West (Haiti)

Haiti's lax regulation yields unsafe buildings

The rusty trucks groan as they climb the rugged mountain one after another, puffing toward a loading station to be filled with tons of sand scraped off the ridge. In this dirt-poor nation, the construction process often begins...

Haiti celebrates hero in tragic school collapse

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - An unemployed man who risked life and limb to pull children from the rubble of a collapsed school was celebrated as a national hero on Thursday by the impoverished Caribbean nation's president.

Haiti president pledges to tackle crumbling buildings

Haiti's president, Rene Preval, has vowed to repair crumbling, ramshackle buildings across his Caribbean nation after two schools collapsed, leaving 91 dead and dozens injured. "We are going to shoulder our responsibilities to...

Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) struggles in Haiti

Teams from the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières' (MSF) are struggling to provide free, quality emergency care to pregnant women and thread more

Second school in Haiti collapses

A second school has partly collapsed in the Haiti capital Port-au-Prince, just days after more than 90 children were killed when another school caved in. Nine people were injured when walls at the small Grace Divine school in...

In Brief: Nine injured in school collapse

NINE people were hospitalised after a two-storey school partially collapsed in Haiti's capital yesterday, just five days after another school collapse that killed 95 people. Hundreds of panicked parents rushed to the Grace...

Rescue operations over for collapsed school in Haiti

Authorities said 89 people died while 150 were rescued in the collapse of Port-au-Prince suburb school Rescue workers clear debris on Monday after a school collapsed in Pétionville, Haiti. Photograph: Orlando Barria/EPA For...

Haitian School Collapse Kills 90 People

PETIONVILLE, Haiti — Rescuers vowed to go on with their search for survivors at a collapsed Haitian school at least through early Monday, despite shrinking hopes amid the growing stench of dead bodies trapped beneath the rubble.

Haiti school collapse death toll rises to 90; owner arrested [The Earth Times Online Newspaper]

Port-au-Prince - The number of children killed the collapse of a school in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince rose to 90 late Sunday, rescuers said, as police arrested the school's owner. There were still many victims buried...

Foreigners join Haiti rescue effort

Wire report International rescue teams joined the search for survivors Saturday in the rubble of a Haitian school that collapsed on classrooms filled with students and teachers, killing at least 75 people. Thousands of hopeful...

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