Jamaica Gleaner Caribbean
Published: Monday Tuesday | January 19, 2010
Canada to host meeting on Haiti rescue effort
Canada, (CMC):Canada will host an emergency meeting of countries that are leading the rescue effort in Haiti, as world leaders struggle to craft a longer-term plan for rebuilding the earthquake-ravaged country.Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said that... Read More...
'Always wanted to return' says Haiti-born US Army sergeant
Haiti (AP): Junior Florestal left Haiti when he was 13 for a better life in the United States. He long promised to return, but it took an earthquake to bring him back.
"I'd always wanted to come," the 33-year-old United States Army staff sergeant said Sunday... Read More...
More aid flows in, looting continues
Haiti (AP)Troops, doctors and aid workers flowed into Haiti yesterday, even while hundreds of thousands of quake victims struggled to find a cup of water or a handful of food.Looting spread to more parts of downtown... Read More...
CARIB BRIEFS
Chavez to send more humanitarian brigades Venezuela, (CMC):President Hugo Chavez announced Sunday that there would be new humanitarian brigades going to Haiti soon to help that country, shaken by last Tuesday's magnitude-7.0 earthquake."Venezuela is at... Read More...