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Death toll from Hurricane Matthew continues to rise in Haiti
October 13, 2016
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) --The death toll continues to rise in Haiti, as hardest-hit districts become accessible in the south and southwest regions of the Caribbean country devastated last week by category 4 Hurricane Matthew. Mayors and representatives of the central government...
At least 300 schools in Haiti unusable; agricultural sector suffered extensive damage
October 12, 2016
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti -- One week after Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti, more than 100,000 children are missing out on learning as their schools were either damaged or converted into shelters, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported on Tuesday, stressing the..
UN appeals for $120 million to launch massive response in storm-ravaged Haiti
October 11, 2016
NEW YORK USA -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday announced the launch of a near $120 million appeal to fund United Nations aid activities in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti, where the rising death toll coupled with the start of the rainy season has prompted...
Open Letter from potential Haitian presidential candidate
October 11, 2016
My fellow Haitians, it is time for all of us to get our act together and put all personal political interest aside and work together for the sake of our country. For the international community, this is my message to you as I believe the time has arrived for us...
CDEMA supports Civil Protection Directorate in Haiti post Hurricane Matthew
October 10, 2016
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Six experts from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), drawn from the CDEMA Coordinating Unit and the participating states of Saint Lucia and Jamaica, are now stationed in Haiti to provide operational support to the Civil Protection...
Hurricane death toll in Haiti jumps to 271, will 'surely increase'
October 8, 2016
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti -- Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste, the director of the Civil Protection Directorate (DPC) in Haiti, has confirmed that "more than 140 people died in the region of Grand'Anse, bringing the number of victims of Hurricane Matthew to 271," adding, "It's almost 300 and that number...
CDEMA deploys response teams to Bahamas and Haiti
October 8, 2016
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The islands of The Bahamas and Haiti suffered severe impact from the passage of Hurricane Matthew. In efforts to assist these countries in dealing with the aftermath of the hurricane, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) has...
Half a million children live in areas hardest hit by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti
October 8, 2016
NEW YORK, USA -- An estimated 500,000 children live in the Grande Anse and Grand South departments in southern Haiti, the areas worst hit by Hurricane Matthew, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. Three days after the storm, it remains unclear how many...
Haiti to receive US$20 million insurance payout following passage of Hurricane Matthew
October 8, 2016
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) is preparing to make a payout to the government of Haiti as a result of the passage of Hurricane Matthew which triggered a payment on the country’s tropical cyclone policy.
Commentary: Matthew: 10: 4-16
October 8, 2016
On October 4 in the year 2016 AD, a powerful hurricane named Matthew fell hard upon the Caribbean island of Haiti leaving Jamaica almost intact on its way to hit Cuba, The Bahamas and Florida. The republic of Haiti has been one more time on the front page of the news after its media blitz...
Death toll in Haiti from Hurricane Matthew rises to 108
October 7, 2016
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti -- The National Emergency Operations Centre (COUN) in Haiti on Thursday morning updated the provisional death toll from Hurricane Matthew to 108. However, minister of interior and territorial communities, François Anick Joseph, said the number of victims...
UN emergency teams 'on the ground' in the Caribbean to help respond to Hurricane Matthew
October 7, 2016
NEW YORK, USA -- In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew in the Caribbean region, United Nations emergency response teams have been deployed to Haiti and Jamaica to coordinate rapid assessments and support disaster response. According to a statement...
US Southern Command supports Caribbean hurricane response efforts
October 7, 2016
WASHINGTON, USA -- US Southern Command is supporting the State Department and the US Agency for International Development in delivering and coordinating humanitarian relief to Haiti, which has been hard hit by Hurricane Matthew, Southcom Commander Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd...
Commentary: Raise up Haiti from its knees
October 7, 2016
Haiti was due to have elections on October 9 to choose a new president. Even before Hurricane Matthew blasted the country on October 4 with category 4 force winds and a 190-mile outer band of powerful rains, Léopold Berlanger, the head of Haiti’s provisional electoral council (CEP)...
