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The move came five days after tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Port-au-Prince and other cities to protest corruption.Investigations by the Haitian Senate in 2016 and 2017 concluded […]
Several audits have been done, with the results either failing to provide clear answers as to where the PetroCaribe funds went, or showing that much of the revenue has been mismanaged, including […]
At least one person has been killed and dozens injured as thousands of protesters took to the streets in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, over a corruption scandal, with some marchers calling for the […]
Haitian National Police spokesman Michel-Ange Louis-Jeune said at least two people were killed during the tension-filled day and several others were wounded by gunshots including five people in Cap-Haitien, the country’s second […]
Nearly 600 children have allegedly been abused or “harmed” by charity workers after a huge rise in incidents, the Charity Commission has revealed. The watchdog said that between February and September charities reported […]
Hundreds of people across Haiti are protesting the alleged misuse of funds from an oil assistance program created by Venezuela. Protesters blocked roads and burned tires on Wednesday as they demanded more […]
Nice Simon a commencé sa conférence de presse mercredi avec la volonté de « ne plus se taire et parler au nom de toutes les femmes » qui n’ont pas la tribune qu’est la […]
The officers’ unethical conduct appears to have extended far past the handful of cases referenced in federal court filings, Martinez says. “What we have found thus far is that the wrongful convictions […]
“The Haitian Embassy in the Dominican Republic has the honor to kindly ask you to have members of the diplomatic staff in the Passport Service, including the seizure officers and liaison officers […]
« Notre plus grand problème en Haïti, c’est l’injustice : le système judiciaire est aux mains d’une clique. Comment pourrait-on avoir confiance ? » questionne Emmanuel Junior Cassis, qui manifeste dimanche dans les rues de Port-au-Prince. […]
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday to support tougher U.N. action against peacekeepers who fail to protect civilians, including by sending them home and refusing to pay their governments. […]
Depuis environ un mois, un mouvement dénommé “PetroCaribeChallenge” a été lancé et s’est intensifié très vite. Ce mouvement demande entre autres la reddition de compte, l’arrestation des pétro-voleurs et la saisie de […]
Selon le directeur général de l’ULCC, dans ses enquêtes, la Cour supérieure des comptes ne peut pas voir s’il y a eu surfacturation, concussion, trafic d’influence, passation illégale des marchés… dans les […]
“The police chief of Biscayne Park essentially wanted to have good stats with 100 percent solve rates on thefts and burglaries, so he ordered his police officers to go after people — from […]
Cela fait six mois jour pour jour qu’il est porté disparu. Lui, c’est Vladjimir Legagneur. Parti en reportage le 14 mars dans le quartier sensible de Martissant, en périphérie de Port-au-Prince, le photojournaliste […]
«Le personnel est parti, les patients ne fréquentent plus le centre». Ainsi se résume la situation selon la directrice médicale du centre, le Dr Quetline Accius Raphaël. Martissant et ses zones envoisinantes […]
Le dirigeant politique, André Michel, annonce que de nouvelles plaintes seront déposées au cours de cette semaine contre un ex président, des membres de sa famille ainsi que deux anciens Premier Ministre. […]
Dans la zone de poste marchand, les agents de la PNH ont du tirer des coups de feu en l’air pour évacuer certains manifestants en colère. Josué Merilien l’un des leaders de […]
Over the last seven years, Martelly and Moïse let Haiti’s payments for Venezuelan petroleum fall into arrears, and Haiti now reportedly owes over $2 billion in addition to the $1.7 billion withdrawn […]
Les agents de la police anti-émeutes ont fait usage de gaz lacrymogènes pour empêcher la foule (évaluée à quelques milliers de participants) de se rendre vers l’hôtel Marriott, alors que celle-ci se trouvait à proximité de la Natcom (Pont-Morin).
