Port-au-Prince

Questions For Earl Maucker

Mother of Haiti

Carole Demesmin is a vodou priestess, singer, activist, and -- above all -- a hopeful savior of her troubled homeland

Tap Tap Sunday

This Sunday evening, recording artist Farah Juste will be at Tap Tap Haitian Restaurant on South Beach for "a CD signing and celebration". Ms. Juste's career as a passionate singer of Haitian folk songs took off with her debut solo album in 1977, and since then she has performed from Paris to Switze ... More >>

Morning Juice: GOP Cuts Everything to Save Cigs, Prosecutors Rebuked for Being Dicks, Haitians Get Conversation Starters

GOP Cuts Everything, Saves Sweet, Sweet TobaccoAs I sit here puffing on my Camel Wide with the filter broken off, my lungs blackening like beach tar, I'm thanking the state's Republicans. Because it is the GOP lawmakers who fought off attempts in Tallahassee to increase cigarette taxes in order to c ... More >>

Butts in Seats

GOP Cuts Everything, Saves Sweet, Sweet TobaccoAs I sit here puffing on my Camel Wide with the filter broken off, my lungs blackening like beach tar, I'm thanking the state's Republicans. Because it is the GOP lawmakers who fought off attempts in Tallahassee to increase cigarette taxes in order to c ... More >>

Mano a Mano Against Poverty

Planting Seeds of Hope

With the help of Rainn Wilson, Aaron Jackson tries to cure a country.

Planting Seeds of Hope

Free This Priest

Father Gerard Jean-Juste is no outlaw. He's a Magic City hero.

Voodoo Man

A voodoo ceremony in the 'burbs? Who'da thunk it?

Adiós, Fidel

And hello again. Why Broward-Palm Beach immigrant groups are tired of the endless Castro drama.

Stomp the Worm

Saint Aaron to the rescue in Haiti

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Saint Aaron to the rescue in Haiti

Saint Aaron

Living like a pauper himself, a young man from Broward is trying to save Haiti's children

Who Zin Town?

Hip-shaking zombies, unite!

Vice Squad

Haiti's T-Vice is ready for its big break -- and being sex symbols doesn't hurt

Radio Free Haiti

Jonathan Demme's documentary brings a joyful revolutionary to the screen

Once You Pop...

Delray goes snap, crackle, Popscene

Gimme Shelter

Allen Reesor's friends-and-family program has other homeless-services professionals crying foul

The Perils of Marilise

A child of a Tonton Macoute family escaped political violence in Haiti - and then her real troubles began

Down For the Recount

Ride with us through a subtropical wonderland where troops rally for a new ballot

Top Chef Ron Duprat Cooks For Charity at Whole Foods

John LinnChef Ron in the kitchen at Whole Foods' Lifestyle Center.​He was running a few minutes late, but once Chef Ron Duprat arrived at Whole Foods' Lifestyle Center on Saturday night, he got right to business. Scuttling through the door in his bright red Birkenstocks, Duprat introduced himself ... More >>

Culturespotting

John LinnChef Ron in the kitchen at Whole Foods' Lifestyle Center.​He was running a few minutes late, but once Chef Ron Duprat arrived at Whole Foods' Lifestyle Center on Saturday night, he got right to business. Scuttling through the door in his bright red Birkenstocks, Duprat introduced himself ... More >>

Morning Juice: All Eyes on Haiti

​Thursday brings another chilly morning but warm weather is on the way. Let's look at the local headlines:A Boynton Beach man was at the Port Au Prince airport when the earthquake hit and says it felt like an airplane strike. [Palm Beach Post] Members of a united nations United Nations stabilizati ... More >>

UPDATED: Haiti Earthquake Jolts Local Charity

A scene from LW's "Women helping women" program​Jon Pace, a boardmember of local charity  Living Water Ministries of the Palm Beaches told us by phone this morning that Executive Director Pastor Etienne Jacklin's house in the Bon-Repos area north of Port au Prince was destroyed, and his wife' ... More >>

Will Haitian Quake Be Crist's 9/11?

