Haiti Haiti Police Open Fire On Protesters Hundreds of people protested on the streets of Haiti’s capital Wednesday, demanding an investigation into the alleged diversion of $3.8 billion (US dollars) of funds from a Venezuelan oil agreement with Haiti and other Caribbean countries. Police officers fired live ammunition at unarmed protesters. Continue reading Haitians Protest…
Haiti Belladères to Co-Host 22nd bi-annual ecotourism fair. From October 25 to November 4, the Dominican city of Fantino Province Sanchez Ramirez, will host the 22nd edition of the binational ecotourism and production fair. Belladères, Haitian border city was chosen as guest of honor of this fair bringing together various actors working in alternative tourism….
Haiti Haiti Provides Update On Death Toll From Earthquake PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti ( CMC) — Haiti said 18 people have now been confirmed dead following the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that rocked the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country on October 6. The Directorate of Civil Protection (DPC), in its latest revised statement, said that 580…
Haiti Orphanages in Haiti welcomes 25,813 children in total Following the earthquake of January 12, 2010, orphanages gave way to centers or homes. Their number has increased considerably. Thus, in partnership with international organizations, the Institute of Social Welfare and Research has enumerated and evaluated all these houses. A total of 754 were recorded in…
Opinion Black America Should Care More About Haiti The island of Haiti had a bittersweet last week. The sweet part of the week began on the evening of Oct. 3, when U.S. District Judge Edward Chen blocked the Trump Administration’s efforts to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and hundreds of thousands of other immigrants…
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…
Haiti OAVCT makes new profits at the beginning of new fiscal year The haitian National Vehicle Insurance Agency (OAVCT), which had budget deficits, was able to generate a profit of 56.3 million gourdes in the first four months of the 2017-2018 fiscal year. “For the first six months of 2016-2017, the losses recorded were estimated…
Haiti Luckner Bright speaks on Education. Graduate of the Normal School of Port-au-Prince ( L’Ecole Normale de Port-au-Prince) in 1963, since then, Luckner Bright invests body and soul in education. First by founding in that year school College Le Normalien, then by training future professionals. Making education his unique hobby, Luckner Bright on his 80’s,…
Haiti Press release October 5, 2018 “The organization Word And Action Haiti renew its commitment to prevent and reduce sexual abuse, sexual exploitation and any type of abuse of child abuse throughout Haiti. And for this reason strongly condemns the act of violence against Nice Simon, the Mayor of Tabarre.Violence against girls and women is…
Haiti The new criminal code is officially in the Senate The President of the commission “Justice, security and national defense” of the Haitian Senate Jean Renel Senatus officially handed on Wednesday the official document on the new Haitian criminal code (penal code). The Commission added 32 new offenses in the document to update it. Changes…