Haiti
New Online Marketplace Based In Haiti Launches
With a few clicks on a computer, Haitian entrepreneurs will now be able to share their services and businesses worldwide through SevisPlus, an online marketplace where users can find creative and professional services that launched this summer. Continue reading
Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art Of The Caribbean Archipelago
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University announced its headlining exhibition for this year’s Art Basel season, Relational Undercurrents: Contemporary Art of the Caribbean Archipelago (Oct. 13 – Jan. 13). The first major survey of this size and scope of
Who Is Behind PetroCaribeChallenge Movement
A few months after Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted as president of Haiti following a bloody coup d’etat on September 30, 1991, something amazing happened. A seemingly spontaneous right-wing opposition movement sprung out of nowhere. The name of the group was Revolutionary Front Armed for the Progress of Haiti (FRAPH). Its leader was Emmanuel Constant. Continue reading
Attacking Domestic Violence In The Haitian Community
Melissa Bernier never imagined that she would be a victim of domestic
PHOTOS: 8th Edition Of Gouts Et Saveurs Lakay Wraps Up
Last month hundreds of people gathered at the Karibe Hotel in Petion Ville to celebrate the 8th
Haiti And Mexico Sign MOU On Defence Cooperation
Haiti has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mexico on
“My commitment to families remains for me a priority,” said the President of the Republic on his Twitter account.
President Jovenel Moïse was to take part this week at the 17th Summit of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) which is taking place from 6 to 12 October in
Inauguration of an infectious diseases treatment center.
US Ambassador of Haiti Michele Sison joined the Ministry of Health, the St. Boniface Foundation in Haiti and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to inaugurate the new Center of infectious disease treatment and emergency care.
The treatment center is a facility that has 33 beds with isolation rooms to treat patients and protect the public from contagious diseases such as cholera and tuberculosis… Continue reading
Outsourcing workers dissatisfied after raising the minimum wage.
The general coordinator of the National Coordination of Haitian Workers, Dominique St Eloi, denounces the weakness of the new daily minimum wage in the subcontracting sector defined by decree published Monday.
According to him the amount of 420 gourdes is too low and does not even compensate for the high inflation that affects the workers.
Dominique St Eloi denounces the lack of willingness of the government to dialogue. He announces the mobilization of the workers to obtain the opening of negotiations. Continue reading
Humanitarian institutions must contact the Civil Protection before intervening in earthquake affected areas.
The Ministry of Culture and Communication asks all national and international institutions interested in providing all forms of material or food assistance to report to the Office of Civil Protection in Haiti, to have a formal authorization of this institution.
This ministry warns the workers in these departments, that the National Police of Haiti (PNH) has received instructions to stop the vehicles carrying humanitarian aid for victims of the earthquake without the written authorization, of the Directorate of the Civil Protection. Continue reading
Evaluation of school buildings affected by the earthquake of October, 6, 2018.
Four national and private schools were destroyed in Pilate, in the Nord department, according to the first assessments. All the national schools in Plaisance (North of Haiti) were damaged. 42 institutional buildings, including schools, churches and other institutions, were also heavily or slightly damaged in Gros Morne (Artibonite). The Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training is considering emergency measures for the resumption of school activities. Continue reading
South Florida
Arrest Made In One Of Back-To-Back Robberies At Little Haiti Electrical Supply Shop
Miami police made an arrest in one of two burglaries last month at a Little Haiti electrical supply shop.
Detectives say