By Sir Hilary Beckles January 23, 2009 – nationnews.com THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES is in the process of conceiving how best to deliver a major conference on the theme “Rethinking And Rebuilding Haiti”. I am very keen to provide an input into this exercise because for too long there has been a popular … Continue reading The hate and the quake in Haiti
By Cynthia McKinney January 22, 2010 – globalresearch.ca President Obama’s response to the tragedy in Haiti has been robust in military deployment and puny in what the Haitians need most: food; first responders and their specialized equipment; doctors and medical facilities and equipment; and engineers, heavy equipment, and heavy movers. Sadly, President Obama is dispatching … Continue reading Haiti: An Unwelcome Katrina Redux
Presence of US troops provides both hope of relief, and fear of continuing legacy of US domination By Real News January 18, 2010 – therealnews.com As aid starts to trickle in, and the extent of the horror becomes known, decisions are already being made that will affect the Haiti that emerges from this. Ansel Herz … Continue reading Haiti: Guns or food?
By Stephen Lendman January 18, 2010 In her book, “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism,” Naomi Klein explores the myth of free market democracy, explaining how neoliberalism dominates the world with America its main exponent exploiting security threats, terror attacks, economic meltdowns, competing ideologies, tectonic political or economic shifts, and natural disasters to … Continue reading Disaster Capitalism Headed to Haiti
By Dave Lindorff January 15, 2010 – thiscantbehappening.net There are only two US media outlets that have reported on Cuba’s response to the deadly 7.0 earthquake that hit Haiti. One was Fox News, which claimed, wrongly, that the Cubans were absent from the list of neighboring Caribbean countries providing aid. The other was the Christian … Continue reading Cuba is Missing… From US Reports on the International Response to Haiti’s Earthquake
By Ashley Smith January 14, 2010 – socialistworker.org A devastating earthquake, the worst in 200 years, struck Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, laying waste to the city and killing untold numbers of people. The quake measured 7.0 on the Richter scale, and detonated more than 30 aftershocks, all more than 4.5 in magnitude, through the night and … Continue reading Catastrophe in Haiti
By Stephen Kangal January 03, 2010 www.trinidadandtobagonews.com/blog When will MP’s and Senators begin to factor into their parliamentary stewardship and daily conduct that T&T is looking on and listening to them via Channels 4 and the Parliament Channel late in the night? Their late arrivals and at times their early premature departures from parliamentary sittings … Continue reading Annisette and Seetahal Have No Credibility
newsday.co.tt/editorial January 02, 2010 The reported disappearance of US$94,000 seized from an alleged drug dealer and which had been lodged in the property room at the Couva Police Station should be thoroughly investigated. The property keeper is reported to have discovered the money missing, about 5 pm on December 29, when he found the property … Continue reading Police Station Theft
By Andre Bagoo December 29, 2009 – newsday.co.tt CHAIRMAN of the Commission of Inquiry into Udecott Professor John Uff QC has hit back at the State-owned enterprise for making what he described as “improper” allegations against him in a High Court lawsuit the Calder Hart-chaired company has brought to challenge the proceedings.
By Stephen Kangal December 20, 2009 www.trinidadandtobagonews.com/blog As a participant in the peaceful, legal and orderly picket conducted on the northern precincts of Parliament on Friday 18 during the debate on the controversial property tax bills I can say categorically that these armed to the teeth riot squad policemen acted on pre-meditated decisions and intentions … Continue reading Riot Squad Provoked The Picketing Fracas