Earthquake
Haiti One Year Later
A year after the terrible 7.0 earthquake in Haiti, we hear from missions groups about how restoration is going in the country.
The Haitian Earthquake: Six Months Later
On January 12, Haiti experienced a 7.0 earthquake centered 10 miles from its largest city, killing nearly a quarter million people. Six months later aid is still flowing in, although conditions are still difficult.
Haiti drops kidnapping charge for missionaries
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) _ A Haitian judge says he has dismissed kidnapping and criminal association charges against 10 American missionaries detained for trying to take a busload of children out of the country after the Jan. 12 earthquake. Judge Bernard Saint-Vil says Laura Silsby, the last of the 10 missionaries jailed in Haiti, still is [...]
American Missionaries Still Await Ruling in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) _ The Haitian judge investigating 10 American missionaries accused of kidnapping for trying to take a busload of children out of the country says no decision has been made on whether to drop any charges. Judge Bernard Saint-Vil tells The Associated Press that he’s still considering the legal fates of detained group [...]
Lawyer: Charges dropped against 9 missionaries
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) _ A lawyer says Haiti has dropped kidnapping charges against nine of the 10 U.S. missionaries who were arrested trying to take a busload of children out of the quake-ravaged country. The group’s leader, Laura Silsby of Boise, Idaho, remains jailed in Haiti. The other nine were let go in February and [...]
Power outage may delay release of Americans in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) _ Haiti’s creaky, quake-damaged electrical system has delayed a ruling on whether 10 Americans charged with child kidnapping can be released. A Haitian prosecutor says he’s written his recommendation, but a power outage Monday kept him from printing it out and giving it to the judge. He also says that because Tuesday [...]
Remains of Christian filmmaker found in Haiti rubble
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) _ The State Department has confirmed that a body found in rubble from the earthquake in Haiti is that of David Hames, who had been working on a filming project for the Christian children’s ministry Compassion International. Hames and colleague Dan Woolley were in the Hotel Montana when the earthquake hit [...]
