Haitian Community in North America Gains Access to Top-Rated Television Programming
NeuLion, Inc. and Haiti Live Networks, LLC announce a new partnership and debut of a dedicated television service for the Haitian population in the U.S. and Canada.
Economic downturn stems dangerous boat migration – World AP
The boats used to arrive on Spain’s Canary Islands almost daily, rickety vessels crammed with Africans hoping for a better life in Europe, and willing to risk a perilous journey at sea to get here. Hundreds more are believed to have died each year, swallowed up anonymously by the choppy waters off Africa’s coast. But experts say the numbers have dwindled dramatically this year, in large part because the global economic crisis is putting a damper on migrants’ dreams of a better life.
A Franciscan Benediction
May God bless you with discomfort At easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships So that you may live deep within your heart. May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, So that you may work for justice, freedom, and peace. May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer pain, rejection, hunger and war, So that you may reach out
My too-thick Haitian piklis
Piklis looks like cole slaw and I can take or leave cole slaw — not crazy about mayo. So, when I saw it for the first time I wasn’t that excited. In my typical American-centric way, I worried they were making cole slaw for me because they assumed I would want bland American comfort food. I was really wrong.
113 Haitians rescued, 2 dead, 85 missing off Turks and Caicos – Haiti & Caribbean
U.S. Coast Guard officials continued to scour the waters off the Turks and Caicos Islands, about 100 miles north of Haiti, Tuesday morning for up to 85 missing Haitian migrants.
In storm-ravaged Haiti, progress emerges
Having traded his designer suits for jeans and a T-shirt, the Washington-based international lender surveyed the fruits of a $50 million loan, peppering his Haitian hosts with questions in his quick-study French.
Search for Survivors of Capsized Boat
Helicopter rescue teams from the United States Coast Guard continued to search Tuesday for possible survivors from a boat that capsized in the Atlantic with as many as 200 Haitian migrants aboard.
Haiti, Dominican Republic add troops on border
Haiti and the Dominican Republic reinforced troops at their shared border after violence broke out at a protest in the Dominican Republic demanding extradition of a Haitian man accused of murder in both countries, Haiti’s foreign minister said on Monday.
Coast Guard repatriates 124 Haitian migrants
The Coast Guard Cutter Valiant repatriated 124 Haitian migrants to Cap Haitien, Haiti Monday, after they were interdicted at sea Thursday.
Bullets of Busy
Troy is kissing the auto part that arrived just in time to save our buns with a team that arrives tomorrow. Working out transportation for teams is always an adventure (which is the nice way to say it is always a big hairy mess). We have a large truck on loan, we’re using it while other missionaries are out of the country. We are paying them for the miles we put on it … but Tipap dropped motor