Caribbean News Now! – October 19, 2016 |
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti — A Dutch navy ship carrying much-needed aid for stricken Haiti has had to turn back because of a lack of port security.![]() But thousands of people gathered on the shore at Jeremie Port and, with minimal security or no organized way to distribute the aid, the ship was forced to leave. Post-hurricane flooding has reactivated the cholera outbreak UN peacekeepers brought to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, and Matthew has added a further 175,000 to the homeless list. Close to one and a half million people need urgent humanitarian aid. Republished with permission of the Curacao Chronicle |