August 25th, 2021
Western Union is waiving transfer fees on consumer money transfers from retail locations in the U.S. to bank accounts in Haiti through August 31, 2021. In total, contributions from Western Union, the Western Union Foundation, Agents and employees through this effort could exceed USD $200,000.
Also, through Western...
August 25th, 2021The bar of 2,207 dead and 12,000 injured
The latest report dated Saturday August 21, 2021, which covers the period from Thursday August 19 at 4 p.m. to Saturday August 21 at 3 p.m.,
Reports 2,207 deaths, 12,268 injured, 344 missing persons, 52,953 houses destroyed and 77,006 houses damaged following the magnitude 7.2 earthquake in...
August 24th, 2021The death toll rises to 2,207 dead and 12,268 injured
According to the latest partial assessment of the Directorate of Civil Protection (DPC) unveiled Sunday, August 22, 2021, "New bodies were found in the South. The human toll for the three departments now stands at 2,207 dead (previous report of August 18, 2,189), 344 missing...
The Biden administration is no longer calling for elections in Haiti this year given the recent earthquake that devastated southern Haiti.
A senior official in the Biden administration said "We strongly support the holding of elections in Haiti as soon as they are viable" recalling that "Even before the earthquake, the...
August 23rd, 2021
The death toll has climbed to nearly 2,100 and the number of injured has already passed 12,000.
Following the devastating magnitude 7.2 earthquake that struck Haiti on August 14th CCRIF SPC (formerly the Catastrophe Caribbean Risk Insurance Facility) is preparing to make a payment to Haiti of approximately US$ 40 million,...
August 23rd, 2021Since August 14, in 7 days, the Haitian company Sunrise Airways has added 16 additional flights to scheduled flights, either chartered by organizations or courtesy of the company....
August 19th, 2021In the last forty-eight hours the rescuers have been able to extract 34 living people from the rubble, the provisional toll of loss of human life rose to 1,941 dead on Tuesday. More than 9,900 injured and 60,759 houses destroyed have been recorded, according to the Directorate of Civil Protection (DPC).
20 schools are totally...
August 19th, 2021On the Natcom website, the prices of mobile plans remain the same. However, some customers who have recently tried to renew their mobile internet plan find that they need more money to do so. In return, they will receive more mobile data. Customers complain about it on social media. Contacted by the newspaper, the public relations...
August 19th, 2021
Thanks to a funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Haitian Government, in order to pursue its policy of developing and securing air transport, has decided to undertake the Construction of a new Air Traffic Management (ATM) Complex in Haiti and a new control tower for Toussaint Louverture...