Troops Fired On Straving Crowds In Haiti

Troops under United Nations command have opened fire on crowds of hungry Haitians seeking food, an ominous sign of impending confrontation between the people of the earthquake-wracked country and the armed forces dispatched there under the auspices of the imperialist powers. 

H1N1 Swine Flu Hoax Falls Apart At The Seams

The great swine flu hoax of 2009 is now falling apart at the seams as one country after another unloads hundreds of millions of doses of unused swine flu vaccines.

Plane With Lifesaving Medical Supplies Diverted Again From Landing In Haiti

Written on January 19th 2010

A Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) cargo plane carrying 12 tons of medical equipment, including drugs, surgical supplies and two dialysis machines, was turned away three times from Port-au-Prince airport since Sunday night despite repeated assurances of its ability to land there.

UN Climate Panel Blunders Again Over Himalayan Glaciers

The chairman of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has used bogus claims that Himalayan glaciers were melting to win grants worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

Rihanna’s Six-Year Old Fan Loses Leukaemia Fight

The cancer-stricken girl who inspired Rihanna and Kelly Rowland to issue emotional appeals for bone marrow donors has lost her battle with leukaemia.

CARICOM Wants Top Role In Haiti Reconstruction

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) representative at a conference on Haiti has made it clear that the regional grouping wants to and is ready to do all in its power to play a prominent role in that quake-hit country’s reconstruction.

How Hosting The 2010 World Cup Has Transformed A Nation

Now is a hell of a time to be a South African or in South Africa.

US: We Will ‘Occupy’ Haiti Long Term

Despite criticism for the US military presence in quake-stricken Haiti, Washington says it has a long-term plan to stay in the country.

Chavez: US ‘Weapon’ Caused Haiti Quake

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez Wednesday accused the United States of causing the destruction in Haiti by testing a ‘tectonic weapon’ to induce the catastrophic earthquake that hit the country last week.

The International Rescue Operation’s Priorities In Haiti

“The contempt we have been taught to entertain for blacks, make us fear many things that are founded neither in reason nor experience.” – Alexander Hamilton in letter to John Hay, 1799.

“Only those who hate the black population, see hatred in blacks” – José Martí, Montecristi Manifesto, 1895

Why The US Own Haiti Billions?

Why does the US owe Haiti Billions?  Colin Powell, former US Secretary of State, stated his foreign policy view as the “Pottery Barn rule.”  That is – “if you break it, you own it.”

Disaster Capitalism Heading To Haiti

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 impose its will everywhere.

HAITI: No One Expected The ‘Big’ One

Marjorie Louis was sitting in her kitchen eating dinner when she felt the house shaking, but she didn’t get up.

Evan Rogers Shock At The New Rihanna

Rihanna knows how it feels to reach ultimate stardom — and she loves her new lifestyle. In a raw interview with W magazine, RiRi opens up about how she has grown as an artist, her fashion sense, and never wanting to return to her Barbadian lifestyle.

Royal Kushite Statues Found In Sudan

Huge granite statues of a pharaoh and other kings have been found in Sudan, a discovery that has shocked archaeologists at how far south the expansive Kushite empire extended, the dig directors remarked on Monday.

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Irishmen Set Out For Barbados in Rowing Boat

Most people would not choose to travel across the Atlantic if their maximum speed was 4 mph. But then Corkmen Mike Jones and Peter Williams would readily concede that they’re not like most people.

Google Considers Google.cn (China) Shutdown

Internet giant Google has said it may end its operations in China following a “sophisticated and targeted” cyber attack originating from the country.

The Barbados Economy in 2009 and Prospects for 2010

Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr. DeLisle Worrell will host his first news conference Today, January 13, 2010 in the Executive Dining Room, Central Bank of Barbados.

Tsunami Watch Cancelled – Haiti Appeal For International Aid

A tsunami watch for the Northern Caribbean, issued after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook Haiti this evening (January 12th 2009), has been cancelled.

Haiti Earthquake – Thousands Feared Dead

Frantic rescue efforts are underway to free people trapped in the rubble after a massive 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit the Caribbean nation of Haiti.