Haitian Diaspora News

I chose the wrong time to leave Haiti and go to New York, now I am stuck in coronavirus heaven

Who would have thought going to New York would be a mistake? After living in Haiti for 8 years I decided to go spend some time in the United States and, of all places, I picked New York. right before it became the epicenter of covid-19, the coronavirus pandemic. more »

April 5, 2020 8:44 AM

Haitian-American Spring Valley Pastor holds mother's funeral on Social Media with church closed due to Coronavirus

When the mother of Spring Valley's First Timothee Christian Church Haitian-American pastor Nathaniel Demosthene passed away in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic, everyone member the church wanted to attend the funeral. So the good pastor decided to hold a virtual funeral for his mother so his assembly could attend while practicing social distancing. more »

March 29, 2020 11:22 PM

COVID-19 / Economy : Haitian taxi drivers in New York complain they cannot make money because of coronavirus

There are many Haitians in New York who earned their living driving taxicabs. These days, Haitian cab drivers are struggling to make money because of the Coronavirus outbreak ravaging the state. more »

March 28, 2020 12:28 PM

Dominican Republic is making a fortune on Haitian diaspora tourists

Bad politics in Haiti is benefiting the Dominican Republic big time. Young Haitian Americans who cannot go to Haiti for their vacation are choosing the next best location in the Caribbean: The Dominican Republic. more »

March 5, 2020 7:34 AM

Are your Diaspora parents secretly praying you never returned to Haiti?

I love my parents dearly but I have a feeling they have been secretly praying that I returned to the United States after being in Haiti for so long. Read this... more »

February 26, 2020 7:33 AM

Old Diaspora Haitian said he will never return to Haiti, find out why

After the recent events in Haiti where the police was in conflict with the military, an old man living in the diaspora told his wife: "You see? I will never go back to that country!" more »

February 24, 2020 4:50 PM

Money transfers to Haiti: The money source coming from the Diaspora will be depleted within 10 to 15 years, find out why

During the conversation with my cousin in New York he predicted that the money coming from the diaspora in the form of remittances may be depleted within the next 10 to 15 years and he give a very good reason for that. more »

February 23, 2020 7:13 AM

Haitians in the diaspora are paranoid over everything what is happening in Haiti

Have you noticed that Haitians in the diaspora are paranoid over everything that is happening in Haiti while they seem to pay no attention to all the crimes being reported in the Disapora city they live in? more »

February 19, 2020 5:20 AM

Haitian Man in Louisiana goes to Prison for Visa Fraud Scheme

Emmanuel Priva, a Haitian National living in Louisiana was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison on December 12, 2019, for running a visa fraud scheme involving more than 100 fraudulent U.S. visitors visa applications. more »

December 15, 2019 8:42 AM

Relationships - Many women in Haiti complain they are being lied to by Haitian men from the Diaspora

Many young women in Haiti have fallen in love with haitian men from the diaspora thinking they just found the love of their live only to discover later these men are living double lives. Many of these diaspora Haitian man are married. They have a wife in New York and they make the vulnerable Haitian woman back in Haiti think she is the only one. more »

November 22, 2019 6:31 AM