Haitian-American Rodneyse Bichotte becomes chair of the Brooklyn Democratic Party by Raymond A Joseph We apologize to our readers and to Assembly member Rodneyse Bichotte for the mistake which occurred in our last issue in which the following story about Assembly member whose pictures were mistakenly used to illustrate another unrelated story. As the saying...
NOUVELLES BRÈVES par Raymond AJoseph Bernard Diederich, un vétéran du journalisme, est mort en Haïti, le 14 janvier, âgé de 93 ans Ce Néo-ZéIandais, qui avait adopté Haïti à l’âge de 22 ans, lors d’un passage au pays à bord de son bateau, en 1949, a choisi d’y faire sa sépulture, selon les propos de...
HAPPENINGS Jerry Tardieu in conference SPECIAL TO H-O. — It happened at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., last Tuesday evening, April 2, where Député (Congressman) Jerry Tardieu, representing the Pétion-Ville constituency in the Lower House of Parliament, spoke to a full house at the Fong Auditorium of Boylston Hall. The topic, “Haiti. After the 2010...
HAPPENINGS Turmoil in Haiti made worse by U.S. and Haitian officials by RAJ In the midst of turmoil in Haiti since February 7, the country was jolted by the arrest, February 17, of eight heavily armed men, including five American citizens, two aliens holding U.S. permanent residence and one Haitian citizen, a deportee from the U.S....
HAPPENINGS ! Heavily-armed foreigners arrested in Haiti as the country faces more turmoil The arrest, last Sunday evening (Feb. 17) of eight heavily armed men in the capital of Port-au-Prince, by a patrol of the Haitian National Police (French acronym PNH) is turning into an international incident with major consequences. To be noted only seven...
Le vote d’Haïti à l’OEA : Un autre son de cloche Par Raymond A Joseph Le vote d’Haïti, le 10 janvier courant, lors des débats à l’Organisation des États Américains (OEA), sur la reconnaissance ou non, du second mandat présidentiel de Nicolas Maduro, a fait couler beaucoup d’encre et de salive. On est allé jusqu’à...
Happenings, By RAJ It happened Friday night, December 21, in Port-au-Prince where a fire consumed Radio Kiskeya, whose best-known crusading journalist Liliane Pierre-Paul dares to speak truth to power. Thus, the fire is considered suspicious. According to a reporter from Le Nouvelliste, (December 22), the Port-au-Prince daily, who arrived on the scene around 10 pm...
Hapenings by RAJ It’s happening on November 18, four days from now. Since it will be Sunday, probably people will be going to church. Isn’t that what most Christians do on Sunday ? But in Haiti, this Sunday will be totally different. Perhaps some Catholics will go to the Four o’clock Mass, if that tradition is...
HAPPENINGS ! It’s happening tomorrow : The annual Benefit for Promoting Health in Haiti (PHH) by RAJ Since the 2010 earthquake, this organization has been training nurse practitioners in Haiti in a program that’s unique in the Caribbean region. Each year PHH organizes a fundraising event to support the work. This year, the event will...
HAPPENINGS by RAJ WANTED Pancarte PetroCaribe Challenge, Jovenel Moïse behind bars. October 17 will mark the 212th anniversary of the assassination of Haiti’s hero of independence, Jean-Jacques Dessalines. On that date, there is a callfor nationwide demonstrations to draw more attention on the $3.8 billion heist of the PetroCaribe Fund by government officials, from 2008 to 2016. Meanwhile, the government has announced a first...
