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Haitians Start Online Petition against Digicel action to Block VoIP services like Viber, Tango and Nimbuzz

Many Digicel Haiti mobile customers are upset over the company's decision to block Voice over IP (VoIP) trafic to services like Viber, Tango and Nimbuzz. One customer has started an online petition. Over 400 people have already signed the petition which spreading quicky via social media... more »

June 25, 2014 6:49 PM

Haiti Justice - Key witness in Jean Dominique Murder case Extradited from Argentina back to Haiti

NEWS FLASH... Argentina has just extradited Philippe Markenton, a key witness in the murder case of Haiti journalist Jean Dominique and his driver Jean Claude Louissaint. Philippe Markenton is now in custody of the Haitian justice system... more »

June 22, 2014 8:24 AM

Ban Ki-Moon has just been Served with a Haiti Lawsuit

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was served with a personal summons Friday, June 20 1014, to appear in a US court by Haitian Lawyers representing cholera victims in Haiti... Well... That's what the lawyers said... The UN is saying something else... more »

June 21, 2014 8:32 AM

Sean Penn says: Haiti is on an upward trend

Did you know? Haiti is on the Upswing (an Kreyol sa vle di: Haiti ap Vanse) -- This is the title of a op-ed by Actor Sean Penn posted on the Wal Street Journal tuesday 17 June 2014 more »

June 18, 2014 9:50 AM

Haiti Sports - Petionville Residents gather at Place Boyer to watch the 2014 World Cup

Many residents of Petionville Haiti residents came out to watch Brazil beat Croatia at the opening day of the 2014 FIFA World Cup on the big screen at Place Boyer... It was an exciting atmosphere, according to media reports, and a whole lot more... more »

June 13, 2014 6:32 AM

ESPN Picks "DEKOLE" by J. Perry for World Cup 2014 Soccer Broadcasts

Haitians are addicted to Football/Soccer and for all Haitian soccer fans out there, read this... This World Cup 2014, ESPN will be using Haitian song "DEKOLE" by J. Perry during their coverage of the soccer games... more »

June 4, 2014 8:27 AM

For Stealing Haiti Charity Money, A Spanish Politician is Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison

Rafael Blasco, a Spanish politician from Valencia, Spain, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for using charity money collected for a Hospital in earthquake-hit Haiti to purchase real-estate... more »

May 30, 2014 7:53 AM

Haitian Gang Leader Amaral Duclona on Trial in France, Jean Bertrand Aristide's Name Came Up In The Trial

FLASH... Trial begins in France for Haitian gang leader Amaral Duclona, aka Berthone Jolicoeur, accused of kidnapping, confinement and death of a Franco-Haitian entrepreneur, Claude Bernard Lauture... Former Haiti President Jean Bertrand Aristide's name surfaced in on day two of the trial... more »

May 21, 2014 11:10 AM

Haitian Artist Jean Jean Roosevelt Under Attack in Mirebalais Haiti

An SOS from Artist Jean Jean Roosevelt went out to Haitian police via social media begging for help: "Au secours police National d'haiti, je suis entre Mirebalais et la Chapelle, des gangs armés ont bloqués la route et séquestrés ma voiture," Roosevelt tweets... more »

May 14, 2014 4:16 PM

Woodly Etheart aka Sonson La Familia arrested in Haiti

FLASH... The alleged leader of the "gang Galil" Woodly Etheart, aka Sonson Lafamilia, has just surrendered himself to Haitian authorities who have been searching for him for over a month... According to news reports Sonson Lafamilia, accompanied by two lawyers walked into the offices of Judge Sonel Jean-François and surrendered... more »

May 8, 2014 5:35 PM