PORT-AU-PRINCE — Even before being deemed qualified to run, presidential hopefuls in impoverished Haiti faced a hefty bill: a $12,500 nonrefundable filing fee.
Now they are finding that the amount will only get steeper as campaign season begins to sizzle this month.
Haiti: UN Mission Launches Community Projects to Provide Jobs And Cut Violence
New York, Sep 3 2010 2:10PM The United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti has unveiled three drainage and canal rehabilitation projects that it hopes will boost employment and reduce violence in troubled neighbourhoods of a major city.
PORT-AU-PRINCE -- There was the quiet meeting with a snubbed, former Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis followed days later by the well-publicized encounter with Wyclef Jean, the night before he was booted from Haiti's upcoming presidential tourney.
A powerful earthquake that struck New Zealand on Saturday caused "a lot of damage," though there are no reports of serious injuries or major damage, an emergency official said.
"It was like a freight train running through the house," said Chris Monroe, operations manager for the New Zealand Fire Service.
Marson Sam, 31, talented actor who starred in "Le Prix a Payer" (The Price to Pay) alongside actress, songstress Misty Jean, officially announces his latest movie project "Dark River", a riveting, suspenseful movie based on unique subjects rarely discussed in Haitian society.
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Even before being deemed qualified to run, presidential hopefuls in impoverished Haiti faced a hefty bill: a $12,500 nonrefundable filing fee.
Now they are finding that the amount will only get steeper as campaign season begins to sizzle this month.
Haiti: UN Mission Launches Community Projects to Provide Jobs And Cut Violence
New York, Sep 3 2010 2:10PM The United Nations peacekeeping force in Haiti has unveiled three drainage and canal rehabilitation projects that it hopes will boost employment and reduce violence in troubled neighbourhoods of a major city.
PORT-AU-PRINCE -- There was the quiet meeting with a snubbed, former Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis followed days later by the well-publicized encounter with Wyclef Jean, the night before he was booted from Haiti's upcoming presidential tourney.
A powerful earthquake that struck New Zealand on Saturday caused "a lot of damage," though there are no reports of serious injuries or major damage, an emergency official said.
"It was like a freight train running through the house," said Chris Monroe, operations manager for the New Zealand Fire Service.
Marson Sam, 31, talented actor who starred in "Le Prix a Payer" (The Price to Pay) alongside actress, songstress Misty Jean, officially announces his latest movie project "Dark River", a riveting, suspenseful movie based on unique subjects rarely discussed in Haitian society.
FRAGNEAU-VILLE, HAITI — A milestone birthday for Father Gerald Mullally of Milford’s St. Patrick’s Church turned into a stepping stone for a small band of parishioners.
PORT-AU-PRINCE -- A trio of gunmen stormed a gated home in the well-to-do Pelerin neighborhood, shot dead a Sunrise man and kidnapped a 16-year-old relative. Gregoire-Ronald Chery, 56, died of a single shot to the head. Nadege Charlot, his cousin, continued to be held Tuesday as kidnappers demanded a $100,000 ransom.