Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic could be in for a period of periodic powerful earthquakes, according to a scientific study released Thursday.

A U.S. man who helped build a trauma center in Haiti after January 2010's devastating earthquake was treated at that hospital after being critically wounded during a robbery in the capital of Port-au-Prince, his wife and doctors said Friday.

The 2010 earthquake that devastated southern Haiti may have opened a new era of seismic activity and residents should brace for more massive temblors, said a US study on Thursday.

Haitian President Michel Martelly on Friday backed off a suggestion from an interview a day earlier that he might be open to a pardon for former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. He said he meant only that he wanted an end to the internal conflict that has long afflicted his country.

Haiti's biggest employer has named a new chief executive to run Digicel, the mobile phone company announced Wednesday.

With many of Haiti's physical banks destroyed, Haitians are beginning to rely on their cell phones as 'mobile wallets.'

Sant La, Haitian Neighborhood Center, is gearing up to launch its 8th year of free tax preparation service to the community, as of Monday January 23, 2012. This free income tax service is offered through a network of Internal Revenue Service partners known as VITA (Volunteers Income Tax Assistance) sites.

Haiti is now eligible for a visa program that allows U.S. employers to bring certain low-skilled, temporary workers into this country.

The last missed opportunity may be the amended constitution which President Martelly seems reluctant to publish despite an earlier pledge to do so. It looks more and more improbable that our 24-year-old constitution would go through its first, long overdue, amendment.