Voices Stories by Garry Pierre-Pierre
Wyclef Jean's next moves
I urge Jean to stick around and not just for publicity stake, if he's serious about becoming president. Five years is not a long time to wait. more>
What role should Wyclef play in Haiti?
Wyclef Jean clearly lacks the political wherewithal to deal with the complex situations he is likely to face in Haiti and abroad. more>
Six months after quake, life remains tenuous for Haitians
After six trips to Haiti since the quake, Haitian Times editor Garry Pierre-Pierre discusses what has yet to be done to set the country on the right track. more>
NY physicians try to save one victim at a time
VIDEO :: A member of Saint Lucias Health team, Dr. Gemma Cherry, said the world has to move fast to avoid a medical disaster in Haiti. more>
VideoHaitian community struggles to find adequate legal assistance
Asians and Latino residents have access to free or moderately priced legal aid in their native tongue. However, few Haitian immigrants find affordable legal assistance available in their native language. more>
James Nemorin: our fallen hero
Haitian-born James Nemorin was one of the NYPD officers killed last week in an undercover gun buy gone bad on Staten Island. Many prominent people made it to his funeral, but the Haitian community wasn’t there. Numbed by the police brutality, the community seemed unable to celebrate James. more>
Erasing the embargo in Haiti will take help from diaspora, not international community
Haitian politicians claim that with the $500 million promised in international loans, the country—which needs everything from potable water, schools, roads, electricity, agricultural advancements, to legal reforms—would be fine. That sum is paltry, and there is precious little that a country can do with it, even if the international lending institutions released the loans. more>