One of, if the best, photoblogs on the internet is Boston.com’s The Big Picture. They recently put together a piece on the continuing aftermath of Haiti’s earthquake. Check out a sampling of the photos below…

Tomorrow (Feb. 2nd) will mark three weeks since the massive January 12th earthquake in Haiti, and tent cities remain full, even as some businesses and factories are beginning to reopen in Port-au-Prince. Now that massive amounts of aid have arrived, distribution problems have cropped up and are being addressed. The World Food Program has begun a new system of delivering rice to 10,000 Haitians per day at each of 16 women-only distribution points around the city - restricted to women, since young men often muscle their way to the front of distribution lines, and the women are viewed as more likely to fairly divide up the food. Aid chiefs and donor nations are warning that Haiti will need at least a decade of painstaking reconstruction.

For the full gallery, featuring 40 photos, click here: The Big Picture: Haiti three weeks later.

They also put together an earlier piece, with 46 photos, after the earthquake struck. For that feature, click here: The Big Picture: Faces of Haiti.

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I’ve been on the phone all week talking to family and friends trying to get a sense of whats going on in Haiti. So, I thought I should switch things up this week and post some Kompa music for a change, and rep for my Haitians. As more of you find out news from Haiti about loved ones whether it good or bad, I hope this manages to keep your spirits up.

Carimi - Buzz

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T-Vice - J’aimerais te revoir

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This video is how I wanna picture Port Au Prince.

Kreyol La - Vagabond for life

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OASIS is a probably the first project of its kind that will bring a hotel/resort like establishment to Petion-Ville in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The concept is great and hopefully this is the beginning for a viable tourist industry in Haiti. It’s good progress for Haiti that’s for sure, I’ll let the video explain the rest…

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For my creole speakers check the video after the jump for more info on the project from some of the visionaries.

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I recently came across this article about a Canadian company that wants to mine for gold in Haiti. I thought I should share…

Port-au-Prince.– A Montreal-based mining company has announced plans to explore the mountains of north-eastern Haiti for gold and copper.

Majescor Resources Inc will explore the site in a partnership with Simact Mining Holding Inc, a Long Island, New York-based consortium of Haitian-American investors.

Majescor President Marc-Andre Bernier said the company is encouraged by explorations that Eurasian Minerals Inc is conducting at a nearby site.

Gold and copper were found in the Caribbean nation decades ago, but Haiti’s instability and lack of infrastructure have discouraged investment. A Barrick Gold Corp site about 130 miles (210 kilometers) southeast in the Dominican Republic is estimated to contain 20.4 million ounces of gold.

article via Dominican Today

ABC News covered this story about some of the rough conditions in Haiti and what desperation forces some families to do in order to survive. Check out the video and the article below…

As we leave the airport, two things become immediately apparent: Port-au-Prince is an amazing, vivid place, and it’s also extremely poor. The U.S. State Department warns Americans against visiting here. United Nations peacekeepers patrol the roads while we drive with our own security team: two armed Haitian men in SUVs.

‘I Would Like to Get a Child’

By 4:45 p.m., I’m poolside at one of the city’s few upscale hotels. I’m wearing a hidden camera built into the strap of a bike messenger-style bag that’s around my neck. There’s another hidden camera in a leather satchel on the table, right next to the fruit plate and Evian water. My colleagues are manning cameras in hotel rooms overlooking the pool.

Our security guards are sitting discretely nearby.

That’s when the man with whom I’ve arranged a meeting shows up… Click here to read more >>