Two seafarers who returned to the country after being rescued from pirate captivity in Haiti have received financial assistance from the government, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) disclosed Friday, June 20. DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac met with the two crew members of MV Century Royal on...
Undocumented Haitians detained by immigration officials stand inside a police vehicle, in Dajabon, Dominican Republic, May 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File) SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic announced Wednesday that it would start massive...
The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has placed Haiti under Crisis Alert Level 3, activating the Philippine government’s voluntary repatriation program, because of the ongoing gang violence in the Caribbean country. Protesters react while tires burn in the street during a demonstration...
At least 63 Filipinos will be repatriated from Haiti amid the ongoing conflict in the Caribbean country due to violent gang activities, the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) said. In a statement, the DMW said it has coordinated with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), which in...
WASHINGTON, United States -- Four men were transferred from Haiti to the United States Tuesday to face criminal charges in the July 7, 2021, assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, the US Justice Department announced. The department said Haitian-American dual citizens James Solages, 37...
UNITED NATIONS, United States -- The United Nations appealed Thursday for millions of dollars from donors to help battle an intensifying outbreak of cholera in Haiti that has left nearly 300 people dead. Ulrika Richardson, the UN's humanitarian coordinator for the impoverished Caribbean country,...
LANDSCAPE Gemma Cruz Araneta Recently, along the cyber highway, I found my missing-in-action Haitian friend, Rosemarie Lelong. In 1990, we bade each other tearful goodbyes at “Los Venaditos,” a favorite haunt. We had felt a special affinity, our homelands were shrouded in darkness by military...
LES CAYES, Haiti -- The number of people killed by the 7.2-magnitude earthquake on Aug. 14 in Haiti has risen to 2,207, with 344 still missing, the country's civil protection agency reported on Sunday. A boy is being treated at a hospital in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Aug. 22, 2021. The agency said on...
President Duterte on Monday, August 16, extended his “sincere condolences” to the government and people of Haiti, where a 7.2-magnitude earthquake has so far killed 1,297 people, though none of them are Filipinos. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (Malacañang photo) Presidential spokesman Harry...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – At least 28 people carried out the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, Haitian police said Thursday, adding that 26 of them were Colombian and two were Americans of Haitian origin. "We have arrested 15 Colombians and the two Americans of Haitian origin. Three...
