UN, Police Crack Down on Haitian Crime

By: - July 18th, 2011

Above: peacekeepers in Port-au-Prince (UN Photo)

By the Caribbean Journal staff

The United Nations and the Haitian National Police have begun a joint operation, “Operation Phoenix,” to tackle criminal activity in Port-au-Prince.

The initiative was launched in the Bel Air, Cite Soleil and Martissant neighborhoods of Haiti’s capital.

“We want to show the population that MINUSTAH, according to its mandate, remains determined to fight against crime in Haiti, in support of Haitian authorities,” said Major-General Luis Ramos, the mission’s force commander. “This will be a multi-day operation that is designed to provide long-term presence in these neighbourhoods to reinforce trust and confidence between the residence, HNP and MINUSTAH.”

The mission has sent more than 2,100 peacekeepers into the three areas.

MINUSTAH, the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti, has 12,000 military and police personnel stationed in the country, where they have been since 2004, when then-president Jean-Bertrand Aristide went into exile.

Haiti

In China, Registering a Bahamian Ship

Above: the ship’s registry ceremony (BIS Photo: Peter Ramsay) Former Bahamian Governor-General Sir Orville Turnquest launched the latest vessel to be registered on the Bahamian ship registry last week, the CS Calvina. The ship, which will join the fleet of Campbell Shipping Company Limited, is one of a number of ships on the Bahamian registry […]

Haiti

Bahamas Expands Telemedicine Initiative

Above: Minister of Health, Dr Hubert Minnis, Dr Akos Tatar of the Fresh Creek District, Dr Colin Bullard, Director of Emergency Services at Princess Margaret Hospital and South Andros MP Picewell Forbes (BIS Photo: Patrick Hanna) As part of an initiative to help bring medical services to the Bahamas’ many islands, the community of Fresh […]

Haiti

Haiti's Cholera Up, Aid Falling

Above: UN Photo The cholera problem on the island of Hispaniola has only been getting worse since being introduced to Haiti, reportedly by Nepalese UN workers, in October. But the surge in cholera has not been met with corresponding aid, as what was an outpouring of international support has dwindled. “We have a smaller pool […]

ECLAC: Caribbean Economies to Grow 1.9 Percent This Year

 Above: Osvaldo Kacef, director of ECLAC’s Economic Development Division (Photo: ECLAC) By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean economies will grow at a rate of 1.9 percent, according to a report by the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Other than Haiti and the Dominican Republic, which continue to lead the region […]

Trinidad, Serbia Foreign Ministers Meet

 By the Caribbean Journal staff Serbian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vuk Jeremic paid a courtesy call on Trinidad’s Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal, who was acting Foreign Affairs minister yesterday. Moonilal was in the news last week after calling the decision by Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to reassign embattled Minister Jack Warner and split […]

New Speaker of the House in Jamaica

 Above: Osvaldo Kacef, director of ECLAC’s Economic Development Division (Photo: ECLAC) By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean economies will grow at a rate of 1.9 percent, according to a report by the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Other than Haiti and the Dominican Republic, which continue to lead the region […]

Clinton Foundation Probes Haiti Shelters

Above: Former US President Bill Clinton in Haiti (Photo: Clinton Bush Haiti Fund) The foundation of former US President Bill Clinton is sending investigators to Haiti to examine reported problems with storm shelters it donated to the town of Leogane in Haiti. According to Foundation Chief of Staff Laura Graham, there are 20 shelters in […]