Venezuelan independence celebrated
The Consulate General of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Boston, led by acting Consul General Omar Sierra, hosted a Celebration of Venezuelan Independence on…
UN Assembly backs $40.5 million for Haiti cholera victims
By Edith M. Lederer | AP July 13 at 7:05 PM UNITED NATIONS — The General Assembly adopted a resolution Thursday backing the U.N. chief’s appeal to…
Laborde gets seed and tools from the Smallholder Farmers Alliance
It began as a simple question. Would the Smallholder Farmers Alliance (SFA) like a gift of 4,000 pairs of shoes for our farmer members in…
Top Trump official warns special immigration status may end soon for a million people
By Franco Ordoñez fordonez@mcclatchydc.com WASHINGTON President Donald Trump’s top immigration official warned Hispanic members of Congress Wednesday that over a million people living in the…
Moving Haiti’s rustic, rum-like clairin to market
LEOGANE, Haiti Haiti’s most famous export is Barbancourt, a delicately flavored, carefully aged rum that’s considered among the best in the world. Then there’s its…
Coast Guard returns 102 migrants to Haiti in biggest interception in a year
The U.S. Coast Guard returned 102 migrants to Haiti on Wednesday, the largest migrant interdiction in more than a year, officials said. The migrants were…
Brazil’s ex-President Lula convicted of corruption
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been convicted of corruption charges and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. The…
Petro Caribe : l’ancien premier ministre Laurent Lamothe s’explique
Petro Caribe : l’ancien premier ministre Laurent Lamothe s’explique See video here. Laisser un commentaire Port-au-Prince, le 14 juillet 2017.- L’ancien Premier Ministre haïtien ,…
Haiti: Against Their Will – new report on sexual violence
Solidarité fanm pou yon lavi miyò is one of the local network organisations who work with young girls and vulnerable children. They provide shelter to…
The project of barracks in Haiti is dead
The reconstruction of the fire station of Port-au-Prince in Haiti, sponsored by the City of Quebec, falls into the water. The canadian government has chosen…
Passing of the poet writer Jean-Claude Fignole
Tuesday, July 11, passed away the writer poet professor and former mayor of Abricotsn Jean-Claude Fignole. Président Jovenel Moïse : “President Jovenel Moise salutes the…
Le ex-Premier Ministre Laurent Lamothe, attendu au Parlement, ce jeudi.-
Juillet 12, 2017 La Commission dite “Éthique et anti-Corruption du Sénat sur la Gestion des Fonds PetroCaribe” invite ce jeudi 13 juillet 2017 l’ex-Premier Ministre…
Wyclef Jean on how he went from ‘having nothing’ to being a Grammy Award-winning music mogul
Wyclef Jean arrives at the 42nd American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California November 23, 2014. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok The story of Wyclef Jean is an…
“Energy Mafioso” against China’s $2B Plan to Electrify Haiti- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (sentinel.ht) – In Haiti, a trio of wealthy businessmen involved in the electricity sector and characterized as the “energy mafioso”, have successfully, according…
Top Priorities for Haiti- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Like every nation, Haiti has limited resources. Prioritization is needed. Understanding the costs and benefits of different policies and proposals can help decision-makers to focus…
Nearly 5,000 Haitians expelled from Dominican territory in June- Added commentary By Haitian-Truth
Tuesday, the Directorate General of Migration (DGM) of the Dominican Republic revealed that last June 4,943 foreigners in irregular migration had been deported to their…
Jamaica Broilers reports $2b profit
Poultry company Jamaica Broilers Group grew its bottom line by one-third at year ending April, amid a double-digit spike in revenue. The company reported net…
Haitian factory workers demand higher wages
Port-au-Prince (AFP) – Hundreds of Haiti’s factory workers protested in Port-au-Prince on Monday against a small increase in the minimum wage set by the government….
Haiti: the workers of sub-contracting require a better salary-Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
AFP Monday, 10 July, 2017 14:38 UPDATE Monday, 10 July, 2017 14:38 Several hundreds of workers of contract factories demonstrated Monday in the streets of…