PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive says Haiti’s government will appropriate privately held land to build temporary camps for earthquake victims. Bellerive tells The Associated Press that the government owns some land but not nearly enough, meaning he has no choice but to take over private land. The law provides for this as long as the owners are fairly compensated.
International aid groups say hundreds of hectares (acres) are needed to get quake victims out of overcrowded makeshift camps in public parks and lots in Port-au-Prince.
Officials say 1.2 million Haitians were left homeless by the Jan. 12 quake, about half of them in the capital. Bellerive spoke with the AP on Thursday.
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Haiti goverment to build temporary camps on private land
Wyclef Jean for President of Haiti
Tonight on the SOS Save OurSelves – Help For Haiti telethon broadcast on BET, Sean Combs aka Diddy called on Wyclef Jean to run for president of Haiti. Could it that Wyclef is thinking of upgrading his current position in Haiti to president? hmmm…. Wyclef Jean for president, what qualifies him to be president? what would be do differently?
Loading ...So far 170,000 dead in the Haiti Earthquake
Haitian President René Préval announced today that the bodies of “nearly 170,000″ victims of the earthquake of January 12 have already been collected, a figure higher than the latest estimates of the authorities advanced the figure of 150,000 dead.
Ambassador to Haiti invited by Obama to the State of the Union
The Ambassador of Haiti to the United States has been invited by the White House to attend his State of the Union Barack Obama Wednesday night in Congress, it was learned from the presidency two weeks after earthquake that ravaged the Caribbean country. Read more
Haiti President Rene Preval move into tent
As a sign of frustration for the lack of tents for earthquake victims and survivors, Haiti President Rene Preval is moving into a tent office offered by the United Nations, according to a MiamiHerald report. The tent office will be placed on the grounds of the collapsed National Palace. President Preval also complained of inadequate office space and said the move is to show “solidarity with the people.”
Haiti Government Ends Search & Rescue 10 Days After The Earthquake
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — According to the Washington Post, “The Haitian government on Friday called off the search for survivors 10 days after the devastating earthquake, and moved forward with plans to house 400,000 displaced Haitians in tent cities in an effort to improve abysmal sanitation and scant security while the capital takes the first steps to rebuild.”
Haiti’s government said there’s little hope of finding more people alive 10 days after much of the capital was reduced to rubble.
Official Haiti earthquake death toll count rises to 110k
Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 22, 2010 — The Haitian government said Friday that the number of people killed in last week’s devastating earthquake has surpassed 110,000. The latest figure was announced by Haiti’s Interior Ministry, which had previously said at least 75,000 people lost their lives in the country’s worst earthquake in two centuries.
Nearly 200,000 people were injured and more than 600,000 left homeless after the 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean nation which shares borders with the Dominican Republic on January 12, 2010 the ministry said. Read more
Should Haiti become a territory of the United States?
I’ve been hearing rumors online, at beauty salons, and ethnic supermarkets about Haitian citizens and the Haitian diaspora considering whether or not Haiti should become the next U.S territory. Some say the Haitian government is so corrupted and incompetent, it should hand it over to the U.S. Well here’s the question, should Haiti become a territory of the United States? Please vote and comment below.
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