Official: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home

EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO, AP

In this Feb. 7, 2020, file photo, Haiti's President Jovenel Moise speaks during an interview at his home in Petion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Sources say Moise was assassinated at home. AP photo Dieu Nalio Chery

Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his private residence early Wednesday, according to a statement from the country’s interim prime minister, who called the killing a “hateful, inhumane and barbaric act.”

First Lady Martine Moïse was shot in the overnight attack and hospitalized, interim Premier Claude Joseph said.

Recalling the day the earth shook in Haiti

Jessicah Pierre

A woman mourned among the wreckage in Delmas, Port-au-Prince, Haiti after the Jan. 10, 2010 earthquake. AP photo

On Jan.12, 2010, I woke up to a sunny day in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. In a few hours, I would be heading to Toussaint L’Ouverture Airport to fly back to Boston after a two-week vacation in my parents’ homeland, a break from the winter cold that my big family looked forward to every year.

I gave hugs and kisses to my dad, my aunts, uncles, and grandmother who had decided to extend their stay a little longer. My little brother, two of my aunts, and I headed home.

US Marine charged with illegally flying guns into Haiti

By JONATHAN DREW
Associated Press
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A U.S. Marine caught smuggling guns into Haiti told investigators he wanted to help the country's military learn marksmanship and defeat ``thugs'' causing instability, according to a criminal complaint.

The criminal complaint filed last week in a North Carolina federal court charges Jacques Yves Duroseau with smuggling firearms. Prosecutors say Duroseau flew from North Carolina to Haiti with baggage including eight firearms but lacked needed authorization to take them abroad.

Schools in Haiti re-open after a month of unrest

EVENS SANON and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

BY EVENS SANON and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, ASSOCIATED PRESS

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP)— Protected by police patrols, thousands of Haitian children began to return to school Monday after months of violent unrest forced schools to shut around the country.

Some schools were about a quarter full in response to the Education Ministry's call last week to reopen public and private schools. Others had only a handful of students or didn't open at all.

Codman Health Center named to Top 100 Women-Led companies list

Sandra Cotterell

For the sixth consecutive year, Codman Square Health Center has been named one of the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts by the Commonwealth Institute and The Boston Globe. Codman is led by CEO Sandra Cotterell, RN who has been at the center since 1994 and CEO since 2011.

The Commonwealth Institute is a nonprofit that supports women-led businesses, and it considers revenue, operating budgets, number of full-time employees, diversity, innovative projects, and more when it weighs candidates and organizations for the Top 100 list.

Survivors share stories at MCHC’s Breast Health Night

Elizabeth Thomas

Shown at MCHC’s Breast Health Night: (l-r) Julet Queensborough, Breast Health Navigator MCHC; Jordina Shanks, Chief Operating Officer MCHC; Elizabeth Thomas, Clinical Operations Assistant MCHC; Alberta  Guess, survivor; Patricia Graham, survivor; Dr. Nao

The Mattapan Community Health Center’s conference room was transformed into a sea of various shades of pink on Thurs., Oct. 24, for the observation of Breast Cancer Awareness month. The center’s Breast Health Night brought together cancer survivors, caregivers, friends, family, community members, and affiliates from Boston Medical Center, including keynote speaker Naomi Ko, MD, of Boston University’s School of Medicine, to learn about breast cancer, and to celebrate survivorship.

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