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Miami Herald
April 29, 2018
"Little Haiti is now a very diverse, thriving, wonderful neighborhood built by Haitian immigrants out of sheer resilience and determination. Now several years later, developers are coming ... Government officials have not met with the store owners, according to Bastien. The group says it has called on MiamiÃâà...
Miami Herald
April 26, 2018
Goods brought illegally across the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic cost the Haitian government about $400 million a year in uncollected ... discussion that included members of the Dominican private sector and State Department officials at the Center for Strategic and International Studies,Ãâà...
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
April 18, 2018
Plan would designate official Little Haiti district in Flatbush ... Brooklyn Avenue, Parkside Avenue and East 16th Street the Little Haiti Business and Cultural District “to foster a strong sense of belonging, security ... Brooklyn has 90,000 Haitian-American residents, according to the Migration Policy Institute.
New York Times
April 17, 2018
Ben Flambert, 42, left, at a Haitian-owned barbershop in Brooklyn, supports the idea of a Little Haiti district. “The Haitian ... The resolution would also serve as a formal recognition by the City Council, which organizers hope will make it easier to work with tourism and business improvement officials. “PeopleÃâà...
Yahoo News
April 17, 2018
Washington (AFP) - International health authorities are reporting outbreaks of diptheria in Venezuela and Haiti, and that cases of the potentially deadly illness have turned up in Colombia and Brazil as well. Diphtheria is a bacteria that causes throat swelling and difficulty breathing in its victims. It can beÃâà...
ABC News
April 17, 2018
"DHS undertook an extensive outreach campaign to U.S. state and federal government officials, Haitian officials, and third-party partners who offered their input as to the conditions on the ground in Haiti. Based on all available information, acting Secretary Elaine Duke determined that the extraordinary andÃâà...
Jamaica Observer
April 15, 2018
... says acting Secretary of State John Sullivan met with Haitian President Jovenel Moise on Saturday, on the margins of the Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru. The State Department said Sullivan and Moise on Friday discussed security and economic growth in Haiti, “as well as democracy in the region.”.
UN News
April 3, 2018
The United Nations has already started to prepare for a post-peacekeeping presence in Haiti, a senior UN official said Tuesday, stressing there are many ... For instance, the Mission has co-located 135 individual police officers with the Haitian National Police (HNP) in each of Haiti's 10 departments, and it isÃâà...
The Independent
March 16, 2018
Oxfam has appointed a former United Nations official to head an independent commission on sexual abuse and exploitation in the wake of a scandal over ... stopped more than 7,000 direct debits to the charity following revelations that staff used prostitutes in crisis-hit countries including Haiti and Chad.
TPM
March 16, 2018
MIAMI (AP) — Haitian immigrants are suing President Donald Trump and Homeland Security officials, alleging racism influenced a decision to end a ... The dozen plaintiffs include Haiti Liberte, a New York-based weekly Haitian newspaper, where a leading journalist with the protected status may be forcedÃâà...
Prensa Latina
March 13, 2018
... announced the suspension of the license to carry firearms and stated that the Haitian National Police will secure the custom posts of the Republic. The measures come after eight days of protests, since March 5, by the customs union, in which better wages and the official special status signed on OctoberÃâà...
Miami Herald
February 28, 2018
The dispute erupted after Guterres' special representative in Haiti, Susan D. Page, issued a statement welcoming a judicial corruption inquiry into how $2 billion in oil loans from Venezuela was spent by former Haitian government officials. Page is the head of the United Nations Mission for Justice SupportÃâà...
New York Times
February 22, 2018
On Thursday, the Haitian minister of planning and external cooperation, Aviol Fleurant, said officials were looking into the incidents and trying to determine whether any of the women were underage. The government raised the prospect that the British aid organization, which spends $3.9 million annually inÃâà...
CNN
February 19, 2018
The Haitian government has threatened to expel Oxfam from the country following the accusations. "If there has indeed been an infraction ... I will not hesitate to revoke Oxfam's right to operate in Haiti," Aviol Fleurant, Haiti's minister of planning and external cooperation, told CNN in an interview Friday in theÃâà...
CNN
February 17, 2018
(CNN) Haiti could expel Oxfam if allegations of sexual misconduct against the British charity prove to be true, a senior government official said. ... that they report staff members involved in this incident to their respective national governments; and that they fully cooperate with the Haitian authorities, includingÃâà...
ReliefWeb
February 16, 2018
The United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Ms. Bintou Keita, visited Haiti from 5-9 February, her first official mission to the country. During her visit, Ms. Keita stressed the importance of a close partnership between the UN and Haitian institutions, as well as strengthenedÃâà...
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