Bahamas residents urged to evacuate coastal areas
October 6, 2016
MIAMI, USA -- As the potentially catastrophic Hurricane Matthew started its approach toward The Bahamas, Prime Minister Perry Christie urged residents on the southern coast of all islands to consider evacuating to higher ground. “The best advice that I have received is that if you live on...
Haitian government calls for international assistance; Sunday's elections postponed
October 6, 2016
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti -- Following the passage of Hurricane Matthew on Tuesday, the Haitian government has appealed to the international community for immediate humanitarian assistance. In the meantime, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has announced that elections...
Hurricane Matthew leaves a trail of devastation across Haiti
October 5, 2016
MIAMI, USA -- Hurricane Matthew, the strongest storm in the Caribbean for several years, swept across southwest Haiti on Tuesday, leaving a trail of death and devastation over much of the country, with homes and plantations destroyed, livestock swept away and widespread flooding
Bahamas expects direct hit for Nassau from Hurricane Matthew
October 5, 2016
MIAMI, USA -- For the first time since 1929, Nassau, the capital of The Bahamas, is expected to suffer a direct hit from a major hurricane. Director of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Captain Stephen Russell said residents on the Family Islands should prepare to be...
More than four million children at risk as Hurricane Matthew pummels Haiti
October 5, 2016
NEW YORK, USA -- More than four million children may be exposed to the damage of Hurricane Matthew, UNICEF said on Tuesday as the Category 4 storm made landfall on the impoverished Caribbean island. “This is the worst storm Haiti has seen in decades and the damage...
Haiti braces for life-threatening wind and rain from Hurricane Matthew
October 4, 2016
MIAMI, USA -- The centre of powerful category four Hurricane Matthew was expected to approach southwestern Haiti on Monday night, bringing with it 140 mph winds and torrential rains of 15 to 25 inches, and as much as 40 inches in some areas. Coastal flooding was already reported in some areas.
Commentary: Is Silicon Valley's New Story startup leading Haiti's affordable home market?
October 4, 2016
We know that bureaucracy can be the death of an organization. And we also know that a new company or group can breathe life into a dying organization or lead us to re-imagine an entire market. Many organizations start with good intentions but ultimately succumb to mediocrity.
Haiti and Jamaica prepare for category four Hurricane Matthew
October 3, 2016
MIAMI, USA -- Preparations were underway in Haiti and Jamaica on Sunday in anticipation of the approach of the powerful category four Hurricane Matthew on Monday. On Sunday afternoon, the interim president of Haiti, Jocelerme Privert, accompanied by several ministers and...
CARICOM to monitor elections in Haiti
October 3, 2016
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is mounting a CARICOM electoral observer mission for the presidential elections in Haiti scheduled for Sunday, 9 October, 2016. Dr Steve Surujbally, chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission will lead the mission.
Hurricane warning issued for Jamaica and much of Haiti
October 2, 2016
MIAMI, USA -- Hurricane Matthew, which remained a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale on Saturday, is expected to approach Jamaica and southwestern Haiti on Monday, bringing life-threatening rainfall to portions of Haiti. The government of Jamaica...
Matthew strengthens to category 4; hurricane watch issued for Jamaica
October 1, 2016
MIAMI, USA -- Matthew rapidly strengthened to a powerful category 4 hurricane on the Saffir- Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale on Friday and on its forecast track the centre will move north across the central Caribbean Sea on Saturday, and be near Jamaica on Sunday.
Matthew now a hurricane after leaving death and destruction in the Eastern Caribbean
September 30, 2016
MIAMI, USA -- Tropical storm Matthew strengthened to hurricane force on Thursday after leaving one dead and causing widespread flooding and landslides as it slowly made its way across the Eastern Caribbean on Wednesday evening. Officials in St Vincent and the Grenadines confirmed...
Human rights defender combating Haitian statelessness attacked in Dominican Republic
September 30, 2016
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Around 8.30pm on 25 September, Dominican human rights defender Genaro Rincon was verbally and physically assaulted in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. Various other defenders working against statelessness...
