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Football: FIFA extends ban on Haiti football chief accused of rape

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 20 09:09 PM

FIFA said on Thursday it had extended by 90 days the provisional ban on the president of Haiti's football federation pending an investigation into allegations he sexually abused teenage girls at the national training centre. Read more »

Haiti high court accuses officials of mishandling $2 billion in aid

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 18 07:08 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haiti's High Court of Auditors released a report Monday slamming the fraudulent and often illegal management by various ministers and administrations of nearly $2 billion in aid from Venezuela between 2008 and 2016. Read more »

Haiti voodoo leaders prepare temples for coronavirus sufferers

Andre Paultre and Robenson Sanon, Reuters
Posted at May 25 10:26 AM

Haiti's voodoo leaders have trained priests of the Afro Caribbean religion to concoct a secret remedy for the novel coronavirus and to prepare the sacred initiation chambers of their temples to receive patients. Read more »

'Gathering to kill me': COVID-19 patients in Haiti fear attacks, harassment

Andre Paultre and Sarah Marsh, Reuters
Posted at May 12 06:23 PM

Around the world, sufferers of coronavirus and health professionals have faced stigma due to fear and ignorance. Medical workers in the Philippines have had bleach thrown at them. Doctors in India have been forcefully evicted by their landlords over infection fears. Read more »

15 children killed in Haiti orphanage fire

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 15 02:02 AM

The cause of the fire and the victims' ages were not immediately known. Read more »

Citing economic and security concerns, 30 Pinoys in Haiti repatriated

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 16 09:52 PM

The DFA said the Filipino community in Haiti petitioned the repatriation because of the unstable economic and security situation there.    Read more »

Haiti commemorates deadly 2010 quake in anger and bitterness

Amelie Baron, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 13 09:58 AM

Thousands of Haitians flowed into churches for masses celebrated in the memory of the dead. Read more »

Ten years after deadly Haiti quake, survivors feel forgotten

Amelie Baron, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 11:28 AM

Jan. 12, 2010, more than 200,000 Haitians were killed by the roaring temblor, many of them crushed to death when substandard concrete buildings crumbled on top of them.   Read more »

Pinoys in Haiti advised to stay indoors as protests sweep country

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 21 08:14 PM

Filipinos in Haiti were advised to stay indoors as violent protests swept the country, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Thursday. Read more »

No word from Haiti's president as fear paralyzes capital

Amelie Baron, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 12 08:02 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Sporadic gunfire echoed through the streets of Port-au-Prince on Monday as the government remained silent in the face of protests that have paralyzed the Haitian capital and triggered rising violence. Read more »

Filipinos in quake-hit Haiti safe: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 08 02:47 PM

All Filipinos in Haiti are safe following the magnitude 5.9 earthquake that hit the Caribbean country over the weekend Read more »

At least 11 dead as quake topples homes in northern Haiti

Joseph Guyler Delva, Reuters
Posted at Oct 07 02:21 PM

An earthquake that struck off the northern coast of Haiti late on Saturday killed at least 11 people and injured more than a hundred when several buildings collapsed in the impoverished Caribbean country, officials said.   Read more »

Haiti prime minister resigns after deadly unrest

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 15 08:19 AM

Embattled Haiti Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigned on Saturday following deadly violence and looting sparked by a now-abandoned plan to raise fuel prices.  Read more »

Oxfam UK chief to quit in wake of Haiti scandal: charity

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 17 06:34 AM

The chief executive of scandal-hit British charity Oxfam announced his resignation Wednesday, saying that someone else should help "rebuild" the group following a prostitution scandal in Haiti.   Read more »

Oxfam investigates new sexual misconduct cases as MPs grill bosses

Dario Thuburn, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 21 07:28 AM

Oxfam revealed Tuesday it was investigating 26 new cases of sexual misconduct since the crisis erupted over its handling of a 2011 prostitution scandal in Haiti, which the British charity called a "wake-up call." Read more »

Oxfam welcomes scrutiny amid scandal

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 23 04:44 PM

Speaking to ANC Wednesday, Oxfam regional director Lan Mercado said the aid group has already placed reforms within the organization to prevent such incident from happening. Read more »

Nicaragua piles on Trump criticism after slur

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 16 08:20 AM

MANAGUA - Nicaragua on Monday joined the international chorus of criticism directed at US President Donald Trump over his reported slur against some poor nations. Read more »

Trump's profanity delights supporters, horrifies etiquette experts

Scott Malone, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 13 05:45 PM

From Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon through Barack Obama, Americans have gotten used to the idea of their presidents using profanity, but Donald Trump's use of the word "shithole" to describe Haiti and Africa this week sparked a storm of protest. Read more »

Haitians proud on day of quake memorial, after Trump comments

Joseph Guyler Delva, Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 07:50 AM

PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haitians on Friday pushed back at U.S. President Donald Trump's reported description of the Caribbean country as a "shithole," instead celebrating a history of slave revolution and resilience on the eighth anniversary of a devastating earthquake.   Read more »

UN rights office decries Trump's reported remarks as 'racist'

Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 08:02 PM

Trump on Thursday questioned why the US would want to have immigrants from Haiti and African nations, referring to some as "sh--hole countries. Read more »