Information About Haiti

Bill Clinton cheers turnout by hundreds of international investors at Haiti conference

Bill Clinton cheered a large turnout at an investor conference in Haiti’s capital Thursday, calling it a sign of hope for economic growth and job creation in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

The former U.S. president, now the U.N.’s special envoy to Haiti, says a large turnout at an investor conference in Port-au-Prince is a sign of hope for economic growth and job creation in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

Declaring Haiti “open for business,” Prime Minister Michele Pierre-Louis welcomed hundreds of potential investors on Thursday to a conference meant to kick-start an economy stunted by decades of political turmoil.

Bill Clinton headlined an investors’ conference Thursday in Haiti’s capital to promote economic growth and job creation in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

Reginette Exume has big plans, including opening a community center for low-income students in Boynton Beach and starting a franchise of Caribbean restaurants.

The Southwestern Pennsylvania Household Hazardous Waste Task Force will sponsor a household hazardous waste collection from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

Wyclef Jean and The Timberland Co. will use shoes, songs and social media to support reforestation in the singer’s native Haiti and sell eco-friendly footwear.

Former U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin arrives at the check-in counter at Hong Kong airport Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 as Palin is leaving Hong Kong for the U.S. In her first trip to Asia, the former Alaska governor addressed an annual conference of investors in Hong Kong in what was billed as a wide-ranging talk about governance, economics and U.S. and Asian affairs.

Parishioners of a church forced to close as the Archdiocese of Miami tries to cut costs planned to celebrate their first Mass at their new church in Wilton Manors Wednesday evening.