Haiti Post - Earthquake in Pictures

[SUPAstarr]

US gov announcing now what resources are being sent

[zeeshan66]

Haiti needs your help asap. Foodstuff (non perishable) clothes, blankets & water.We ask you to label all boxes & bags & drop off to The COP Flagship House on the cnr of Broome st & Tragarete rd, POS. Between 9am & 3pm. Call us: Lisa @ 683 2364 Kathryn @ 632 4079 Or Renatta @ 632 3284.

(Contact me and I can try to arrange to have your items dropped off for you.)

spread the word post on facebook etc!

[Maserati]

fcuk that country cursed somehow yes, as if such extreme poverty wasn't enough they have to deal with this.

[Emil]

This is really sad, I hope people donate whatever they can quickly to the different groups collecting aid, TT might have to send troops through Caricom to help distribute the aid and provide interim security.

I hope the UN does not just build tent cities and forget about the people for a few years as is done elsewhere.

Haiti is to close to relatively stable and wealthy countries to be suffering like this for so long....I was reading just a few days ago how the were doing major roadworks which was already stimulating the local economy...I'm sure that out the door now. Sad.

[Emil]

Seismologist Roger Musson: Haiti Quake Was 'The Big One'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20100113/w ... 9195328400

[ase_tt]

Haiti is a cursed island because of their Obeah and Voodoo practises

[RASC]

Haiti is a cursed island because of their Obeah and Voodoo practises

The ignorance never ceases

[RASC]

There is one major incident which have permanently damaged Haiti IMHO

In July 1825, the king of France Charles X sent a fleet of fourteen vessels and troops to reconquer the island. To maintain independence, President Boyer agreed to a treaty by which France recognized the independence of the country in exchange for a payment of 150 million francs - an indemnity for profits lost from the slave trade.

That money by today's standards, is in the 100's of Billions (maybe even close to a Trillion???) That money payed has forever haunted them, they have never recovered since. France had never really forgiven them and it became the play ground of the British and Americans. To loot and plunder as they see fit. Withdrawing huge amounts of money from their national bank at times, bringing the country to it's knees financially speaking.

[teems1]

Hundreds of thousands may have died in Haiti quake, PM says

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/ameri ... ake/?imw=Y

[RASC]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp ... 4#34838342

Best Coverage so far...guys check this out!

[cool]

i agree with RASC---france alone should should help and rebuild haiti.

[RASC]

i agree with RASC---france alone should should help and rebuild haiti.

France blames Haiti for the demise of their "empire"
Napoleon was ready to wage wars, soon to find out that his little black boy cash cow-Haiti, rose up and fought against their imperialistic masters.

Which in turn started a ripple effect around the region with fights for the emancipation across the western world.

England, Spain, Portugal, France have never forgiven Haiti, and they made them pay, both financially and by creating civil unrest.

[cool]

a lot of lumber(trees) was also used to help repay france--this helped helped to establish some of the deforestation in modern haiti,

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

T&T donates $6.3 million to ravaged Haiti

Trinidad and Tobago has committed US$1 million (TT$6.3 million) towards recovery efforts in Haiti, which is bracing for a huge death toll following Tuesday evening’s massive earthquake.

Prime Minister Patrick Manning said today the Cabinet has decided to provide the financial assistance to its Caribbean Community (Caricom) neighbour even though this country is facing a TT$7 billion debt.

Manning was responding to questions from reporters on the devastation that has beleaguered one of the western hemisphere’s poorest countries after the ceremonial opening of the Third Session of the Ninth Parliament at the Red House, Port of Spain, today.

Manning said the Government is waiting on President Rene Preval’s administration in Haiti to state exactly what it needs to determine the full extent of the assistance this country will provide.

’At any rate we have taken a decision to commit US$1 million to the Haitian effort immediately and we will see what happens afterwards. Things are very tight financially in Trinidad and Tobago now but they are immeasurably worse with the Haitians,’ Manning said.

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl ... =161581802

[ase_tt]

great is d PNM!

allyuh stickin muddafackers!!

[Damien]

wow

[KURMAman]

now we need a earthquake to happen in areas with bad road, no water, no electricity and constant flooding.... den we sure to get thing fix!

