Haiti’s Consul to the Bahamas fired over crude video
Sep. 29, 2020 - Karl-Henry Châtelier, Haiti’s Consul to the Bahamas, was fired after a video allegedly of him masturbating surfaced on social media Sept. 28.
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USAID to fund 30,000 small businesses with $12 million aid
Sep. 30, 2020 - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) tweeted that it will help 30,000 informal enterprises in Haiti grow and create more jobs. It plans to support their efforts with a $12 million project called Attain, the agency said on Sunday.
Special Reports
Battle for Barbancourt: Inside the family fight to control Haiti’s cherished brand
Sep. 15, 2020 - Barbancourt Rhum, an $18 million business, has survived Haiti’s tumultuous history of coups, embargoes and natural disasters to become a world-renowned brand in the spirits industry. Lately, a family fight for company control has pitted its late leader Thierry Gardere's only child and his siblings against one another.
NY-Metro area
‘We are part of this’: Haitian Americans in Brooklyn align with Black Lives Matter
Sep. 17, 2020 - Demands in the Haitian community in the wake of George Floyd’s death are diverse. By Sam Bojarski This article originally...
Florida
Democrats double down on vote-by-mail push in Florida’s Haitian communities
Sep. 19, 2020 - Election campaigners and voting rights advocates hoping to reach Haitian-Americans across Florida said they are focused on getting people to...
Haiti
USAID to fund 30,000 small businesses with $12 million aid
Sep. 30, 2020 - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) tweeted that it will help 30,000 informal enterprises in Haiti grow and create more jobs. It plans to support their efforts with a $12 million project called Attain, the agency said on Sunday.
Haitians In America
Haitian immigrant is the face of Lay’s chips
Sep. 29, 2020 - Jean Paul Laurent was chosen to be featured on the bag because he founded Unspoken Smiles, a nonprofit promoting oral hygiene, especially among children.
Coronavirus
COVID-19 in the US: Haitian-Americans move forward, facing uncertainty
Sep. 30, 2020 - More than six months into the pandemic, Haitians in the United States are moving forward, albeit with uncertainty about what lies ahead. Adding to the anxiety is the economic hardship driven by job loss, disparities in technology access and the persistent emotional toll of losing loved ones. According to medical experts, existing and unaddressed chronic health conditions have led to more severe cases of COVID-19.
Sports
Ruben Dias passnotes: Manchester City are getting the leader they have missed since Vincent Kompany
Sep. 30, 2020 - Man City has finally added another centre back and in the process the club broke their transfer record in spending...
Beauty & Style
Fashioning a career: How Venny Étienne rose from humble, holy beginnings to design for Beyoncé
Aug. 20, 2020 - By Ralph 'Onz' Chery -- Fashion designer Venny Étienne's road to designing for Beyoncé, it all started at his old church's fashion show.
Opinion
My first 100 days as President of the Republic of Haiti
Sep. 29, 2020 - My plan, which will be backed by a robust political literacy campaign, will reduce violence, fraud, vote manipulation, and parliamentary void as well as the appointment of executive agents to replace elected mayors whose terms expire.
Entertainment
Fundraisers go virtual — with music, liquor tasting, other attractions to draw donors
Sep. 29, 2020 - As summer gives way to fall and the season of giving approaches, more and more organizations that support Haiti are going digital. When it comes to special events specifically, nonprofit leaders are hosting virtual fundraisers to engage donors and promote causes.
Features
Defying protests and poverty, Haitians get creative to wed in style
Sep. 18, 2020 - As anti-government protesters in Haiti’s capital blocked principal roads and clashed with police last year, Stanley Joseph and Daphne Gerard used the city’s winding and potholed backroads to make it to church for their wedding, decked out in all their finery. “We always have problems in Haiti. You can’t wait. You just have to get on and overcome them,” said Joseph.
Arts & Culture
Exploring Yanvalou, the sacred dance of Haiti
Sep. 21, 2020 - The Haitian-led dance group La Troupe Zetwal, in partnership with Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Arts Council and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs held an educational event dedicated to the sacred dance in Prospect Park, on Sept. 19. “Yanvalou: A Sacred Dance of Ayiti,” convened Haitian musicians, dancers and sociologists from across New York City.
Immigration & Migration
TPS holders, advocates decry ruling that opens way for “mass deportation”
Sep. 21, 2020 - Roughly 55,000 Haitians who have received TPS, the federal program that allows immigrants from 10 countries to live and work in the U.S. The United States Court of Appeals panel sided with the Trump administration in saying that people from Haiti, Nicaragua and Sudan no longer need TPS.
Profiles
Karen Civil’s rising star lights a path for moguls-in-the-making, Haitian causes
Sep. 28, 2020 - Karen Civil’s work reviving the Hillary Clinton campaign and her White House visit with Michelle Obama alone are just two life goals made possible through her grit and her guts.
Caribbean
Caribbean countries watching, preparing for tropical storm amid COVID-19 outbreak
Jul. 29, 2020 - Emergency management officials from Antigua to Puerto Rico to the Bahamas spent Tuesday watching — and preparing — for the...
Technology
Tap Tap Now, An App Here To Strengthen Haitian Restaurants
Jul. 03, 2020 - By Ralph 'Onz' Chery -- Tap Tap Now is an app that provides the location, direction, and phone number of Haitian restaurants worldwide. The first version was launched on Dec. 22, 2019. Real-time menus and online ordering is available in the United States but for limited restaurants because the app is still in progress.
Immigrant Voices
Experts: Teach younger Haitian-Americans to fight stubborn stereotypes
Sep. 21, 2020 - By Nicole Alcindor As a child, Eileen Ternize said she feared openly admitting to classmates that her parents are Haitian...
Health & Science
Adieu: Jules Taylor, Jr., civic leader whose legacy continues with good works
Sep. 29, 2020 - Taylor, of Rosedale, died on May 3 after a battle with Covid-19 that mobilized he and his wife Emmylnn’s supporters with a fervor similar to that with which the couple has served their community over the years.
Montreal
Haitian works spotlighted in Montreal’s virtual festival of Black films
Sep. 18, 2020 - Created by the Fabienne Colas Foundation, MIBFF opens on Sept. 23, with the showing of a Canadian film, “The Cuban.” From Sept. 24-Oct. 4, 120 films from 30 countries, including Haiti, will be available for viewing.
Editorials
I pray. Get your knee off our necks
Jun. 18, 2020 - By Jimmy Pierre Teacher and community worker in Kenscoff, Haiti George Floyd’s famous last words “I can’t breathe” were a desperate shout for any marginalized person who is being...