The campaign, called the #petrocaribechallenge, is attracting Haitians both in and out of the country, and comes during a turbulent time for Haiti. Haitians are awaiting the approval of a new prime […]
Michel Joseph Martelly est sur la liste des anciens responsables de l’Etat accusés par les initiateurs du mouvement #Petrocaribechallenge dans la dilapidation des fonds évalués à 3,8 milliards de dollars qu’ont prêté le Venezuela […]
The #PetroCaribeChallenge, a hashtag meant to express outrage at the Haitian government embezzling $2 billion in Petrocaribe funds, is slowly evolving into full-fledged protests. While people in Haiti have been walking through […]
Nous allons en Haïti où une mobilisation citoyenne contre la corruption prend de l’ampleur. Plusieurs centaines d’Haïtiens ont manifesté ce week-end (25/26 août 2018). Ils répondaient à un appel lancé sur les […]
« Ils nous ont toujours mis en tête que, nous les femmes, on doit rester à la maison à s’occuper des enfants, on n’a pas à participer aux décisions du pays. Mais on […]
Police are searching for a thief who broke into a house in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood while the woman who lives there was home alone.According to City of Miami Police, the subject […]
“The problem in Haiti … is if you have political connections, you can literally get away with murder,” said Scott Gilmore, a human rights attorney with the Center for Justice & Accountability. […]
Mr. Jackson told detectives, according to the official, that his intention was to keep on killing, the first attack being a springboard. At one point during his interrogation, he said he thought […]
“We found that most women never report their rapes and aren’t counted in that official tally,” says Femi. “Independent estimates suggest more than 500 women have been raped or exploited by UN […]
An American missionary who had been working in Haiti for many years was fatally shot by gunmen in the impoverished country’s capital as she sat behind the wheel of her car on […]
A third of the alleged sexual abuse by the UN’s Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) involved minors under 18, according to a new draft report by the UN Office of Internal Oversight […]
Coupé Cloué Jr assassiné par balle.
Joseph-Marc Carel knows the danger of ferrying passengers on his small motorbike, sometimes two at a time, as tides of the buzzing vehicles cut through the chaotic Haitian capital. He has a […]
A sprawling U.S. criminal probe into the “World Cup of fraud” within global soccer touched hard on Latin America and the Caribbean and made clear that many disgusted fans were hungering for […]
Haitian and U.S. authorities have arrested the son of the former president of Honduras and sent him to New York where he faces drug trafficking charges, the government of Honduras said. Fabio […]
A chief Haiti prosecutor has appealed a controversial court ruling that led to the release and acquittal of an indicted kidnapper with close ties to the presidential family and charged with murder, […]
Woodly Ethéart, aka Sonson Lafamilia, was freed late Friday after a trial that lasted about two hours, said the head of Haiti’s leading human rights group. Lamarre Bélizaire, a controversial investigative judge […]
Woodly Ethéart et Renel Nelfort blanchis par le juge Lamarre Bélizaire .
Sergeant Rodrigo Sanhueza was providing security for a military vehicle traveling near the border with the Dominican Republic when the unit encountered a protest and came under fire, the defense ministry said […]
The attacks against members of the Catholic Church have occurred throughout Haiti in six regional departments, according to an exclusive report by the Miami Herald. There have been unconfirmed reports that rapes […]
Even before one of them put a shotgun to her throat screaming “Money, money!” Sister Marie de la Croix knew what the intruders wanted after being awakened by rocks raining down on […]
Condamnée à 5 ans 5 mois d’emprisonnement.
Le tribunal correctionnel rend sa décision.
The chief of presidential security under former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was shot to death Monday in the capital, where he had lived since returning to the country after finishing a prison […]
En Haïti, le viol est un fléau persistant. Dix ans après l’adoption d’un texte de loi reconnaissant enfin ce crime, les agressions sexuelles restent monnaie courante dans cette île des Antilles. L’universitaire […]
Des violences ont repris depuis plusieurs semaines à Cité Soleil (périphérie nord) où des gangs s’affrontent, faisant au moins 8 morts et plusieurs blessés, suivant des informations rapportées par divers médias et […]
El comando regional Cibao Central de la Policía Nacional realiza las investigaciones en torno a la muerte de un joven haitiano que fue encontrado colgando de un árbol del parque Ercilia Pepín, […]
Dans une conférence de presse donnée ce mercredi 21 janvier 2015, le Porte-parole de la Direction Départementale sud de la Police Nationale d’Haïti, l’Inspecteur Municipal Rénal Marseille, annonce que la Police a […]
Himmler Rébu écrit à Liliane Pierre Paul.
Une attaque terroriste a décimé, le mercredi 7 janvier, la rédaction du journal satirique français Charlie Hebdo. L’attentat a fait 12 morts, dont deux policiers. Les dessinateurs Cabu (76 ans), Charb (47 […]
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