[UML]

Digicel donates $5 million

[UML]

RBC donates $100,000 US to Red Cross

[Emil]

This is really sad, I hope people donate whatever they can quickly to the different groups collecting aid, TT might have to send troops through Caricom to help distribute the aid and provide interim security.

I hope the UN does not just build tent cities and forget about the people for a few years as is done elsewhere.

Haiti is to close to relatively stable and wealthy countries to be suffering like this for so long....I was reading just a few days ago how the were doing major roadworks which was already stimulating the local economy...I'm sure that out the door now. Sad.

Is time allyuh open allyuh eyes and accept the reality of the situation, these "wealthy" countries don't give a monkey's ass about haiti or the people, haiti has nuttin...no oil...it's simply a landing pad for the columbians to smuggle their sh1t into florida and hire cheap labour. In the US eyes haiti could sink tomorrow and they won't care...it might actually be better for them...but then again the drug economy and politics go hand in hand...the profits from drugs in the caribbean bigger than the entire combined GDP of the entire caribbean...

Dominican Republic?...ha...even a bigger joke...they simply exploit the haitians for their cheap and sometimes unpaid labour...haitian daughters workin de streets at night...while de boys are professional beggars by day and hand over the returns to their white masters...

Nobody disputing the reality of what was on the ground, it is known facts.

Its Caricom who has to step up in this situation.It is definitely not in the interest of the US and Canada to have a lawless and unstable country so close to their borders...whether the drug trade, increased efforts of illegal immigration, the new security issues: terrorism, piracy and left leaning NGOs complaining about human rights.

Caricom to date has only mouth and no actions...and this is not only now this is years now that they left Haiti to crumble.

[UML]

ah wonder wah happen tuh dey prison?????

[M_2NR]

ah wonder wah happen tuh dey prison?????

you of all should know the answer. I'd say but i dont wanna get ban

[hydroep]

$ 6.3 million? Given the apparent magnitude of this disaster I don't have a problem with this amount.

Had the jackarses in charge not squandered resources on big buildings and mega stadium to mine cockroach we may have been able to send more as well...

I just hope the international aid makes it to those who need it.

[Monk BANzai]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/34838824#34838342

Best Coverage so far...guys check this out!

good heads up Rene...

[Emil]

Okay a group down in Munroe Road Chaguanas is starting to put together an aid package in the form of basic construction materials and water tanks etc, this was done for Grenada also. Collections will start soon and the aid will be deployed if and when a Trinidad army contingent goes over...I will post details with info on how to contribute if anyone is interested later on.

[c@ri$$@]

I rel glad Haiti getting some assistance because God knows how badly they need it.
But it's just so sad it took an earthquake of this magnitude for them to get the world's compassion.
I still trying to figure out where everybody was when Haitians were eating mud pies

[trini_ravi]

ah wonder wah happen tuh dey prison?????

sadly it was built solid and all the prisoners survived while the innocent died...

[urabus]

ah wonder wah happen tuh dey prison?????

sadly it was built solid and all the prisoners survived while the innocent died...

actually the main prisons in the capital collapsed

u all shud check out the group on facebook EARTHQUAKE HAITI its extremely sad to see so many people missing, unaccounted for and their families using fb as an avenue to help locate them. hope it can be of some use

[~Vēġó~]

^^^agreed!!!!

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

ah wonder wah happen tuh dey prison?????

sadly it was built solid and all the prisoners survived while the innocent died...

the prison in Port au Prince collapsed according to CNN
there are reports of escaped inmates

"Even the main prison in the capital fell down, "and there are reports of escaped inmates," U.N. humanitarian spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said in Geneva."

Haiti is a cursed island because of their Obeah and Voodoo practises

the Archbishop died when the church collapsed - he was cursed too?

"U.N. mission head Hedi Annabi of Tunisia was among about 150 people missing,"
He spent his life work in humanitarian aid at the UN in areas like Southeast Asia, Cambodia and Haiti. He is believed to have died while meeting a Chinese delegation to Haiti in Port au Prince when the earthquake struck - he was cursed too?