October 13, 2016
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (HCNN) --The death toll continues to rise in Haiti, as hardest-hit districts become accessible in the south and southwest regions of the Caribbean country devastated last week by category 4 Hurricane Matthew. Mayors and representatives of the central government...
At least 300 schools in Haiti unusable; agricultural sector suffered extensive damage
October 12, 2016
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti -- One week after Hurricane Matthew slammed into Haiti, more than 100,000 children are missing out on learning as their schools were either damaged or converted into shelters, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported on Tuesday, stressing the..
UN appeals for $120 million to launch massive response in storm-ravaged Haiti
October 11, 2016
NEW YORK USA -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday announced the launch of a near $120 million appeal to fund United Nations aid activities in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew in Haiti, where the rising death toll coupled with the start of the rainy season has prompted...
Open Letter from potential Haitian presidential candidate
October 11, 2016
My fellow Haitians, it is time for all of us to get our act together and put all personal political interest aside and work together for the sake of our country. For the international community, this is my message to you as I believe the time has arrived for us...
CDEMA supports Civil Protection Directorate in Haiti post Hurricane Matthew
October 10, 2016
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- Six experts from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), drawn from the CDEMA Coordinating Unit and the participating states of Saint Lucia and Jamaica, are now stationed in Haiti to provide operational support to the Civil Protection...
Hurricane death toll in Haiti jumps to 271, will 'surely increase'
October 8, 2016
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti -- Marie Alta Jean-Baptiste, the director of the Civil Protection Directorate (DPC) in Haiti, has confirmed that "more than 140 people died in the region of Grand'Anse, bringing the number of victims of Hurricane Matthew to 271," adding, "It's almost 300 and that number...
CDEMA deploys response teams to Bahamas and Haiti
October 8, 2016
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados -- The islands of The Bahamas and Haiti suffered severe impact from the passage of Hurricane Matthew. In efforts to assist these countries in dealing with the aftermath of the hurricane, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) has...
Half a million children live in areas hardest hit by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti
October 8, 2016
NEW YORK, USA -- An estimated 500,000 children live in the Grande Anse and Grand South departments in southern Haiti, the areas worst hit by Hurricane Matthew, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. Three days after the storm, it remains unclear how many...
Haiti to receive US$20 million insurance payout following passage of Hurricane Matthew
October 8, 2016
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) is preparing to make a payout to the government of Haiti as a result of the passage of Hurricane Matthew which triggered a payment on the country’s tropical cyclone policy.
Commentary: Matthew: 10: 4-16
October 8, 2016
On October 4 in the year 2016 AD, a powerful hurricane named Matthew fell hard upon the Caribbean island of Haiti leaving Jamaica almost intact on its way to hit Cuba, The Bahamas and Florida. The republic of Haiti has been one more time on the front page of the news after its media blitz...
Death toll in Haiti from Hurricane Matthew rises to 108
October 7, 2016
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti -- The National Emergency Operations Centre (COUN) in Haiti on Thursday morning updated the provisional death toll from Hurricane Matthew to 108. However, minister of interior and territorial communities, François Anick Joseph, said the number of victims...
UN emergency teams 'on the ground' in the Caribbean to help respond to Hurricane Matthew
October 7, 2016
NEW YORK, USA -- In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew in the Caribbean region, United Nations emergency response teams have been deployed to Haiti and Jamaica to coordinate rapid assessments and support disaster response. According to a statement...
US Southern Command supports Caribbean hurricane response efforts
October 7, 2016
WASHINGTON, USA -- US Southern Command is supporting the State Department and the US Agency for International Development in delivering and coordinating humanitarian relief to Haiti, which has been hard hit by Hurricane Matthew, Southcom Commander Navy Adm. Kurt W. Tidd...
Commentary: Raise up Haiti from its knees
October 7, 2016
Haiti was due to have elections on October 9 to choose a new president. Even before Hurricane Matthew blasted the country on October 4 with category 4 force winds and a 190-mile outer band of powerful rains, Léopold Berlanger, the head of Haiti’s provisional electoral council (CEP)...
