Tag Archives: Haiti

RLJ Companies to Bring Jobs, Build Homes in Haiti

Firms using technology to build structures resistant to earthquakes

RLJ Companies announced Monday that it will team up with manufacturing company Global Building Solutions…

By Marcia Wade Talbert

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Talking Points: Stock Market Rise & Fall After Inaugural Years

Stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, posted a gain of 23.5% in the…

By Carolyn M. Brown

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Washington Report: Updates from Capitol Hill

Black farmers settlement; education enforcement; another jobs bill; aid for Haiti

National Black Farmers Association President John Boyd, Jr. fears that Capitol Hill lawmakers won’t meet…

By Joyce Jones

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150,000 Haiti Quake Victims Buried, Gov’t Says

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The truckers filling Haiti’s mass graves with bodies reported ever higher…

By Associated Press

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Haiti Elderly Receive Some Medical Care, Need Food

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Relief groups brought doctors and medication to the ruins of a…

By Associated Press

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Haiti Gov’t Says 150K Bodies Recovered In Capital

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The confirmed death toll from Haiti’s devastating earthquake has topped 150,000…

By Associated Press

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As Haiti Mourns, Quake Survivor Found In Rubble

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A man buried for 11 days in the wreckage of Haiti’s…

By Associated Press

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U.N.: Haiti Government Calls Off Search And Rescue

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government has declared the search and rescue phase for survivors…

By Associated Press

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Haitians Mourn As Rescuers Find Another In Rubble

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds gathered for the funeral of the archbishop of Haiti’s stricken…

By Associated Press

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Rescues Adds Glimmer Of Hope To Haiti’s Grief

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two people emerged from beneath the rubble of the stricken Haiti…

By Associated Press

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