The director of Oxfam’s operations in Haiti has resigned amid an inquiry into allegations of misconduct by staff. Oxfam said the allegations were not linked to fraud. A small number of Oxfam workers in Haiti have been suspended, pending the outcome of an inquiry. The staff suspended are not thought to be British nationals. Oxfam GB [...]
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Bishop Kebreau calls for the character of “Sweet Micky” at the top of the state
Posted by Haiti News on August 10th, 2011
According to Haiti Bishop Louis Kebreau, Haiti president Michel Martelly must take his suit Of “Sweet Mick” Or sim ka dil konsa “grenn nan bouda” to run the country. The Archbishop of Cap Haitien, known for his stand in favor of the Head of State, said that the character of “Sweet Micky” is a must for [...]
New advisory on travel to Haiti
Posted by Haiti News on August 10th, 2011
The U.S. State Department no longer urges American citizens to avoid all travel to Haiti, but says they should still “carefully consider” before traveling to the island. The new travel warning issued Monday softens language from one released in January, when the country was suffering election-related violence, that “strongly urged” citizens to avoid all travel. [...]
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No Comments »A student shot and seriously wounded in Haiti
Posted by Haiti News on August 6th, 2011
A student shot and seriously wounded in Haiti. Incidents erupted Friday afternoon near the National Palace, opposite the Faculty of Ethnology in the area of the Champ de Mars, after Roosevelt Verdieu Rosier, a student of the Faculty of Law and the National Institute of Administration Management and International Studies (INAHEI) was assaulted near the [...]
Haiti Activist Jean-Claude Bajeux Is Dead
Posted by Haiti News on August 5th, 2011
Jean-Claude Bajeux, 79, Haitian human rights activist and scholar and former culture minister who fought Haiti’s Duvalier dictatorship, dies Friday of lung cancer at his home in the hills above Port-au-Prince. Bajeux fought against the 29-year rule of the father-and-son Duvalier dynasty and went on to serve as culture minister during the first term of former President [...]
Haiti may not get brunt of Tropical Storm Emily
Posted by Haiti News on August 4th, 2011
Tropical Storm Emily had a bit of a hiccup overnight stalling the storm’s expected pass over the mountainous island of Hispaniola – a pass that meteorologists were waiting upon before plotting the storm’s future path and strength. At 5 a.m., the National Hurricane Center reports Emilyl is about 25 miles south-southwest of the Dominican Republic’s [...]
