Latest News from Haiti
- UN honours Haiti earthquake victims 19 Jan 2020 09:44 Jamaica Observer UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The United Nations on Friday honoured more than 200,000 Haitians who perished in the devastating earthquake that struck the French-speaking Caribbean country 10 years ago. In a solemn ceremony of remembrance, at UN headquarters in …
- Ten years later: The world broke its promise to Haiti 19 Jan 2020 08:48 Odessa American Ten years after a catastrophic earthquake, Haiti is still the poorest nation in the Americas. It still has a government perceived as one of the world’s most corrupt, and it still suffers chronic political instability. Haiti’s 500-year legacy of slavery, …
- Annual Benefit Dinner for Haiti Feb. 7 18 Jan 2020 23:56 Wiscasset Newspaper New owners of the Damariscotta River Grill, Tim Beal and Tamara Dica, have confirmed that the Grill will again prepare the food for the annual Lincoln County Haiti Benefit Dinner to be held Feb. 7, at 6 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Church, 380 Academy Hill Rd. in …
- iciHaiti - NOTICE : Illegal merchants in Champ-de-Mars have 24 hours to clear out 18 Jan 2020 23:46 Haiti Libre iciHaiti - NOTICE : Illegal merchants in Champ-de-Mars have 24 hours to clear out 18/01/2020 08:39:39 In a NOTICE dated Friday March 17, 2019, Ralph Youri Chevry the mayor of Port-au-Prince, issues a 24 hour ultimatum to merchants who are not in …
- iciHaiti - Death : Bernard Diederich, the dean of the Haitian Press has left us 18 Jan 2020 23:46 Haiti Libre iciHaiti - Death : Bernard Diederich, the dean of the Haitian Press has left us 18/01/2020 09:44:19 Jean Michel Lapin, the Minister of Culture said he was deeply saddened by the death, last January 14 in his private residence in Port-au-Prince, at …
- iciHaiti - IACHR : The Youth Observatory paints an alarming picture of the situation in the country 18 Jan 2020 23:46 Haiti Libre
- Millions Going Hungry in Haiti 10 Years After Devastating Earthquake 18 Jan 2020 20:24 VOA GENEVA - The World Food Program is appealing for $62 million to provide life-saving food assistance over the next six months to 700,000 people suffering from severe hunger in the Caribbean island of Haiti. Millions of Haitians still lack proper shelter, …
- Arrest of the 2nd Secretary of the Embassy of Haiti in DR 18 Jan 2020 13:47 Haitilibre.com Haiti - FLASH : Arrest of the 2nd Secretary of the Embassy of Haiti in DR 18/01/2020 08:38:12 Friday morning, the Haitian-Dominican Kerby Alcante Desormeaux (born in Haiti), 2nd Secretary at the Embassy of Haiti in the Dominican Republic, who was …
- Haiti has an alarming level of hunger, says report 18 Jan 2020 10:40 Jamaica Observer PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — The Global Hunger Index (GHI) has ranked Haiti 111th out of 117 countries — an indication of an alarming level of hunger across the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country. In it's latest report, GHI — …
- Haiti: Regular press briefing by the Information Service, 17 January 2020: WFP scales up operations in Haiti, where one million people severely famished 18 Jan 2020 05:39 Relief Web Excerpts WFP scales up operations in Haiti, where one million people severely famished Elisabeth Byrs, for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), said that ten years after the earthquake, the WFP remained concerned about the food security in Haiti, …