Bahamas residents urged to evacuate coastal areas
October 6, 2016
MIAMI, USA -- As the potentially catastrophic Hurricane Matthew started its approach toward The Bahamas, Prime Minister Perry Christie urged residents on the southern coast of all islands to consider evacuating to higher ground. “The best advice that I have received is that if you live on...
Haitian government calls for international assistance; Sunday's elections postponed
October 6, 2016
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti -- Following the passage of Hurricane Matthew on Tuesday, the Haitian government has appealed to the international community for immediate humanitarian assistance. In the meantime, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has announced that elections...
Hurricane Matthew leaves a trail of devastation across Haiti
October 5, 2016
MIAMI, USA -- Hurricane Matthew, the strongest storm in the Caribbean for several years, swept across southwest Haiti on Tuesday, leaving a trail of death and devastation over much of the country, with homes and plantations destroyed, livestock swept away and widespread flooding
Bahamas expects direct hit for Nassau from Hurricane Matthew
October 5, 2016
MIAMI, USA -- For the first time since 1929, Nassau, the capital of The Bahamas, is expected to suffer a direct hit from a major hurricane. Director of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Captain Stephen Russell said residents on the Family Islands should prepare to be...
More than four million children at risk as Hurricane Matthew pummels Haiti
October 5, 2016
NEW YORK, USA -- More than four million children may be exposed to the damage of Hurricane Matthew, UNICEF said on Tuesday as the Category 4 storm made landfall on the impoverished Caribbean island. “This is the worst storm Haiti has seen in decades and the damage...
Haiti braces for life-threatening wind and rain from Hurricane Matthew
October 4, 2016
MIAMI, USA -- The centre of powerful category four Hurricane Matthew was expected to approach southwestern Haiti on Monday night, bringing with it 140 mph winds and torrential rains of 15 to 25 inches, and as much as 40 inches in some areas. Coastal flooding was already reported in some areas.
Commentary: Is Silicon Valley's New Story startup leading Haiti's affordable home market?
October 4, 2016
We know that bureaucracy can be the death of an organization. And we also know that a new company or group can breathe life into a dying organization or lead us to re-imagine an entire market. Many organizations start with good intentions but ultimately succumb to mediocrity.
Haiti and Jamaica prepare for category four Hurricane Matthew
October 3, 2016
MIAMI, USA -- Preparations were underway in Haiti and Jamaica on Sunday in anticipation of the approach of the powerful category four Hurricane Matthew on Monday. On Sunday afternoon, the interim president of Haiti, Jocelerme Privert, accompanied by several ministers and...
CARICOM to monitor elections in Haiti
October 3, 2016
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is mounting a CARICOM electoral observer mission for the presidential elections in Haiti scheduled for Sunday, 9 October, 2016. Dr Steve Surujbally, chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission will lead the mission.
Hurricane warning issued for Jamaica and much of Haiti
October 2, 2016
MIAMI, USA -- Hurricane Matthew, which remained a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale on Saturday, is expected to approach Jamaica and southwestern Haiti on Monday, bringing life-threatening rainfall to portions of Haiti. The government of Jamaica...
Matthew strengthens to category 4; hurricane watch issued for Jamaica
October 1, 2016
MIAMI, USA -- Matthew rapidly strengthened to a powerful category 4 hurricane on the Saffir- Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale on Friday and on its forecast track the centre will move north across the central Caribbean Sea on Saturday, and be near Jamaica on Sunday.
Matthew now a hurricane after leaving death and destruction in the Eastern Caribbean
September 30, 2016
MIAMI, USA -- Tropical storm Matthew strengthened to hurricane force on Thursday after leaving one dead and causing widespread flooding and landslides as it slowly made its way across the Eastern Caribbean on Wednesday evening. Officials in St Vincent and the Grenadines confirmed...
Human rights defender combating Haitian statelessness attacked in Dominican Republic
September 30, 2016
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Around 8.30pm on 25 September, Dominican human rights defender Genaro Rincon was verbally and physically assaulted in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. Various other defenders working against statelessness...
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