A trail drops through thick tropical vegetation in Dominica and ends at a beach moviegoers have already seen on a cinema screen. In Martinique, tables at a legendary beach bar stand just beyond dark volcanic sand, with ti’ punch and grilled fish coming out of the kitchen. On another part of the island, steep cliffs rise behind a […]
Above: La Grand rue in Bainet-Sud-Est (Photo: PC) By the Caribbean Journal staff The number of deaths due to Tropical Storm Isaac in Haiti has reached 24, according to updated data released Tuesday by the country’s Civil Protection office. That comes along with another three missing and 42 injured. A total of 8,189 families have […]
By the Caribbean Journal staff The death toll from Tropical Storm Isaac has risen to eight, according to the country’s Civil Protection office. Three of the deceased were children. The latest death was caused by someone killed in a landslide in Dondon, the office said in a statement. The office is part of Haiti’s National […]
U.N. Photo/Logan Abassi The death toll from last year’s Haiti earthquake was between 46,000 and 85,000, a number that is far smaller than the official figure of 316,000, according to a report commissioned by the U.S. government. The report, which was prepared for the U.S. Agency for International Development, still contains some inconsistencies, however, and […]
