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$4M investment in the garment sector
International Finance Corporation, (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is investing $4 million to help The Willbes Haitian S.A., a subsidiary of South Korea-based The Willbes & Co., Ltd,...
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A Glimpse Of An Everyday Struggle Among Haiti’s Health Care Workers
Peter Mellgard Associate Editor, The WorldPost JEAN DENIS, Haiti — At the health clinic here, three hours northwest of Port-au-Prince, a crowd of mostly women and girls linger in the shade away from...
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Malaria vaccine gets go-ahead from European regulators
The world’s first malaria vaccine has been given the green light from European drugs regulators who recommend it should be licensed for use in babies in Africa at risk of the mosquito-borne disease....
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Sssh! Hurricane season forecast to stay quiet
Bo Petersen Reporting-FOLLY BEACH — They’re eyeing the tropics out here and they don’t like what they see. Surfers, that is. The hurricane season has been so quiet they’re hoping for just a bit of a...
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The ketchup sachet-shaped drug saving babies from HIV
By Daniel Pardo BBC Mundo Pregnant women who are HIV positive risk passing on the virus to their babies during pregnancy, labour, delivery or breast-feeding Inside a foil sachet, which looks more at...
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Self-Sufficiency—The Key to Haiti’s Future
Haiti can become more self-sufficient by attracting foreign investment. by Michelet Nestor If the cavern-like walls of the Sodeth Clinique Hospitaliere on Rue Tamarin, situated in Croix-des-Bouquets in...
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OAS calls for talks between Haiti, Dominican Republic
A deported Haitian man holds up his document that confirms he turned in paperwork to apply for legal residency in the Dominican Republic during a march to the prime minister’s office to protest the...
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Chelsea Clinton Meets Moringa Farmers in Haiti
Chelsea Clinton in Haiti last week with two women farmers, Mercillie Romeus (left) and Marie Dorcelus (right), who are leaders in introducing moringa trees (such as the sapling they are holding) as a...
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Puerto Rico, USVI prepare for weakening Hurricane Danny
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A weakening Hurricane Danny approached Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands on Saturday, but was expected to bring little relief to residents of the drought-stricken...
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Tropical Storm Erika Spins Toward Caribbean, Path Unclear
by Erin McClam Tropical Storm Erika is drifting west toward the Caribbean, and forecasters say it could become a hurricane and brush close to Florida early next week. Tropical storm watches were...
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Tropical storm Erika could impact Florida this weekend
Residents of South Florida are closely eyeing Tropical Storm Erika, which could begin impacting Florida as early as Sunday or Monday. “I think we’ll have a better idea of where Erika is going and what...
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Hydropower development on a small scale in Haiti
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released for the sectors interested an environmental impact study of micro-power plant : Ravine du Sud and Saut Mathurine. This 446-pages study was...
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Once-lush Haiti seeks to become verdant again-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Every day, come rain or shine, Yvon Elie checks on the tens of thousands of seedlings that hope to herald a greener future for Haiti, a once-verdant land stripped bare by deforestation. “Here we have...
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WHERE DOES SHE GO??
Juin 24, 2015 Someone once said 8 dead people is a disaster, while 6,000,000 is a compost heap. The human mind cannot wrap itself around big numbers, but comprehends something they can visualize as...
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Kombit: The Cooperative, produced by Found Object films
A new documentary film chronicling the efforts of Timberland and the Smallholders Farmers Alliance (SFA) to plant 5 million trees in Haiti had its premiere this week at SXSW Eco 2015 in Austin, Texas....
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Monsanto’s Stock Is Tanking. Is the Company’s Own Excitement About GMOs...
If only we had more pesticides. Marcin Balcerzak /Shutterstock Pity Monsanto, the genetically modified seed and agrichemical giant. Its share price has plunged 25 percent since the spring. Market...
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Ending Haiti’s Hunger, One Tilapia at a Time
PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI – Haiti is a country hungry for food. Poverty, natural disasters and a corrupt government have all contributed to what is now a food security crisis. Tackling hunger in Haiti is...
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Haiti’s Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA) launch of our new U.S.-based...
At theClinton Global Initiative in September it was announced that the SFA and Timberland had fulfilled their joint pledge of planting 5 million trees in Haiti in 5 years. While making the...
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Painful Chikungunya Virus Can be Worse Than Feared, Study Shows
An aedes aegypti mosquito on human skin. USDA via AP file Chikungunya, a painful, mosquito-borne virus that’s spreading fast across the Americas, can be more serious than feared, researchers report....
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Researchers Genetically Modify Mosquitoes to Be Malaria-Resistant
An Anopheles stephensi mosquito, in flight, pictured in 2005. Scientists at UC Irvine have inserted a gene into the Anopheles stephensi mosquitos, genetically engineering a resistance to the Malaria...
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