Latest News from Haiti
- Schools, stores and embassies shut down in Haiti 27 Jan 2023 23:58 Prensa Latina - Cuba Most schools in Haiti´s capital authorized no student to classes on Friday, a few stores opened, while public and private transportation slowed down. Meanwhile, Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Davis ordered all his diplomatic staff in Haiti to leave the …
- Crunch Fitness founder plans adaptive reuse project in Little Haiti 27 Jan 2023 23:38 The Real Deal Crunch Fitness and Big Move Properties’ Douglas Levine with aerial of 400 Northeast 67th Street (Big Move Properties, Google Maps, Getty) Crunch Fitness founder Douglas Levine is embarking on his latest adaptive reuse project in Miami. Levine wants to …
- Haiti: Police Officer Riot Targets Prime Minister's House 27 Jan 2023 23:04 Breitbart Haitian police rioted in the capital of Port-au-Prince on Thursday, blocking streets, burning tires, vandalizing vehicles, and attacking the residence of Prime Minister Ariel Henry. The police were enraged that gangs have killed 14 officers over the past …
- Haiti Police Block Streets, Break Into Airport Over Officer Killings 27 Jan 2023 22:01 Kayhan PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitian police officers on Thursday blocked streets and forced their way into the country’s main airport to protest the recent killing of officers by armed gangs expanding their grip on the Caribbean nation. Protesters in …
- Haiti: MSF forced to suspend activities after armed men kill patient 27 Jan 2023 21:45 Doctors Without Borders Port-au-Prince - On Thursday 26 January, armed men entered the Médecins Sans Frontières-supported Raoul Pierre Louis public hospital in Carrefour, a district located to the west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The men dragged a patient out of the emergency room …
- UNSTABLE: PM orders all diplomatic staff in Haiti to return home 27 Jan 2023 20:45 Eye Witness News NASSAU, BAHAMAS — Prime Minister Philip Davis has ordered the involuntary departure of all diplomatic personnel from Haiti after a team was stopped by Haitian police yesterday and stripped of their vehicle and weapons. In a statement, the Ministry of …
- Bahamas PM orders evacuation of diplomatic mission in Haiti 27 Jan 2023 19:31 Jamaica Star NASSAU, Bahamas, Jan 27, CMC – The Bahamas government has ordered an immediate departure of all diplomatic personnel from Haiti or as soon as security conditions permit “Up to this time, there was a voluntary departure order in place and all staff at the …
- Haiti police riot to protest officer killings by armed gangs 27 Jan 2023 17:59 The Telegraph The protests came just a day after six officers were killed in Liancourt, a town 68 miles north of Port-au-Prince. Four of them were dragged out of a police station and executed in the street, Jean Bruce Myrtil, the police commissioner, told local radio. …
- The Bahamas: PM orders evacuation of diplomatic mission in Haiti 27 Jan 2023 17:14 Radio Jamaica The Bahamas government has ordered the immediate departure of all diplomatic personnel from Haiti, or as soon as security conditions permit. A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said there was a voluntary departure order in place, and all …
- Rebel police officers riot in Haiti after colleagues killed by gangs 27 Jan 2023 17:14 Radio Jamaica Rebel police officers rioted in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince on Thursday following the killing of more than a dozen colleagues by criminal gangs. The rioting officers have blamed the government for not taking action. More than 100 demonstrators …