November 11th, 2021The fuel shortage, which has lasted and worsened for several weeks in Haiti, continues to have serious consequences.
Drinking water may be lacking in several municipalities as of this week…
After the Health Centers, shops, banks it's the turn of the National Directorate of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DINEPA) to be heading for a no functioning state, if the generators which supply about twenty pumping stations for the metropolitan area alone, are not supplied with diesel fuel very quickly.
"We have great difficulties in supplying our reservoirs and consequently, in supplying the populations who are concerned with drinking...
November 11th, 2021Two barges carrying a large amount of fuel are expected to arrive in the country this weekend. One of the barges will dock in another port in the West and the other in the South to supply the market facing a severe fuel shortage.
With this strategy, the government seems to want to avoid the path of confrontation with the gangs who take the oil shipments hostage in Varreux and Thor.
G9 leader Jimmy Chérizier challenged the government to recover the fuel that had arrived in Varreux several weeks ago. An attempt by Minister of the Interior Liszt Quitel to facilitate the release of the gas was unsuccessful. His procession came under...
November 10th, 2021Natural disasters are the direct consequence of the increase Haiti's dependence on remittances from the diaspora and this is since 1991 according to data shared by a leading Haitian economist.
From 1991 to 1994, transfers increased from -$50 million to $100 million. From 1994 to 1998, they increased to $327 million. In 2011 after the earthquake, the amount of remittances reached $1.5 billion. In 2012, it reached $2.29 billion, about 46 times more than in 1991.
Figures from the central bank on remittances received by Haitians from October 2019 to June 2020 show that the total amount of remittances received during this period is $2.6...
November 10th, 2021Haitians are once more eligible for temporary, seasonal work in the United States under two federal guest-worker programs, three years after being kicked out by the Trump administration.
The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it was reinstating Haiti in the H-2A and H-2B guest worker visa programs for the coming year, which allows farmers, hotel workers and other laborers to apply for temporary work in the U.S. Haiti is among six new countries whose nationals are now eligible.
The H-2A program allows U.S. employers or U.S. agents who meet specific regulatory requirements to bring foreign nationals to the United...
November 10th, 2021The Biden administration is urging U.S. citizens in Haiti “to strongly consider returning to the United States” amid a gang-aggravated fuel shortage and a deteriorating security climate in which 17 Christian missionaries, including 16 Americans, have been held hostage for more than three weeks.
The message in a Friday security alert from the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince came as Haiti’s commercial banks and other businesses announced reduced hours starting this week, grocery store owners warned of coming food shortages and the United Nations encouraged employees to stock up on emergency supplies of water, food and other essential...
November 6th, 2021Ndiaga Seck, UNICEF's Head of Communications in Haiti said that the organization delivered 6,000 gallons of fuel to three major hospitals. The organization promises to provide more support as soon as possible, while other hospitals are still waiting.
Recall that hundreds of hospitals across the country are suffering, because the country cannot get fuel due to the limited access to oil terminals, in particular the Varreux Terminal at (Cité Soleil), which represents 70% of the country's entire stockage capacity which is under the control of the "G9" gang coalition led by Jimmy Chérizier, aka "Barbecue"
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November 6th, 2021The Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs has temporarily closed its Embassy in Haiti.
In a statement, the Bahamian Government indicated that the diplomatic staff of its Embassy in Haiti were back in the Bahamas.
"This decision was taken because of great caution and the Government's serious concern about the deteriorating security situation in Haiti," declared Deputy Frederick A. Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Public Service,
Embassy security attachés remain in Haiti and will help monitor the current situation in the country.
Is this the start of closure of more embassies in Haiti?...
November 6th, 2021Following the announcement on Monday, November first of the Dominican government’s measure of the indefinite suspension of student visas for Haitian students, ,the Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs clarified the scope of this decision in order to put an end to uncertainties and speculation.
And we quote:
"Haitian students currently pursuing university degrees in the Dominican Republic are not affected by the government measure that indefinitely suspends the visa program for Haitian students which is free of charge and granted to Haitian students studying in DR. The renewal and reapplication of these student visas will be...
