Thursday 2nd September, 2010

• 1.3 mn Haitians still in camps months after quake: UN

  Haiti News.Net

  Nearly nine months after a devastating earthquake, an estimated 1.3 million Haitians are still living in temporary shelters while the country struggles with reconstruction and rebuilding a government, the United Nations said Thursday in an updated report.

• FIRST ON ORLANDOSENTINEL.COM Was a woman wrongly convicted?

  General Sources

  Malenne Joseph, a Haitian-born mother of two, sits in the Orange County Jail, awaiting sentencing for a single felony count of criminal mischief. At trial in June, witnesses identified her as "Marl...

• First of two men who smuggled Haitians in deadly voyage sentenced

  Sun-Sentinel

  WEST PALM BEACH — A couple watched helplessly as the sea swallowed their 9-month-old daughter.A woman looked for her boyfriend who paid for her passage to the land of opportunity only to discove...

• Haiti dance troupe to perform for students, public

  General Sources

  The Resurrection Dance Theater from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, will be making a stop in New Bern from Sept. 13 to 15, including performances for 2,500 school children and a public performance at Garber Un...

• Latin American, Caribbean exports to jump 21 per cent this year, finds UN study

  Spero News

  A new United Nations study says that exports from Latin America and the Caribbean will grow by 21.4 per cent this year, owing mainly to purchases from Asia - particularly China - and the normalization...

• BBC Caribbean News in Brief

  BBC Caribbean

  A report from the Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean (ECLAC) says the region will see an increase in exports of more than 20% this year.

• Garage Sale Helps Wichitan Return To Haiti

  General Sources

  A Wichita woman returns home from volunteer work in Haiti for just one thing. She wants to sell nearly everything in her apartment so she can get back to Haiti.

• Japan, Caribbean nations discuss climate change, assistance for Haiti

  Japan Times

  Japan and 13 Caribbean nations agreed in Tokyo on Thursday to cooperate in curbing global warming and offering support to quake-hit Haiti among other issues at their first meeting in a decade, a Japan...

• Facebook page leads search for loved ones in Haiti

  Gadsden Times

  The desperate quest to find loved ones started just minutes after the earthquake, as cell phones rang unanswered from beneath the rubble of Haiti's best hotel.

• OAS Assistant Secretary General Calls on the Caribbean to Strengthen its Electoral Democracies

  OAS

  The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, today opened a regional consultation on political party strengthening and campaign financing in Kingston, J...

• Dedham fills trailer for Haiti

  General Sources

  Dedham’s 45-foot-long relief trailer for Haiti has been “filled up” with food, medical supplies, and clothing, and will be shipped to the stricken island nation on Monday. “...

• After a Times profile, Haitian amputee is on her way to Israel for care

  General Sources

  Sounlove Zamour , a 19-year-old who lost both legs and her father in the Haitian earthquake in January. She is one of many new amputees in Haiti whose futures are in question. As Landsberg wrote, the ...

• Schneiderman Grabs Haitian Endorsements

  General Sources

  The Eric Schneiderman campaign for attorney general is out today with a new slew of endorsements from some prominent members of the city's burgeoning Haitian population, including Councilman Mathieu E...

• Haiti grabs hold of Detroiters

  General Sources

  "ME! ME! MISTER! I HELPED YOU! HEY! ME! MISTER! --"Dozens of men crashed like sea waves, arms flailing, faces contorted. Only two actually had guided us through the airport mob scene, their hands poss...

• Que. singer aims to construct Haitian village with shipping container homes

  General Sources

  MONTREAL - A Haitian-Canadian musician wants to help the earthquake-displaced people in his homeland by spearheading the building of a village. But Luck Mervil's project wants to build homes that wil...

• Rebuilding Haiti: Brainstorming at UMass Boston workshop

  General Sources

  More than a dozen urban planning and disaster relief specialists will lead brainstorming sessions at the University of Massachusetts-Boston campus on Friday on ways to rebuild sustainable communities ...

• Brazil mulls making ammo, military gear in Dominican Republic

  Dominican Today

  Santo Domingo. – Brazil’s weapons industry mulls the possibility of setting up shop in the country with an ammunitions factory and other military gear, for which a delegation will come to Santo Do...

• Drexel Hill eye surgeon teaches Haitian doctors

  General Sources

  From Aug. 1-7, Edward H. Bedrossian, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S. of Drexel Hill worked to execute and teach Ocular Surgery at the Hopital de l' Universite d'Etat d'Haiti in Port-au-Prince.Bedrossian became in...

• Japan, Caribbean nations seek to boost bilateral co-op, tackle int'l issues

  People's Daily

  Japan and 13 member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), agreed on Thursday to make joint moves towards tackling global warming and offering support to Haiti, still reeling from a massive e...

• Facebook page for lives lost in Haiti

  NDTV

  New York: The desperate quest to find loved ones started just minutes after the massive Haiti quake, as cell phones rang unanswered from beneath the rubble of Haiti's best hotel.While a lucky few were...

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