Haitian detectives are investigating the killing of a Canadian priest who was shot to death Thursday as he left a bank in the Caribbean nation’s capital, authorities said. Read more »
Haiti earthquake baby: Saved from debris, she’s now a happy Miami toddler
After saving a baby pulled from the rubble of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, a Monitor correspondent visits Jenny, now a happy toddler, in Miami.
Visit of U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy
U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (Democrat, Vermont), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, senior most member of the Appropriations Committee, senior member of the Agriculture Committee, and Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operation, who had already led a parliamentary delegation to Haiti in February 2012, visited Haiti this week at the head [...]
Haiti carnival: 1 dead, 120 hurt
Port-au-Prince – A police spokesman in Haiti says one person has been killed and 120 others revellers have been injured in accidents and in street clashes during Carnival festivities.
Chicago Announces Mass Closing of Elementary Schools
March 22nd, 2013 
andre Chicago will close 54 schools and 61 school buildings by the beginning of the next academic year in the country’s third-largest public school district, a move that union leaders called the largest mass closing in the nation. Read more »
Mariage collectif au Cap haitien
March 2nd, 2013 andre Si « noces » est généralement au pluriel, jamais ce mot n’a trouvé sa pleine résonnance que dans cette matinée du 28 février 2013 au Cap-Haitien. Dans une cérémonie nuptiale collective, pas moins de 154 couples très jeunes en majorité se sont convolées vers de justes noces. Sous le nom d’une opération baptisée « Laver Haïti », le Temple Adventiste #1 du Cap-Haitien a procédé à ce grand évènement dans les annales de la famille chrétienne du Grand Nord. Read more »
Pope Delivers His Final Sunday Prayers
February 24th, 2013 andre Pope Benedict delivered his last Sunday prayer from his window above St. Peter's Square, telling tens of thousands of supporters the first papal abdication in centuries was God's will and assuring them he was not abandoning the Church. Read more »
Haiti earthquake baby: Saved from debris, she’s now a happy Miami toddler
February 24th, 2013 andre After saving a baby pulled from the rubble of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, a Monitor correspondent visits Jenny, now a happy toddler, in Miami. Read more »
Visit of U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy
February 24th, 2013 andre U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (Democrat, Vermont), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, senior most member of the Appropriations Committee, senior member of the Agriculture Committee, and Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operation, who had already led a parliamentary delegation to Haiti in February 2012, visited Haiti this week at the head of a delegation composed of Democrats Senators Sherrod Brown, Sheldon Whitehouse, Debbie Stabenow, of Republican Senator Jeff Flake and two members of the House of Representatives, the Democrats Jim McGovern and Chris Van Hollen. Read more »
Haiti – Energy : Situation to the EDH
February 24th, 2013 andre Andress Apollo, the Director General of Electricity of Haiti (EDH), provided an update on the situation of the company “[...] I take this opportunity to provide clarification on the points of concern currently in EDH and to encourage and motivate an improvement in the performance [...] I must say, we started the 2012-2013 fiscal year really well, revenues for October and November were extremely interesting. We have problems with our billing system since mid-December, which raises many problems in our revenues, which fell in January and February [...] It is very important that all employees of the EDH are mobilized to find a solution and restart it as in October, towards a growth in revenues. Read more »
Storm Sweeps Through Northeast
February 9th, 2013 andre A storm packing hurricane-force wind gusts and blizzard conditions swept through the U.S. Northeast on Saturday, dumping more than two feet of snow on New England and knocking out power to more than 600,000 homes and businesses. Read more »
