Barbados to provide technical support, not troops to Haiti Emmanuel Joseph08/01/202501.5K views The government has reversed its decision to send troops to Haiti, citing escalating dangers and insufficient strategic planning at the global level, Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister Kerrie Symmonds announced.… Read more
Haiti declares one-month state of emergency Barbados Today21/12/202401.3K views The Haitian government has declared a one-month state of emergency, effective Sunday, running until January 21, 2024, in response to escalating gang violence and widespread insecurity. Approved by the Council… Read more
Haiti wonders what’s next as gang violence surges and the push for a UN peacekeeping mission flops Barbados Today24/11/20240988 views W hen Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as part of a U.N.-backed mission earlier this year to tackle gang violence, hopes were high. Coordinated gang attacks on prisons, police stations… Read more
Gang attack in Haiti kills 70 people including infants Barbados Today07/10/202401.1K views Scores of people including three infants were killed in a gang attack in central Haiti, the United Nations Human Rights Office said in a statement on Friday. Members of the… Read more
UN human rights official says situation in Haiti is bleak Barbados Today22/09/202401.1K views The United Nations -designated expert on Human Rights in Haiti, William O’Neill, ended a visit to the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country on Friday with a warning that the human… Read more
Comissiong: Haitians ‘key to CARICOM economic development’ Shanna Moore19/06/202401.6K views Haiti’s large and youthful population could help unlock solutions to major economic challenges facing the Caribbean region, Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM David Comissiong has contended. Speaking at a CARICOM forum… Read more
Newly chosen Haitian prime minister discharged from hospital Barbados Today10/06/202401.3K views Haiti’s newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille was discharged from a hospital Sunday after spending a night in treatment for an undisclosed condition. In a video published on YouTube, Conille… Read more
Haiti recorded over 60 earthquakes in May Barbados Today09/06/202401K views Haiti recorded over 60 earthquakes ranging in magnitudes between 1.1 and 3.3 on the Richter scale during May. According to observations made from networks based in Cuba, Jamaica and the… Read more
Haiti’s new prime minister taken to hospital, official says Barbados Today08/06/202401.5K views Haiti’s newly selected prime minister, Garry Conille, was hospitalised late Saturday in the capital of Port-au-Prince, an official told The Associated Press. It wasn’t immediately known why Conille was hospitalised.… Read more
Haitians demand resignation and arrest of country’s police chief after new gang attack Barbados Today12/05/202401.1K views A growing number of civilians and police officers are demanding the dismissal and arrest of Haiti’s police chief as heavily armed gangs launched a new attack in the capital of… Read more