Oddly’s character Dominique is a high school upperclassman trying to balance her school work, social life, and obligations at home. A first-generation daughter of a single Haitian mother, Dominique helps care for her niece and nephew while simultaneously trying to keep her spot on the school’s basketball team, spend time with her boyfriend, hang out with friend, and land a meaningful internship. Out of all the characters, Dominique has the most going on — and it weighs on her.
After the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, 19 children from one orphanage were flown to the U.S. to be adopted by…
The Halloween Pumpkin Hunt 2020 website launched just a few days ago. More than 50 households in several Brooklyn neighborhoods, Queens, Philadelphia and Westport, Connecticut, have signed up. The beauty of the hunt is that it can quite literally be done anywhere.
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.
President Jovenel Moise said Haiti will receive 190 megawatts, but after he didn’t keep his promise of giving the country electricity 24/7 it’s hard for the people to believe him.
By Francesca Andre As the coronavirus takes hold in Haiti and the Caribbean, officials in Haiti grapple with a rapidly…
Immediately after New York City’s lockdown orders went into effect in mid-March, Haitian Times founder and editor Garry Pierre-Pierre held…
The Covid-19 figures in Haiti don’t reflect the reality on the ground. The official Covid-19 death toll in Haiti stood…
The global education calendar for the year 2020 has suffered unprecedented disruption due to the Coronavirus pandemic and the resultant…
By Jonathan Crane, Barbara Mohr The head of Haitian football, Yves Jean-Bart, has wielded huge power for decades. Despite sexual…