.

Weakening Tomas still threatens Jamaica, Haiti

Date:11/3/2010  By:AP

Tomas has already killed at least 14 people and left seven missing in the eastern Caribbean nation of St. Lucia, where it caused more than $37 million in damage. In nearby St. Vincent, the storm wrecked more than 1,200 homes and caused nearly $24 million in damages to crops,

World Bank giving US$55m to Haiti

Date:8/17/2010  By:Nation News

THE WORLD BANK announced that it will disburse US$55 million to Haiti, which will help the Caribbean nation address some of its most urgent financing needs as it strives to recover in the wake of the January 12 earthquake that killed more than 230 000 people and caused widespread destruction mainly in the capital of Port-au-Prince.

Development bank forgives $479 million Haiti debt

Date:3/22/2010  By:AP

The Inter-American Development Bank President Luis Alberto Moreno said the bank's board of governors voted to forgive the debt and will offer $2 billion in financing to the Caribbean nation over the next 10 years.

Food at last! - New approach eases chaos in Haiti

Date:2/1/2010  By:AP

The 79-year-old woman with a 55-pound bag of rice perched on her head gingerly descended concrete steps Sunday and passed it off to her daughter-in-law, who quickly disappeared behind the faded leopard-print sheets that are the walls of their makeshift home on the crowded turf of Haiti's National Stadium.