Latest Haiti Stories

JetBlue to Begin Flights to Port-au-Prince, Haiti!

2013-05-09 12:20:24

-- Daily non-stop flights between New York's JFK and twice daily flights between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti set to begin December 5, 2013 (a) -- NEW YORK, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) today announced its intent to serve Port-au-Prince, Haiti with daily nonstop service from both New York City and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood. From Toussaint Louverture International...

Boca Pharmacal Contributes to a Healthier Haiti

2013-05-01 12:27:59

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Boca Pharmacal, Inc., today announced that it successfully donated 18,814 bottles of prescription multivitamins to Haiti in conjunction with Christian Aid Ministries, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that helps the needy throughout the world. Perhaps more importantly, the company has also been successful in seeing that the products are getting to where they are needed - in clinics and hospitals on the island. (Photo:...

Sugarcane plantations farm workers work earns Ulrick Gaillard Rotary's prestigious honor

2013-04-29 16:31:45

NEW YORK, April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The founder and CEO of the Batey Relief Alliance, Ulrick Gaillard, joins the rank of Dominican personality, investigative journalist and television producer Nuria Piera, to receive from the Rotary Club of New York Rotary International's prestigious honor--Paul Harris award. The ceremony was held on April 29, 2013 at the Harvard Club in New York City. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120120/DC36161LOGO ) For sixteen years,...

April 24th Statement on President Obama's proposal to reform U.S. Global Food Aid by Ruth Messinger, President of American Jewish World Service (AJWS)

2013-04-24 12:31:06

NEW YORK, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to Senate and House hearings this week on foreign assistance and the president's FY14 budget proposal, here is a statement for attribution from Ruth Messinger, President of American Jewish World Service, an organization that has been deeply involved in the fight for international food aid reform: "We enthusiastically support the proposal for international food aid reform in President Obama's FY 2014 federal budget plan....

Resilience is Theme of Haitian Art Exhibit at Newton's Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, April 25-May 24

2013-04-23 12:29:23

Exhibit is Part of Month-Long Celebration of Haitian Resilience NEWTON, Mass., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As Haitians continue to rebuild their lives and country, their resilience as a people and an art community is becoming more and more evident in Haitian art, according to Joseph Chery, a co-curator of "The Colors of Resilience," an exhibit of work from artists of Jacmel, Haiti and their American Haitian counterparts in New England. The exhibit, which is currently...

Landmark MIT-Haiti Initiative Will Transform Education In Haiti

2013-04-17 20:22:14

BOSTON, April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Speaking today at Boston's Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Haiti's Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe lauded the history-making approach of the MIT-Haiti Initiative in addressing one of Haiti's most significant agenda concerns: Education. Thanks to the MIT-Haiti Initiative, innovative technology-enhanced resources for improving science and math education will be developed and disseminated in Kreyol, Haiti's primary language. (Photo:...

NFL Players Serve the People of Haiti

2013-04-16 16:23:35

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On March 16(th) Ronnell Lewis (Detroit Lions), Quinton Carter (Denver Broncos), NFL Rookie Demontre Hurst (University of Oklahoma), and NFL Rookie Stefphon Jefferson (University of Nevada) landed in Port Au Prince, Haiti. They were accompanied by their agent, Kelli Masters (Kelli Masters Management) and Ryan Broyles (Detroit Lions) to serve the people of Haiti and gain perspective on their own abilities, beyond how far...

Haiti Cholera Mutations Could Lead To More Severe Disease

2013-04-16 12:37:18

Strain is evolving to be more like virulent 1800s cholera The cholera strain that transferred to Haiti in 2010 has multiple toxin gene mutations that may account for the severity of disease and is evolving to be more like an 1800s version of cholera, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. The strain, "altered El Tor," which emerged around 2000, is known to be more virulent and to cause more severe diarrhea and dehydration than earlier strains that had been circulating since the...

Innovative Digital Terrestrial TV Operator Selects TITAN Software Platform from ATEME

2013-04-08 08:33:07

TiVi S.A. Launches New Terrestrial Service in Haiti Based on ATEME's "Headend in a Box" LAS VEGAS, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- National Association of Broadcasters, South Hall, Upper, Booth #SU7102 -- ATEME, a global leader in advanced video compression solutions for the broadcast industry, announced today that an innovative digital terrestrial TV service is being launched next month in Haiti by a new pay TV operator TiVi. (Logo:...

New Coffee Retailer is Boosting Haiti’s Economy One Cup at a Time

2013-03-31 23:02:25

KafePaNou.com creates a market for Haitian coffee in the United States Miami, FL (PRWEB) March 31, 2013 Haiti, producer of some of the best coffee in the world, is not represented in any of the brands a consumer sees at the local supermarket or coffee shop. New online retailer and wholesale distributor, KafePaNou.com, is hoping to change this with the introduction of Haitian grown and roasted coffee in the United States. Kafe Pa Nou’s mission is simple – to increase awareness and...