U.S. immigration officials sent Haitian rapper Daniel Darinus back to Haiti and banned him from entering the United States after a screening at Fort Lauderdale airport on Tuesday, according to Konpa Events Online.
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High school students protest not being tested on curriculum
High school students in Petit-Goâve took to the streets Thursday to protest state exams they said contained material that they had not learned in class.
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Kidnappers release former soccer player Johnny Descollines
Kidnappers released Johnny Descollines, a former international soccer player, early Friday morning, according to Juno7.
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Murdered attorney’s bag, cash stolen from courthouse
Murdered attorney Monferrier Dorval’s bag was stolen from a Port-au-Prince courthouse on Monday night, according to Robinson Pierre-Louis, the secretary of the city’s bar.
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Faster, cheaper internet coming to Haiti via $60 million project
The International Development Association (IDA) has approved a $60 million project to provide faster, cheaper internet access and other digital services in Haiti, the organization has announced.
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G9 gang leader kidnaps lottery entrepreneur
“Ti Lapli,” a G9 Family and Allies leader, said on a radio broadcast that he has kidnapped Wolf Hall, the young president of Titi Loto & T-Sound loterry organization on Tuesday night in Port-au-Prince.
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Sunrise Airways resumes flights between Cuba and Port-au-Prince
Sunrise Airways will resume daily flights between Port-au-Prince and Cuba starting on Nov. 1, the airline announced in a statement Tuesday.
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President Moïse asks fuel bosses to lower kerosene and diesel prices
President Jovenel Moïse wrote on his Twitter account that the prices of diesel and kerosene went down on Tuesday.
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Suspect arrested in police officer’s deadly nightclub shooting
The alleged murderer of the police officer, Michel-Ange François, was arrested at National Route #2 in the Southern Department on Monday evening.
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Officials introduce new national ID card, says current version invalid
A new National Identification Card is replacing the version currently in use in Haiti, the Ministry of Justice and Security (MJSP) announced Tuesday.