Flickr: The PeacekeepersA scene from yesterday's devastating earthquake in Haiti.​Charlie Crist juggled his schedule so he could fly down to Miami-Dade, where a press conference will be staged to comfort the Haitian people. But however little Crist has to lose in his Senate race against Marco Rubi ... More >>

Morning Juice: Aid to Haiti Trickles in; FPL Rate Hike Denied

​The catastrophe in Haiti dominates the headlines in South Florida and around the world:The Port Au Prince airport is now taking chartered flights and aid has arrived -- just nearly enough to meet the dire need for water and fuel. [New York Times]Lynn University in Boca Raton learned late last nig ... More >>

Morning Juice: Lynn Students Tell Quake Survival Tale; Questions About Major Haiti Charity

​Here's what happened in Broward and Palm Beach over the weekend:The Lynn University students who escaped the earthquake in Haiti gave their horrifying first-person account. Two of the students and the group's two faculty advisers remain missing. [Palm Beach Post]Scott Rothstein has been a wreckin ... More >>

Morning Juice: Haiti Quake Survivor Tells Miraculous Story; MLK Parade in Hallandale Nearly Takes Tragic Turn

​Here's what's in the local news this Tuesday morning:Mereille Dittmer, the 50-year-old woman from Pembroke Pines who somehow survived for five days in a tiny space within a collapsed Port-au-Prince grocery store, told her amazing story to reporters Monday. [WPTV]The families of the four Lynn Univ ... More >>

Mother of Lynn University Student Vents on Video

It's hard to blame Jean Gianacaci for being frustrated. She's the mother of Christine Gianacaci, one of the four people from Lynn University who are still missing in the rubble of the Hotel Montana in Port-au-Prince. That video posted today.Considering the scenes of devastation, I don't know whethe ... More >>

Morning Juice: Another Quake in Haiti; Fins Find a Defensive Mastermind in Denver

​A glance at local headlines this January 20:A 6.0 quake rattled nerves in Port-au-Prince this morning, but there's not much left to destroy in a city where the death toll is at 72,000 and counting. [Miami Herald]The Broward County School District has to trim $47 million from its budget, and a who ... More >>

Lake Worth's Living Water Ministries Steps Up Haiti Meal Distribution

photo of Haiti courtesy of Living Water Ministries​In one respect, Living Water Ministries was lucky when it came to helping Haitian victims of last week's earthquake: They already had a large network of employees and contacts in Port-au-Prince and many others in outlying villages in the far North ... More >>

Morning Juice: Newly Released Evidence Adds to Intrigue to Two Unsolved Murder Cases

​The news in Broward and Palm Beach this Tuesday:Police in Rye Brook, New York, say that an anonymous letter they received in July contains details of the Ben Novack murder case that, during the subsequent investigation, have proven accurate. Among the claims: that the death of Novack's mother in ... More >>

Anderson Cooper Helps Aaron Jackson Help Haiti

Aaron Jackson and his younger brother, Will, at a fundraiser for Haiti last year.​When the earthquake first hit, Aaron Jackson immediately announced that his charity, Planting Peace, would help as many Haitians as possible with food, water, medicine, and shelter. Within days, Aaron was on the grou ... More >>

Orthopedic Surgeon From Imperial Point Tells Harrowing Tale of Post-Quake Haiti

Boston Herald / Bill GreeneDr. Boutin, with the hacksaw, performing another amputation in Haiti.​At 73 years old, Dr. Georges Boutin had never been to Haiti, and he had no reason to ever go until a phone conversation he had two weeks ago with his daughter Pier, an orthopedic surgeon who lives with ... More >>

As Haitians Rebuild, a Photographer Captures the Catastrophe

Boston Herald / Bill GreeneDr. Boutin, with the hacksaw, performing another amputation in Haiti.​At 73 years old, Dr. Georges Boutin had never been to Haiti, and he had no reason to ever go until a phone conversation he had two weeks ago with his daughter Pier, an orthopedic surgeon who lives with ... More >>

Palm Beach Princess Planning to Give Haiti Volunteers the Royal Treatment

Flickr: BurningQuestionThe Palm Beach Princess​Docked at the Port of Palm Beach, the Princess is just a rundown, financially strapped gambling barge. But when it arrives in earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince, the Palm Beach Princess will look positively luxurious by comparison."If" it arrives, that ... More >>

Morning Juice: Eggelletion Prepares for Prison; Norovirus Fears in Broward

​Here's what's happening in Broward and Palm Beach this Friday:Former Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion will be sentenced today after pleading guilty to charges stemming from an FBI bribery sting. [Miami Herald]Police have identified the man whose remains were found in a box near Jo ... More >>

Punching, for Haiti

​Here's what's happening in Broward and Palm Beach this Friday:Former Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion will be sentenced today after pleading guilty to charges stemming from an FBI bribery sting. [Miami Herald]Police have identified the man whose remains were found in a box near Jo ... More >>

Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba to Perform Memorial Concerts for Lynn University

​Here's what's happening in Broward and Palm Beach this Friday:Former Broward County Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion will be sentenced today after pleading guilty to charges stemming from an FBI bribery sting. [Miami Herald]Police have identified the man whose remains were found in a box near Jo ... More >>

Morning Juice: As Pilots Strike, Spirits Cancel Flights; Dog Fight in Broward Over Kill Policy

​Here's what's happening in South Florida this Monday morning:With its pilots on strike, Miramar-based discount airline Spirit has canceled flights through Tuesday, forcing local air travelers to scramble for another way to get to their destinations. [CBS4]In a much more uplifting story about air ... More >>

A Miracle Peanut Butter Could End Malnutrition in Haiti

​Here's what's happening in South Florida this Monday morning:With its pilots on strike, Miramar-based discount airline Spirit has canceled flights through Tuesday, forcing local air travelers to scramble for another way to get to their destinations. [CBS4]In a much more uplifting story about air ... More >>

Latin American Dictators Love South Florida

​Here's what's happening in South Florida this Monday morning:With its pilots on strike, Miramar-based discount airline Spirit has canceled flights through Tuesday, forcing local air travelers to scramble for another way to get to their destinations. [CBS4]In a much more uplifting story about air ... More >>

Embattled UF Film Students Bring Haiti Documentary to FLIFF

Jon Bougher and Roman Safiullin with the subject of their film.​The two University of Florida graduate students who almost didn't get to graduate, are now bringing the controversial film to the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. And there will be no disclaimers.Jon Bougher, originally fr ... More >>

In Protesting Haitian Election, Candidate Baker Aligns With Wyclef and Rival Sweet Micky

twitter.com/CharlesHBakerSweet Micky, Charlie Baker, and Wyclef Jean.​Imagine Al Gore and George W. Bush riding hand-in-hand down Okeechobee Boulevard in November 2000 to protest hanging chads. Something in that vein happened in yesterday's Haitian election, which went just about as badl ... More >>

Haitian Kidnapping: One Clueless Journalist's Story of an Angry Mob in Port-au-Prince

Erosion -- and kidnappers -- awaited us on a road outside Port-au-Prince.​It was my first day in Haiti when my translator and I were nearly kidnapped. If things had gone down differently that day, the two of us may have ended up tortured and held for ransom. Or maybe dragged out of our car and bea ... More >>

Haitian Kidnappers Kill an American Federal Agent in Their Quest to Abduct a Child

Erosion -- and kidnappers -- awaited us on a road outside Port-au-Prince.​It was my first day in Haiti when my translator and I were nearly kidnapped. If things had gone down differently that day, the two of us may have ended up tortured and held for ransom. Or maybe dragged out of our car and bea ... More >>

A Murder in Haiti Threatens to Become Lost Amid the Rubble

Courtesy Viola Semxant-ZuckerGregoire-Ronald Chery on an earlier, happier trip to Haiti.​Our feature story this week tells the harrowing tale of Gregoire-Ronald Chery, who was murdered in Haiti when kidnappers came for a young girl in his family. Chery was a 17-year federal agent who worked in the ... More >>

Allure of the Seas Crew Member Murdered on Stopover in Mexico

​In mid-November, the world's largest cruise ship arrived at its new home in Port Everglades to throngs of cheering fans. Soon it embarked on its maiden voyage, a cruise of the Caribbean -- including a stop at Labadee, Haiti, an isolated hamlet just miles from the cholera and destruction of Port-a ... More >>

Michel Martelly Is Haiti's New President. But the Former Palm Beach County Resident Has a Dark Side

​In mid-November, the world's largest cruise ship arrived at its new home in Port Everglades to throngs of cheering fans. Soon it embarked on its maiden voyage, a cruise of the Caribbean -- including a stop at Labadee, Haiti, an isolated hamlet just miles from the cholera and destruction of Port-a ... More >>

Bernard Mevs, a Tiny Hospital Founded by Floridians, May Be Haiti's Best Hope

​In mid-November, the world's largest cruise ship arrived at its new home in Port Everglades to throngs of cheering fans. Soon it embarked on its maiden voyage, a cruise of the Caribbean -- including a stop at Labadee, Haiti, an isolated hamlet just miles from the cholera and destruction of Port-a ... More >>