Dominican Republic

Over the weekend I visited a Dominican man in Hato Viejo (Haitians call it Atobio) near Banica in the Dominican Republic and he told me he could not understand why Haiti is importing Cement when the country is so rich in limestone, the key ingredient in the manufacture of Portland Cement.

All over haitian talk radio today there seems to be one major topic being discussed: The decision of the Dominican Republic to strip nearly 3 generations of Dominicans of full Haitian decent off their citizenship.

Can you believe this? ALL Dominican citizens born, since 1929, to Haitian parents who entered the Dominican Republic illegally will be stripped of their Dominican citizenship... That basically means all Haitian-Dominicans, their children and their grand children... This is what the Dominican Republic's Constitutional court ruled on Thursday and this decision is final...

If tropical storm Chantal moving from the Dominican Republic to Haiti, expect a lot of rainfall. It has been raining all day in the Dominican Republic.

Malpasse Haiti - People are now smuggling EGGS into Haiti from the Dominican republic by boat using small fishing boats (bwa fouye) to cross Lac Azeui.

The other day I was talking to a business woman in Port-au-Prince Haiti, she told me she cannot stand DR. I ask her: "Have you ever been there?" She replies: "Nope! And I do not plan to visit!"

WOW... What's going on here? Chicken in Haiti don't lay eggs no more?

The Haitian government has banned the importation of meat and animals products from the Dominican Republic until further notice due to the resurgence of avian flu over there.

Earlier this week, Dominican health officials confirmed that 5 people have died in the Dominican Republic from the Influenza A virus subtype H1N1. Haiti is on alert, no cases of influenza have been detected in Haiti according to Dr. Guirlaine Raymond Charite, director of the Haiti Department of Public Health and Population (MSPP).

Dominican Immigration, a Racist Concept --- I just saw Dominican immigration officials snatching black people in Santo Domingo... I say black people and NOT Haitian people simply because that's exactly what they are doing...