Haitian Diaspora News

La Douanne In Haiti, How Much Does Haiti Customs Really Cost?

Why is it that NO Haiti shipping company ever tells you how much something will cost to get it OUT of customs in Haiti. LA DOUANNE (customs in Haiti) is like a BIG MASONIC TEMPLE! more »

August 23, 2012 5:30 PM

South Florida's Most Wanted Fugitive Arrested in Haiti

If you think you can commit a crime in the United States then go hide in Haiti you have another thing coming... A Haitian man, Wesnel Isaac, who is wanted for murder, kidnapping and robbery in South Florida was hiding in Haiti until recently... more »

May 17, 2014 6:03 AM

Haitian Actress Garcelle Beauvais, one of the 50 Most Beautiful women in the world for 2014

People Magazine selects Haitian Hollywood actress Garcelle Beauvais as one of the 50 most beautiful women in the world... Gacelle Beauvais, born in Saint-Marc Haiti, says she is honored to be in this list... more »

April 29, 2014 6:29 PM

Tilus Lebrun, yon anplwaye Haitien, tiye Boss li poutet li poste photo-l sou Internet la...

Boca Raton Florida --- Yon Haitien, Tilus Lebrun, ki tap travay nan yon restoran nan Boca Raton Florida tiye mèt restoran-an anba kout kouto... Li admèt bay lapolis ke li tiye misye paske misye pran photo li san pemision epi poste li sou Internet la... more »

March 14, 2014 5:51 PM

Haitian Bus Driver Wins the Lottery in Maryland...

Imagine that... Ysmaille Castor, a Haitian bus driver in Maryland, finds an old Mega Millions ticket from last year under his microwave... He decides to play the numbers again... He wins... 1 Million dollars US... What an amazing story!!! more »

January 28, 2014 9:29 AM

Haiti scores major points at dialogue with Dominican Republic

Establishing a difference between those who are affected by the decision of the Dominican Constitutional Court and those who came from Haiti as undocumented aliens is one of the goals achieved by the Commission representing the Haitian Government during this first of a series of discussions scheduled to take place on a monthly basis. more »

January 8, 2014 9:53 AM

Spending Christmas 2013 in Haiti - My FIRST Since 1988

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! -- This Christmas, 2013, will be my FIRST Christmas in Haiti since 1988. It will not be an extravagant Christmas BUT... "Map manje yon kabrit kamenmmm... epi tou... De twa zanmi pwal banm KOU... ANPIL KOU... LOL..." more »

December 23, 2013 11:42 AM

A Creole conversation between two Hospital employees in Montreal triggers an Investigation

Two Haitian employees of the Rivière-des-Prairies Hospital in Montreal sometimes talk to each other in Haitian Creole rather than exclusively in French. A complaint from another employee led to an intervention of the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) -- Haitians in Montreal beware... French is the official language of the workplace, not Creole... LOL... more »

December 18, 2013 9:27 AM

Haitians helping to build stadiums in Brazil

A company building one of the 12 stadiums for the 2014 soccer World Cup in Brazil is recruiting Haitian workers after falling months behind schedule... more »

December 16, 2013 11:41 AM

Haitians don't take enough advantage of FREE Education in the United States

Haitian parents in the United States, particularly those who live in Florida, do not benefit enough some free education programs offers to their children... This is according to Donny Felix, president of the Haitian American Association of Brevard (HAAB) more »

December 13, 2013 3:12 PM