HaitiLocal News Barbados welcomes UN resolution creating gang suppression force for Haiti by Barbados Today 04/10/2025 written by Barbados Today 1 min read Barbados and other CARICOM member states have welcomed a UN Security Council resolution creating a new Gang Suppression Force (GSF) of up to 5 500 personnel to deploy to Haiti. … Continue Reading 04/10/2025 0 comments FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
OpinionRegional Haiti cannot wait by Sir Ronald Sanders 13/09/2025 by Sir Ronald Sanders 13/09/2025 On September 10, all 32 active member states of the Organisation of American States (OAS) signed a joint statement on Haiti. As often happens in diplomacy, not every member state … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local News Denny to CARICOM: ‘Support Haiti with action, not words’ by Shamar Blunt 16/04/2025 by Shamar Blunt 16/04/2025 CARICOM governments were urged on Tuesday to move beyond statements of solidarity and develop a concrete, people-focused plan to support Haiti, as regional pressure mounts for France to pay reparations … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Local NewsPolitics Rights advocate condemnation of DR crackdown on Haitians by Shanna Moore 09/04/2025 by Shanna Moore 09/04/2025 A human rights advocate has called on Barbados and CARICOM to denounce the Dominican Republic’s mass deportations of Haitian migrants, labelling the actions as a “blatant attack on human rights” … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
United StatesWorld US to revoke temporary status for 532,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans by Barbados Today 22/03/2025 by Barbados Today 22/03/2025 The Department of Homeland Security plans to revoke legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, setting them up for potential deportation in about a month. … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HaitiRegional Haitian economist takes over as transition president by Barbados Today 08/03/2025 by Barbados Today 08/03/2025 PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haitian economist and former central bank chief Fritz Alphonse Jean took over the rotating presidency of Haiti’s transitional presidential council on Friday, taking the top executive role … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
CARICOMRegional CARICOM Summit: UN chief proposes fresh anti-gang Haiti security force by Emmanuel Joseph 21/02/2025 by Emmanuel Joseph 21/02/2025 A new, more effective international security rescue plan for Haiti, aimed at combating violent gangs and paving the way for peace and stability in the Caribbean nation, is set to … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HaitiLocal News Barbados to provide technical support, not troops to Haiti by Emmanuel Joseph 08/01/2025 by Emmanuel Joseph 08/01/2025 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
Regional Survivor of gang attack on Haitian journalists says colleagues were cut down by bullets by Sandy Deane 26/12/2024 by Sandy Deane 26/12/2024 A survivor of the worst gang attack on Haitian journalists in recent memory described seeing colleagues cut down by bullets and reporters with head and chest wounds going an hour or more … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
HaitiRegional Haiti declares one-month state of emergency by Barbados Today 21/12/2024 by Barbados Today 21/12/2024 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 FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
