As anti-government protesters in Haiti’s capital blocked principal roads and clashed with police last year, Stanley Joseph and Daphne Gerard used the city’s winding and potholed backroads to make it to church for their wedding, decked out in all their finery. “We always have problems in Haiti. You can’t wait. You just have to get on and overcome them,” said Joseph.
President Jovenel Moise said Haiti will receive 190 megawatts, but after he didn’t keep his promise of giving the country electricity 24/7 it’s hard for the people to believe him.
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By Cindy Similien In 2001, after the 9/11 attacks, Mecca Nelson’s husband, Army Sergeant Mario Nelson, volunteered to join the recovery…
Ten years later, since a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, residents aren’t still ready to talk about the event because…
Special to The Haitian Times People from all over the world are virtually ‘hiking’ a mountain in solidarity with students…