Haiti’s Radio Kiskeya was destroyed by a fire Friday. Now journalists Liliane Pierre-Paul and Marvel Dandin, known for their vocal criticism of the Haitian government, say the station’s future is uncertain.
Saul Frederick, 45, got sentenced to federal prison for his part in a $1.75 million tax fraud run through H&A Tax Multi-Service out of North Miami, FL. Cohorts Frandy Prophete and Hugue Jean Noel already pleaded guilty.
Djooly Jeune, the Haiti teen diagnosed with Burkitt’s lymphoma after an eight-month ordeal, is starting a new round of chemotherapy treatment just as two Haiti cancer programs agree to collaborate on treating pediatric cases.
As the United Nations prepares to reduce its presence even further in Haiti, the country’s police forces are struggling to control heavily armed gangs amid ongoing anti-government protests.
Haiti President Jovenel Moise finally broke his silence as Haiti spent a fourth day with most government services, schools and business closed. Opponents want Moise’s resignation and a corruption investigation into Venezuelan funds.
Two South Florida residents have launched a GoFundme to help a teen in Haiti with advanced Burkitt’s lymphoma. The goal of the fund is to help the teen get treatment in the U.S., or in Haiti.
Thousands of Haitians marched in Port au Prince and other parts of Haiti on November 18, 2018 to demand a trial for officials involved in the alleged misuse of funds from an oil assistance program sponsored by Venezuela.
Amid rising calls for his resignation and more anti-corruption protests, an embattled Haitian President Jovenel Moïse opted not to travel to Cap-Haïtien Sunday to commemorate the anniversary of the decisive battle with French forces that secured Haiti’s independence.
Two teenage boys in Haiti have advanced forms of cancers with high survival rates. One of them has treatment in Miami and the other is struggling to get treatment in a broken healthcare system in Haiti.
In Haiti, where there is no radiation therapy or access to the HPV vaccine, women are dying from cervical cancer, a disease that’s both preventable and treatable.
Slow-growing cervical cancer is preventable. But in Haiti, where radiation treatment is not available, the disease is often fatal. Grassroots efforts are trying to change that.
In Miami’s Little Haiti community, leaders challenged a University of Miami cancer researcher to find out if Haitian women were getting Pap smears and, if not, how to change that.
Alors que le monde médical détecte et confirme de plus en plus de cas de cancer à l’échelle planétaire, des pays pauvres comme Haïti ont du mal à mettre en place une réponse alors que des cancers évitables et traitables comme le cancer du col de l’utérus continuent de tuer.
Two teenage boys in Haiti have advanced forms of cancers with high survival rates. One of them has treatment in Miami and the other is struggling to get treatment in a broken healthcare system in Haiti.
In Haiti, where there is no radiation therapy or access to the HPV vaccine, women are dying from cervical cancer, a disease that’s both preventable and treatable.
"If people don't know that the problem exists, then how can you even begin to find a solution?" Miami Herald Caribbean correspondent Jacqueline Charles discusses the Cancer in Haiti series.
Health organizations have been offering cervical cancer screenings to female factory workers in Haiti as a way to reduce deaths from the preventable disease.
A group of 86 Haitians were returned to Haiti Saturday by the U.S. Coast Guard after the Jayhawk helicopter crew spotted an overloaded freighter north of Punta Maisi, Cuba. The cutter Thetis did the transport.
Thousands of Haitians marched in Port au Prince and other parts of Haiti on November 18, 2018 to demand a trial for officials involved in the alleged misuse of funds from an oil assistance program sponsored by Venezuela.
