A veteran Los Angeles police officer who operates a security company in Belize is under federal investigation for allegedly smuggling handguns into the Central American nation, according to law enforcement sources and internal LAPD documents.
The Barbados National Football team arrived in Cuba on Sunday to continue in their quest to be crowned champions in the Digicel Caribbean Football Championships. However, all is not well in the camp as the accommodations that have been provided in Cuba have been reported to be not up to par.
Finally the Stephenson King government is getting some positive press. And for the time being seems to be on the good side of public servants, especially since the government has made good on a promise to pay out 25 million dollars in back-pay and salary increases to its employees.
A group of taxi drivers in Haiti are demanding that the government pay for the funeral of a colleague and support his two young children after he was killed by police.
The Broward board of education is giving Haiti several hundred portable classrooms it no longer uses. They will help alleviate a crunch created by damaged schools still serving as shelters for more than 165,000 homeless storm victims. be used to
As the Lower House of the United States Congress voted yesterday against a US$700-billion bailout plan for that nation's banking sector, Jamaican Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Audley Shaw, said there was no need for the island to panic.
For generations, Vodou practitioners in rural Haiti have sworn by the mystic qualities of Jatropha, an indigenous plant believed to purge evil spirits and release the trapped souls of the dead. But the shrub may soon be in bigger demand as a source of biofuel
Governor David Paterson Wednesday thanked the hundreds of New Yorkers who have donated critical supplies for the island nation of Haiti, following the devastating hurricanes that tore through the region during the last four weeks.
Although the U.S. government has suspended deportations to Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Ike, Rep. Alcee Hastings is seeking more protections for those fleeing the impoverished Caribbean country.
The Haitians have a saying, “beyond mountains there are mountains,” meaning after each big obstacle stands another bigger obstacle. I saw the saying come to life in the town of Cabaret.
The many other bodies in the Haitian city of Gonaives were important too, the bloated and decomposing flood victims, not to mention the people who survived the storms -- the ones with broken bones, the tuberculosis case in the crowded prison, the homeless and the hungry. But Max Cosci was there on a special mission: recovering Lionel Augustin's body and sending it back to his home village could prevent a riot.
Suffering long ago became normal in Haiti. But the enduring spirit of the people of Gonaïves is being tested by a string of recent tropical storms and hurricanes whose names Haitians spit out like curses: Fay, Gustav, Hanna and Ike.
U.S. actor Danny Glover, who plans an epic next year on Haitian independence hero Toussaint-Louverture, said he slaved to raise funds for the movie because financiers complained there were no white heroes.
Just as the gangster Al Capone was finally brought down on tax charges, one of Haiti's most notorious death squad leaders looks like he's headed to prison for mortgage fraud of all things
Venturing to sea in tiny boats powered only by sails, fishermen in a remote village on Haiti's western shore struggled for generations through stormy seas and windless days to earn their keep. Now, outfitted with shiny new fiberglass boats, small outboard motors and sparkling new coolers provided by Food for the Poor, a South Florida charity, they have turned around their village's economy.
The guns have fallen silent for now and an uneasy calm has settled over Cité Soleil, Haiti's most notorious slum.
The Swiss government will authorize the return to Haiti of unclaimed funds linked to former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier, the official Swissinfo news website reportedon Wednesday.
The head of the Organization of American States says it has no plans to intervene in Haiti's internal affairs, despite growing fears that the Caribbean nation may be headed toward deeper instability if it doesn't appoint a new prime minister soon.
Pulled from her job, family and friends, Haitian immigrant Guerline Normil awaits a decision on deportation from her home of 14 years.
An array of human rights groups has strongly criticized the United States government for withholding money meant to provide clean drinking water to Haiti as leverage for political change in the country.
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