Provides the latest RSS feeds for Haiti News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Haiti News.net http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/cat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f/ en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 10:01:18 -0400 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:01:18 -0400 30 Caribbean Premier T20 League operations manager Carlisle Powell says the key stakeholders in the six franchise countries have thrown their support behind the inaugural tournament which bowls off in July. Powell and other CPL officials recently held meetings with cricket board executives, stadium management, tourism representatives and government ministers in Antigua amp; Barbuda, Barbados, ... http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214626029/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:02 -0400 http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214626029/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f Tornadoes tore through three central American states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa with baseball-sized hail and wind blasts ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region. A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted Sunday night on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas and a second confirmed one was seen near Edmond, Oklahoma, the ... http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214623253/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f Mon, 20 May 2013 00:10:01 -0400 http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214623253/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f Santo Domingo.- The members of the dismantled network who trafficked with Haitian children beat them savagely if they returned home without money, after being forced to beg at busy intersections of the capital, many having spent entire days without being given anything to eat. The ring kept the more than 58 rescued minors under a reign of terror, so much so that despite the beatings and ... http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214632360/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f Mon, 20 May 2013 08:32:21 -0400 http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214632360/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f HSPA + network in the country, with the service available to both pre- and post-paid subscribers. Digicel advertised an average download speed of up to 3Mbps for the service, depending on the location, the device capabilities and the network traffic, whilst theoretical ... http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214631158/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f Mon, 20 May 2013 07:42:23 -0400 http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214631158/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f AIDS is sweeping the islands of the Caribbean. The disease is spreading at such an alarming rate, that it ranks second to sub-Saharan Africa in the percentage of adults infected. The spread of AIDS in the Caribbean raises questions about poverty, equality, politics and economics. As a whole, it represents a human disaster we cannot ... http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214629956/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f Mon, 20 May 2013 06:16:03 -0400 http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214629956/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights and 2002 RFK Award recipient, Loune Viaud of Zamni Lasante, release U.S. Department of Treasury documents revealing that the U.S. and the Inter-American Development Bank deliberately obstructed $146 million in approved IDB financing. WASHINGTON - August 4 - The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights and Zamni Lasante released internal U.S. ... http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214627339/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f Mon, 20 May 2013 04:20:49 -0400 http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214627339/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f The Haitian music was loud and the bass was heavy on Blue Hill Avenue in Mattapan when US Senate hopeful Edward J. Markey began to dance. Smiling broadly next to state Representative Linda Dorcena Forry, he began with a slight shuffle and then moved his whole body to the ... http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214626325/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f Mon, 20 May 2013 03:43:27 -0400 http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214626325/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f Authorities in the Dominican Republic have rescued 10 children smuggled from Haiti, the Special Terrestrial Border Security Unit (Cesfront) said Wednesday.Cesfront officials said a Haitian citizen who had transported the children aged between 4 and 9 had managed to escape after noticing the presence of soldiers in the province of Dajabon bordering Haiti.According to the children's testimony, ... http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214625604/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f Mon, 20 May 2013 02:31:05 -0400 http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214625604/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f Santiago de Cuba, 20 May (Prensa Latina) The 4th Ministerial Meeting on the Caribbean Biological Corridor (CBC) will be held May 21st-May 23rd in this city of eastern Cuba, said authorities from that regional initiative. The previous meetings were held in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, the two countries that, along with Cuba, form the initial nucleus of CBC, which aims, since its creation in ... http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214623404/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f Mon, 20 May 2013 00:28:46 -0400 http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214623404/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f The Caribbean does not have the luxury of time for decisive action on climate change and global warming. In fact, it is on the brink of calamity, according to a prominent ... http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214618183/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f Sun, 19 May 2013 15:54:01 -0400 http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214618183/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f GRAND RAPIDS (WZZM)- Haitian Flag Day is officially celebrated on May 18, but there is one group here in West Michigan celebrating this weekend. Sunday, at Grand Rapids West International Church of the Nazerene, the Haitian community of West Michigan will come together to eat, dance, sing, and celebrate 210 years of independence. We had two organizers, Ian Swanson of West Michigan Center for ... http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214614670/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f Sun, 19 May 2013 09:49:29 -0400 http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214614670/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f As senior vice president of convention sales and services at Visit Orlando, Tammi Runzler would seem to have it all. But she's leaving it all behind to head to ... http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214614261/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f Sun, 19 May 2013 09:04:37 -0400 http://www.haitinews.net/index.php/sid/214614261/scat/8d0a8b42a4163d9f