Month: May 2017
Massive wave of lay-offs at FAES
Charles Ernest Chatelier, the Director General of the Social and Economic Assistance Fund (FAES), confirmed the dismissal of non-essential staff due to severe budgetary constraints…
ONE HAITIAN MAY SAVE 58,000 OTHERS – DANIEL JEAN-LOUIS ON STAGE AT LIBERTY UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY WITH TRUMP – WATCH THE VIDEO!!
May 19, 2017 Truly amazing! President Donald Trump appeared at LIBERTY UNIVERSITY to give the commencement speech. Wallace and Eleanor Turnbull, founders of Haiti’s oldest…
Trump Admin’s Haiti Emails Perpetuate the Myth of the ‘Black Criminal’
Opal Tometi May 18, 2017 TIME: Opal Tometi is the Executive Director of Black Alliance for Just Immigration and a Co-founder of Black Lives Matter….
President Moïse announces difficult decisions to come
Haiti Libre: On the eve of the first 100 days in power, President Moses, who was taking stock of the situation on National Television, announced…
Haiti agency says 5 dead from recent downpours
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Downpours in Haiti have caused rivers to burst their banks and resulted in at least five deaths in recent days. Haiti’s civil…
Activists say Haiti’s crisis continues, and now is not the time to end TPS
By Jacqueline Charles jcharles@miamiherald.com As Haitians across the United States worry they may lose protection from deportation, supporters and activists stepped up calls Wednesday for…
Brazil Assumes Control of Chilean, Uruguayan, and Peruvian Bases in Haiti
Chilean, Uruguayan, and Peruvian service members are leaving MINUSTAH in Haiti. The Brazilian contingent will remain until October. Taciana Moury/Diálogo | 18 May 2017 International…
The City Council Just Took a Stand in Support of Boston’s Haitian Immigrants
Photo via iStock/Pixonian Boston’s City Council voted Wednesday to call on the Trump administration to protect the thousands of Haitians living in Massachusetts, who may…
The Ministry of the Interior calls for the resumption of work at the D.I.E.- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Haiti Libre: Following an arrest last week in the offices of the Directorate of Immigration and Emigration (DIE) of an employee and the strike started…
Present, past, tense — will accomplished Brockton student be deported to Haiti?
Cansery Goguette has spent the past seven years learning English, is one test away from his high school diploma, and on May 12 was honored…
Global Haitian Vetiver Oil Market Volume to Reach 112.6 Metric Tons (MT) by 2024 – TMR
ALBANY, New York, May 16, 2017 (PR Newswire Europe via COMTEX) — ALBANY, New York, May 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Transparency Market Research (TMR) delivers…
10,000 teachers are paid without working – Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
Haiti Libre On Friday, Pierre Josué Agenor Cadet, the Minister of Education, answered the questions raised by the Education Commission of the Lower House on…
Haiti announces fuel price increases to help public finances- Added COMMENTARY By Haitian-Truth
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haiti’s government announced on Sunday fuel price increases of up to 20 per cent in an effort to shore up the…
UN advisory group wants international community to work closely with new gov’t in Haiti
Marc-André Blanchard (Photo: CMC) UNITED NATIONS, United States (CMC) — Following its recent visit to Haiti, a United Nations advisory group on the French-speaking Caribbean…
OPPORTUNITY MISSED – MAY 23 – TIME RUNNING OUT FOR 58,000 HAITIANS
MICHAEL COLLINS May 14, 2017 We believe that any effort to destabilize the Jovenel Moise Presidency is criminal. Everyone should work to make it a…
The Trump administration is criminalizing Haitian refugees
AFP/Getty Images A young man on the roof of his home surveyed the neighborhood of Lavale de Bourdon in the commune of Petion Ville in…
Protesters to Trump: Don’t send Haitian immigrants ‘back to nothing’
By Alex Harris aharris@miamiherald.com President Donald Trump made a campaign promise to Haitians to be their “greatest champions,” and hundreds gathered in Little Haiti Saturday…
Haitians upended by country’s earthquake once again face uncertainty
By Maria Cramer GLOBE STAFF MAY 14, 2017 Marianne never intended to stay in the United States. She came to New York on a temporary visa in…
ATTENTION JOVENEL: LIKE DRUG OR ALCHOHOL ADDITION – CORRUPTION MUST BE CURED GRADUALLY
May 13, 2017 Jovenel did not create the problems! Our President inherited them, an accumulation ever-expanding since 1986, with no effort to control the situation….
WATER, WATER, EVERYWHERE – NO A DROP TO DRINK
There is no shortage of water in Haiti. Yet, everywhere on the island, Haitians travel for miles to get water, pay dearly for it if…