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Haiti - Health : Mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus in Haiti

There have been news reports of the presence of the chikungunya virus in Haiti... This is a virus that is transmitted to humans by virus-carrying mosquitoes. Once infected you will have a bad fever and severe joint pain... more »

April 25, 2014 9:21 AM

Haiti - Police Sou Bicyclette - Now in Cap Haitien

A new brigade of Haitian Policemen on Bike has just been launched in the city of Cap-Haitien Haiti... In an intiative to bring the police closer to the Police, eight new police officers will be patrolling the streets of Cap-Haitien on bicycles. more »

April 15, 2014 10:28 AM

Car Accidents - Auto Insurance in Haiti, is it true what they say?

Have you ever been involved in a car accident in Haiti? There is something about driving there that scares me... I've been told that if you get into an accident in Haiti, and God forbid you injure somebody, although you have car insurance, you are responsible for the full care of that person, hospital bill and all... Is that true? more »

April 6, 2014 4:19 PM

A new promotion of Haitian community police officers just Graduated

Haiti's Community Police is growing in numbers... A new promotion of Haiti community police officers have just graduated from the Haitian police academy. They are ready to hit the streets various community across the country. more »

April 5, 2014 5:05 PM

Paste-a di: Ou pa bezwen lajan, le-m mouri, ou pap ale ak Anyen, Fidel yo fache...

Mezanmi... Koze pa pou nou... Gen yon pastè ki bay yon prèch jodi dimanche la nan Pòtoprens ki pa fe anpil fidèl fache... Fidèl ki gen konprann yo... Pastè a di: "Ou pa bezwen lajan, lè-w mouri ou pap ale ak anyen..." Pandan se tan, gen yon fidèl ki fè-m konnen ke madanm pastè-a ak tout pitit li ap viv Ozetazini pou rezon ensekirite... more »

March 16, 2014 11:58 AM

HAITI - There is another life high in the countryside mountaintops

After the Gonaives Carnaval, I decided to go with a friend to re-visit Les Cayes... Except this time, we chose not to stay in the city but go high in the mountains near the commune of Chantal... Deep inside Torbeck... To visit my friend's grand parents... I had to leave my car behind and walk uphill nearly an hour... Beyond the treacherous walk is a paradise that most Haitian city slickers know nothing about... more »

March 9, 2014 10:57 AM

Gas Shortage in Haiti Causing Panic

Hinche Haiti -- There is big panic in Plateau Centrale Haiti because of a Gas Shortage that has lasted too long... Now public transportation has gone up... Even Taxi motos have increased their prices by 50 percent... Plateau Centrale Residents are not happy about this... more »

January 16, 2014 5:45 AM

Creation of new structures for waste management in Haiti

There are talks of the creation of a new structure for solid waste management in Haiti whereby the Haitian State (l'Etat Haitien) can actually earn money in waste management. Strategies will be developed to monetize this sector and attract investment in this area, says Donald Paraison, former CEO of Service Métropolitain de collecte de résidus solides (SMCRS) more »

January 9, 2014 11:51 AM

A Creole conversation between two Hospital employees in Montreal triggers an Investigation

Two Haitian employees of the Rivière-des-Prairies Hospital in Montreal sometimes talk to each other in Haitian Creole rather than exclusively in French. A complaint from another employee led to an intervention of the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) -- Haitians in Montreal beware... French is the official language of the workplace, not Creole... LOL... more »

December 18, 2013 9:27 AM

Help the Philippines But NOT LIKE HAITI... Interesting...

Many people are saying let's help the Philippines but not like we helped Haiti since the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan - coincidently named... Clearly there were many mistakes made in all the HELP Haiti received after the January 2010 earthquake..., more »

November 17, 2013 2:06 PM