comments feedFrom Haiti Sentinel A delegation from the Ministry of the Environment consisting of Director General Nicole Yolette Altidor and Ms. Alexandra Vanessa Destiny Pierre traveled to Panama to attend the second regional consultation meeting for the establishment of a coordinating mechanism and sustainable financing plan for ocean governance in the Caribbean and the North-Brazilian plateau. […]
Participation of Haiti in Ocean Governance Meeting for Greater Caribbean
August 7, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Haiti advance to next stage of CONCACAF qualifying process for Tokyo 2020
July 29, 2019 by Leave a Comment
By Dan Palmer From Inside The Games Haiti reached the next stage of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) qualifying process for the Tokyo 2020 men’s Olympic tournament after a 2-2 draw with Cayman Islands. The result meant Haiti finished at the top of the three-team Group C which was […]
PetroCaribe fuel huge protests in Haiti
June 27, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From Caribbean News Now PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – For over four months, people in Haiti have been protesting to demand that President Jovenel Moïse must resign amid allegations he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars of government funds designated for severely needed social programs. According to a damaging report on government corruption, given to the Haitian […]
NAN’s Caribbean News Roundup
June 26, 2019 by Leave a Comment
JUNE 25, 2019 From NAN News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 2019: Here are the top news making headlines from the Caribbean, Latin America and their Diasporas for this Tuesday morning June 25, 2019: Haiti’s soccer team thrilled fans globally Monday night, making Gold Cup history by beating Costa Rica 2-1 to advance to […]
Sir Ronald Sanders: OAS should promote systemic change in Haiti not an external agenda
June 23, 2019 by Leave a Comment
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Antigua Observer In what is increasingly becoming a pattern of ignoring established procedures and authority in the Organisation of American States (OAS), a delegation went to troubled Haiti on June 19 without any discussion or mandate by the Permanent Council, the organ responsible for making and overseeing policy between General […]
Haiti struggles without electricity as cheap Venezuelan oil flow stops
May 22, 2019 by Leave a Comment
By Tsvetana Paraskova From Oli Price Venezuela’s crisis and plunging oil production impact countries in the Caribbean as well, as most people in the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere, Haiti, now have electricity just three hours a day, after Venezuela stopped sending cheap oil to the country. Under Petrocaribe—a program to gain influence in the Caribbean and […]
Caribbean Women: Our health is our freedom
April 25, 2019 by Leave a Comment
By Brenda Roach From Words in the Bucket Women in the Caribbean need more research and awareness on endometriosis. “Endo what?”, she said. This is a common response of those who have never encountered this disease. Pronounced en-do-me-tri-osis, it is one of the most complex and least understood diseases within the medical field, often resulting in […]
The Voice – Caribbean News: UK & Caribbean rebuilding ties, Haiti + more
April 22, 2019 by Leave a Comment
By Debbie Ransome From The Voice CARIBBEAN AND UK REBUILDING TIES The UK’s Minister of State for Trade at the Department for International Trade, Baroness Rona Fairhead, has said that the Caribbean and the UK are rebuilding ties following the “headlights of Windrush”. She told a reception of Caribbean and British business people that the […]
Haiti made history today!
April 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From HTS A historic win for #Haiti today! We are pleased to announce that Haiti is now recognized by the global community as an international tech hub! The startup ecosystem map published last month by #HaitiTechSummit is featured in Black Enterprise Magazine. The 2019 map will be published by Forbes Magazine at the 3rd annual […]
Dispute with U.S. energy trader worsens Haiti’s fuel crisis
April 15, 2019 by Leave a Comment
By Anthony Esposito From KFGO PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – A dispute between Haiti and a U.S. energy trading firm is leading to long blackouts and fuel shortages in the Caribbean nation, feeding anger at President Jovenel Moise’s government following the collapse of a supply deal with Venezuela last year. The capital Port-au-Prince’s fragile power grid was […]
