The Haitian Internet Newsletter

Here is the complete list of Haitian basketball players and American basketball players of Haitian descent playing in the NBA, The National Basketball Association:

BENNEDICT MATHURIN, NBA Draft 2022 / Round 1 / Pick 6 / Indiana Pacers #00, Small forward, Shooting guard.

His full name is Bennedict Richard Felder Mathurin. Born in Montreal from parents who migrated from Haiti, Bennedict Mathurin is a Haitian-Canadian professional basketball, he started playing in the NBA in 2022 when he joined the Indiana Pacers.

Bennedict Mathurin was drafted in the NBA in 2022 (Round: 1 / Pick: 6). he played college basketball for the Arizona Wildcats.

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Answered: Who was the first Haitian drafted in the NFL?

Jocelyn Borgella is the first Haitian football player to be drafted and play a game in the NFL.

Borgella grew up in Little Haiti, Miami FL. Born in 1971 in Nassau, Bahamas, Jocelyn Borgella was drafted in the sixth round of the 1994 NFL Draft out of the University of Cincinati. He played college football at Cincinnati.

On Wikipedia they say he is the first player of Haitian descent to be drafted in the NFL. Haitian, Haitian decent, menm bagay. Ayisyen li ye LOL

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Haitians love LALO legume but what is the plant called in English? What do you look for when you go looking for LALO in an American supermarket? Here is what I found out, plus I have a surprise for you...

Lalo is called JUTE in English. Since Haitians only cook the lalo leaves, Lalo is therefore Jute Leaves.

Here is the funny thing. As much as Haitians love to eat the jute leaves or LALO, Wikipedia seem to focus more on jute fiber which I hear nothing about in Haiti.

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You've seen the movie TITANIC starring Leonardo DiCaprio but did you know there was a Haitian engineer passenger on the real RMS Titanic?

Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche was the only black man, a Haitian engineer, who perish in the Titanic. That's after he saved his wife and kids.

Lemercier Laroche was born in Cap Haitien, Haiti, on May 26, 1889.

His uncle was President of Republic of Haiti. Which president? Keep on reading.

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Can you eat mangoes when you have diarrhea? The answer is YES. Did you know eating mangoes can help to control diarrhea?

Mango is high in Potassium

It is important for you to eat foods high in potassium in order to restore the body's essential stores depleted during diarrhea, according to re-hydrate.org

Is mango good for diarrhea?

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Most Haitians care more about their foods tasting really good than how healthy the food is. That makes me think: Stroke and Hypertension (high blood pressure) in the Haitian community, are they linked to all that extra salt in the way we cook?

Haitians are quick to tell you "I am not a zombie, put more salt in my food" but is it that same salt that is turning many older Haitians into zombies.

Stroke and Hypertension is a problem in Haiti and in the Haitian Diaspora. Too much salt in our diet may be the culprit.

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Poisson Gros Sel or Coarse Salt Fish is a very popular dish in Haiti. I always thought Gros Sel meant the fish was more salty than usual but no.

In Haitian Creole, gro can mean big, it can also mean a lot.

What is Gros Sel?

Gros sel is coarse salt, the big bulky salt that is sold in Haitians flea markets all over Haiti, the salt you see your Haitian mother wash before she put it in the food.

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Marriott Hotels & Resorts went on a mission seeking new opportunities in Haiti because they wanted to build more than one hotel in the country? Marriott had big plans for the tourism industry in Haiti. So what happened?

Back in November 2014, a large delegation of Marriott Hotels & Resorts officials visited Northern Haiti, the Central Plateau (Centre Haiti), and Western Haiti. For 3 days, from 18 to 21 November, they searched of new investment opportunities.

This news came directly from the Ministry of Tourism of the time.

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Whether you live in a home or an apartment in the United States everything has a view. Lake view, garden view, you name it, that's what the Real Estate agent wants to sell you. In Haiti I have more than a garden view, I can actually cook what's in the garden.

Have you ever seen these ads for apartments for rent in your area?

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Have you heard? Haiti has a new Social Class called the "NGO Class". It is group of expatriates comfortably living in Haiti making big money, big aid money, working for the more than 10,000 non-governmental organizations who are operating in the country.

A single staff member at an organization in Haiti can earn $200,000 each year in salary.

With an estimated 10,000 non-governmental organizations operating in the country, it's no surprise that Haiti is often referred to as the republic of NGOs.

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