Haiti News

Floridians probably feel like they've had bad luck when it comes to hurricanes and tropical storms in recent years.

The Caribbean is still struggling to recover from last year's hurricanes, with crews scrambling to rebuild homes and replant crops as the region faces a new season of storms.

Ruth Barnard, PhD, RN, was about as far away from Haiti as a person could get in her cold, blustery hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The Paris Club of creditor nations said Wednesday it has canceled $62.73 million of debt it is owed by Haiti and that further bilateral agreements have cleared the Caribbean nation's remaining debt to individual club members.

Haiti breathed new life into their Gold Cup campaign with a 2-0 win over Grenada at RFK Stadium on Wednesday night, as goals from Fabrice Noel and James Marcelin carried les Grenadiers past the Spice Boyz in a Group B encounter. Haiti plays the US Saturday night at 6:30 PM in Foxboro, MA, to be televized on the Fox Soccer Channel.

Jared Brown served five years in the Air Force and his wife, Annie, is a former emergency room nurse.

Former US President Bill Clinton on Thursday wrapped up his visit to Haiti in his capacity as Special Envoy of the UN Secretary General for the country.

Fabrice Noel scored in the 14th minute and James Marcelin added a goal in the 78th, giving Haiti a 2-0 victory over Grenada in CONCACAF Gold Cup group play.

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Wednesday a lack of cooperation between Haitian politicians, aid groups and business leaders was hurting efforts to help the impoverished Caribbean nation.

In the shadow of the Eglise Sainte Claire in the Petite Place Cazeau neighbourhood of Haiti’s bustling capital, Frantz Saintil is visiting his daughter and reflecting on the more than two decades he spent abroad before finding himself back in his native country of Haiti seven years ago.

In January 2009 Hamilton journalist James Harvey travelled to Cap-Hatien, Haiti to document a 10 kilometre race hosted by Hamilton running boutique The Runners Den and the Hamilton chapter of OMS.

Bill Clinton on Tuesday took his Haiti relief effort to this battered seaside city that was nearly destroyed last year by a series of tropical storms, finding a mud-caked maze of partially rebuilt homes and shops.

Former President Bill Clinton visited the mud-stained streets of the Haitian city of Gonaives on Tuesday on his first trip as United Nations special envoy to the poor Caribbean nation.

The United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti, the former United States president Bill Clinton, today visited the city of Gonaives - which was devastated by floods last year - as part of his efforts to boost hurricane preparedness and job creation in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

Bill Clinton paused during an aid mission to Haiti on Tuesday to honor Michael Jackson for helping the Democratic Party raise cash at a crucial time.

The water is too murky to reveal its depth, and the SUV seems poised to drown. But the driver, Garry Delice, plows confidently ahead.

Gonaives is a port city with an estimated population of 200,000. It is the sixth largest city in Haiti and is located approximately 110 kilometers north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital.

Bill Clinton aims to refocus international attention on this Caribbean country's deep economic problems and environmental decay during his first visit as the United Nations' special envoy to Haiti.

In his own words, Sigma Chi member Evan Joel Clinkenbeard describes the poverty and comradeship he discovered during a summer of service.

When Micheline Leon was diagnosed with HIV, her parents told her they would fit her for a coffin.