Emergency jobs initiative gets challenge
Associated Press KINGSTON — Jamaica’s month-old government has launched the first phase of an emergency jobs program that was the centerpiece of its winning election …
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Martelly rules out pardon for Duvalier
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haitian President Michel Martelly has backed off a suggestion from an interview a day earlier that he might be open to a …
Ruling due on whether ‘Baby Doc’ case is dropped
Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haitian authorities will rule before month’s end on whether the prosecution of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier moves to trial or gets …
Few major reconstruction projects have begun in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The billions of dollars in aid that flowed into Haiti after its shattering earthquake were meant to build a new nation with thriving …
United Nations accuses Haiti police of using excessive force
PORT-AU-PRINCE —Haitian National Police forces have used illegal excessive force against prisoners and it may have been such abuse that led to the deaths of …
New York rights group pushes access for disabled
Associated Press KINGSTON — A human rights group called on Jamaica to take fast action to ensure that disabled voters across the island can cast …
Trigger-happy drug gangs turning island nations bloody
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts —When Dudley Williams was a police commander in the mid-1980s, law enforcement in St. Kitts and Nevis was a leisurely occupation. Violent …
Martelly gov’t links to Duvalier regime prompt scrutiny
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Back from exile, former strongman Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier lives in a villa in the hills above Haiti’s capital. His son serves as …
Haiti’s ‘Baby Doc’ dines out as prosecution stalls
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) _ Victims of Jean-Claude Duvalier’s regime hoped for justice when he came home in January, or at least a trial for the …
Alleged rape, cholera outbreak spur call for ouster of U.N. troops
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Protesters calling for the withdrawal of U.N. peacekeepers from Haiti clashed with police Sept. 14 outside the earthquake-damaged Haitian National Palace.