Aids: Origin of pandemic ‘was 1920s Kinshasa’
By James Gallagher Health editor, BBC News website Kinshasa, pictured in 1955, was at the centre of the pandemic, scientists say The origin of the Aids pandemic has been traced to the 1920s in the city...
View ArticleHaiti bans its citizens from UN mission against Ebola
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian volunteers have been banned from departing for African countries hit by the Ebola virus, the government said on Friday, citing other diseases that have devastated the...
View ArticleFrom toilet to table, overcoming the ‘yuk’ factor
By Lorena Arroyo BBC Mundo The use of eco toilets not only is preventing diseases by improving sanitation but it could also help the country’s food security in the long term, too Human excrement spread...
View ArticleChilean Supreme court orders halt to mine-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
In 2012 US Geological Survey statistics ranked Chile fourth in the world for untapped gold reserves, after Russia and ahead of the United States. Chile’s supreme court has halted the development of a...
View ArticleSix killed as heavy rains pound Haiti
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – At least six people were killed as heavy rains pounded the northern and western sections of Haiti, according to the Departmental Coordinator Civil Protection Nadia...
View ArticleHeavy rains kill 12 in Haiti, cause flooding
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Twelve people have died in Haiti as a result of heavy rains unleashed by a cluster of storms in the northern Caribbean, authorities said Wednesday. Cap-Haitien Mayor Yvon Alteon...
View ArticleMADURO MAY DROP PETRO CARIBE!! Oil at $40 Possible as Market Transforms...
By Gregory Viscusi, Tara Patel and Simon Kennedy Oil’s decline is proving to be the worst since the collapse of the financial system in 2008 and threatening to have the same global impact of falling...
View ArticleLaunch of the irrigation project of the second plain of Petit-Goâve
Wednesday, Felix Solomon Jeune, who represented the Deputy Jacques Thimoléon Stevenson, President of the Lower House, in the presence of local authorities, the agronomist Paul Jackson and many...
View ArticleHow to beat malaria
By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online The World Health Organization says it is confident that deaths from malaria could be stopped entirely. Spread by the bites of infected mosquitoes, the...
View ArticleHaiti sees drop in poverty rates, but inequality remains
› ‹ As part of the government’s emergency response, community kitchens like this were launched on Ile de la Tortue off the northwestern coast of Haiti. The women cook the meals and then sell them to...
View ArticleCelebration of Trees in Haiti
Trees are part of seasonal holiday celebrations in many parts of the world, but in Haiti they are also being used by farmers to earn their way out of poverty. The country’s current political turmoil...
View ArticleA PARALLEL IN HAITI: Belize’s Blue Hole Reveals What Caused the Catastrophic...
Catherine Griffin First Posted: Dec 29, 2014 09:24 AM EST Scientists are taking a closer look at what might have led to the catastrophic collapse of the Maya. (Photo : Flickr/Eric Pheterson) The Maya...
View ArticleSanté : pas d’Ebola à Petite Rivière de l’Artibonite
La Vice Délégation de Dessalines dément les informations faisant croire que l’épidémie d’Ebola* aurait déjà touché la Petite Rivière de l’Artibonite. En effet, dans les réseaux sociaux, des rumeurs...
View ArticleAgriculture is the heart and soul of Haiti. We are a nation of farmers
Earlier this week Timote Georges, co-founder with me of the Smallholder Farmers Alliance, wrote an inspiring blog for the Clinton Foundation as part of their observance of the fifth anniversary of the...
View ArticleMother, daughter selling cocoa, open De La Sol in Haiti
The cocoa business was not their plan. Anne Jordan Reynolds was a human sexuality professor at Auburn Montgomery, and her daughter, Stephanie Reynolds, was being encouraged to become a lawyer like her...
View ArticleMoringa: Export Market Potential for Smallholder Farmers in Haiti
A study launched today entitled “Moringa: Export Market Potential for Smallholder Farmers in Haiti” is a virtual handbook for everyone from farmers to exporters to government officials interested in...
View Article$USD 27 Millions plantation bananes au nord d’Haiti ! A Voir !
Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : 27 février 2015 Situé dans un triangle d’or entre l’Université Roi Henri Christophe de Limonade, le parc industriel de Caracol et une plantation d’oranges amères qui...
View ArticleLe gouvernement fait enfin la lumière sur l’utilisation des fonds PetroCaribe
Le Nouvelliste | Publié le : 03 mars 2015 Après avoir été vertement critiqué, par l’opposition politique notamment, pour l’opacité avec laquelle les fonds PetroCaribe sont gérés, le gouvernement de la...
View ArticleGold Mine: Hillary Clinton’s Brother Granted Super-Rare Mining Permit from...
by Alexander Marlow Hillary Rodham Clinton’s brother, Tony Rodham, sat on the board of a self-described mining company that in 2012 received one of only two “gold exploitation permits” from the...
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