As if a storm of the century and the subsequent large swaths of destruction, power outages and crippling gasoline shortages weren’t enough already for New Jersey. The struggling Garden State added another natural headache to the list with Monday morning’s earthquake. The magnitude-2.0 tremor struck at 1:19 a.m. and was centered two miles south-southeast of [...]
Haitians Protest Government Eviction
June 26, 2012 | Posted by
A protest group more than 1,000 strong has marched into the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince to combat the government’s plans to clear out poor neighborhoods. With some of the protestors threatening to burn down affluent neighborhoods in the area, police have taken action to try to break up the group with tear gas. Haiti’s government [...]
Experts: Deportations to Haiti Violate Human Rights
June 8, 2012 | Posted by
An independent expert for the United Nations on human rights in Haiti is demanding that the U.S, U.N., Dominican Republic, and other nations stop deportations to Haiti. Sending people back to Haiti now may be disastrous for the country as well as the individuals themselves. Haiti has been in a state of crisis since the [...]
Haitian Government Pays Mothers Who Send Children To School
May 29, 2012 | Posted by
The Haitian government is implementing a new program to reward mothers with cash who keep their children in school. Furthermore, the payments will be transferred via mobile phone, making Haiti one of the first countries to use such a system. The program is named Ti Manman Cheri, which translates to “Dear Little Mother” and is [...]
