November 6th, 2021At the Regional Ministerial Summit held this month in Bogota (Colombia) on the migration crisis caused by the flow of Haitian migrants (in the absence of Haiti, which according to a high-ranking source close to the Government have not have been informed of the holding of this summit), the Colombian President, Iván Duque called on organizations like the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank and the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF) to make a "structural" intervention.
Ivan also suggested the relaunch of the Park Caracol industrial plant inaugurated in 2012 in the North East department as part of a major industrial...
November 6th, 2021Starting on November 1st, 2021, all fully vaccinated travelers leaving Haiti for the United Kingdom, will no longer be subject to the same restrictions as before, as long as they will be in full compliance with Covid-19 measures for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Mockbul Ali OBE, the British Ambassador to Haiti announced that the decision to remove Haiti from the United Kingdom’s Red List was taken as part of the UK government's regular review of international travel restrictions, based on a risk assessment by the UK Health and Safety Agency in cooperation and open exchange of information between Haiti and the...
October 19th, 2021For more than a week around the Varreux terminal, at Cité Soleil, several fuel tankers have been intercepted and hijacked by heavily armed men, deplores Marc Antoine Nési, spokesperson for the National Association of Service Station Owners (ANAPROSS). In the week of October 4-9, 2021 alone at least 5 tankers of petroleum products were hijacked by gangs who found a very lucrative new market there.
This situation of insecurity tends to further complicate the scarcity of fuel at the pumps for the consumer, the private sector facing increasing risks is increasingly reluctant to want to distribute fuel to service stations.
Marc Antoine Nési,...
October 19th, 2021The group responsible, 400 mawozo, led by "lanmo sanjou'' or death doesn't know which day it's coming, has been one of many gangs that have been terrorizing the population at large with violence and kidnapping.
On Saturday, heavily armed men from the "400 mawozo" gang hijacked a bus on the road from Ganthier to Toussaint Louverture International Airport, taking 17 American missionaries from a Christian religious organization located in Ohio hostage, as well as their family members, including children. This was, for some of these missionaries, their first trip to Haiti. The missionaries were returning from a visit to an orphanage and were...
September 29th, 2021The Technical Operation Center (CTE), which is a joint agency of USAID and the Haitian governement focused on improving water access and quality in Haiti, started to use a new mobile application to record water meter readings in Ouanaminthe.
Now, three technicians, using the mobile app, can perform water metering and data entry in Ouanaminthe in just 10 days, a process that previously took between four to six weeks.
This initiative contributes to strengthening the governance of the sector by increasing the capacity of local water services to manage water resources and therefore improve the quality of public services.
Ultimately,...
September 29th, 2021
Interviews with dozens of Haitian migrants, immigration attorneys and advocates reveal a phenomenon produced partly by confusion over the Biden administration’s policies after authorities recently extended protections for the more than 100,000 Haitians living in the United States.
It also reflects the power of Facebook, YouTube and platforms like WhatsApp, which migrants used to share information and coordinate their travel through Latin America. The messages moved very fast through immigrant communities, and the hysteria led to the massive migration flows.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the temporary...
September 29th, 2021Friday, September 24, 2021 at a press conference, American President Joe Biden strongly condemned the "horrible" treatment suffered by Haitian migrants gathered along the US-Mexico border, promising consequences for the border patrol agents on horseback which were photographed repelling migrants using aggressive methods.
Biden was quoted saying: "It's scandalous. I promise you these people will pay," and "There will be consequences "It's an embarrassment, it's beyond an embarrassment. It's dangerous, it's wrong. It sends the wrong message around the world. It sends the wrong message at home. It's simply not who we are. " said the US...
September 29th, 2021
Remittances from the diaspora to Haiti will increase by 28% compared to last year, according to statements made by the Governor of the Haitian Central Bank, Jean-Baden Dubois, during an interview on the program "Rendez-vous économique" hosted by economist Kesner Pharel on Radio-Télé Métropole on September 5, 2021.
Last year (2020), the amount of remittances sent by the Haitian diaspora was estimated at 2.97 billion dollars. A growth of 28% would therefore be equivalent to approximately $4 billion in remittances to Haiti for the current year. This is the highest level of remittances to Haiti in history.
For the governor of the...
