Haiti and the Dominican Republic: Same Island, Different Worlds | Haiti Innovation
The relationship between Haiti and the Dominican Republic could be described as schizophrenic. On one hand, the heads of both governments get along well. This has opened up opportunities for cross border cooperation in health, business, and infrastructure.
Haiti Prime Minister slams its "good neighbor" , despite LF overture – Santo Domingo
IMMEDIATE AND SWIFT RESPONSE FROM A BITTER AND FAILED NEIGHBOR Haiti Prime minister Michele Pierre-Louis on Thursday said the recent incidents involving her compatriots and Dominican Republic could jeopardize the “good neighbor” relations of both nations, just two days after the latter’s President, Leonel Fernandez, asked the Ibero-American community to accept Haiti as a member…
Haiti Senate chief stokes standoff, Dominican truckers union says
Dominican truckers union president Blas Peralta Friday said the weeks-long conflict between Dominican and Haitian truck drivers hasn’t been solved due to Haiti Senate president Ana Casis’ political interests.
Haiti: Last chance for a new start – Haiti & Caribbean
With his star power and global influence, Mr. Clinton can attract support for worthy projects, just as he did for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Asian tsunami of December 2004.
Heavy rains leave 11 dead in Haiti: official
Several days of heavy rain has swamped Haiti and left 11 people dead across the poverty-seeped Caribbean nation, officials have said.
EDITORIAL: Can Haiti itself be rescued?
The Coast Guard and local rescue officials performed heroically to save Haitians whose boat sank as they tried to come to this country illegally. If only the response to the long-term crisis could be as effective as the response to the short-term emergency.
3 Haitians plead guilty in American’s kidnapping
Three Haitian men have pleaded guilty to federal U.S. charges in the 2006 kidnapping of two teenage girls, one of them an American citizen, prosecutors said Thursday.
ED’H
Tess brought massive ED’H (electricity of haiti) hours when she arrived last Friday. She left today and so did the electricity. After a week of 16 hours a day we are on hour 26 without it.Most expats in Haiti spend a lot of time trying to make sense of the schedule and come up with theories and ideas about WHY they have electricity or why they don’t. (Assuming that there must be some really
Haiti floods kill four, radio says
A Haitian radio station says steady rains triggered floods that have killed four people.
Editorial: Limbaugh Hostile to Haiti
“I’m just gonna tell you, if I was named envoy to Haiti, I’d quit government. Envoy to Haiti? You can’t even pick up a prostitute down there without genuine fear of AIDS.”