Grand Anse, Haiti News

PRINCE, Jul 3 - Haitian Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis assumed office in September 2008.

There was a time, in the olden days, when salt cod and pork scrap dinners were not considered to be a gastronomic delight.

Nearly two weeks of heavy rains in Haiti and the Dominican Republic have left at least 16 people dead, a national official says.

Just north of Venezuela, in the Caribbean Sea, lies the tropical paradise of Grenada, a tiny island with a population of slightly more than 100,000. Last winter, Grenada took a direct hit from hurricane Ivan, catching most Grenadians unprepared.

Haiti's children, already burdened with poverty and malnutrition, may have a health problem related to these chronic conditions -- gum disease.

Provincial budget cuts have hit home. And now, a fight may be underway to prevent the closure of the Department of Transportation highway maintenance depot located in the Jacquet River section of the Village of Belledune.

A South Windsor High School junior is heading a local effort to help a desperately poor region of Haiti.

When most people think of a vacation in the Caribbean, the have an image of Aruba or Jamaica and some resort setting.

A U.N. spokeswoman says a 21-year-old Haitian student was killed and another injured when a U.N. vehicle struck their motorcycle.

For Jerry Quaranto, helping other people goes beyond the hospital he works in, beyond the state of Rhode Island and even beyond the United States.