UN Commits USD8M to Haiti, Cuba Following Hurricane Melissa

(MENAFN) The United Nations (UN) has committed 4 million U.S. dollars each to Haiti and Cuba to help the nations cope with the impact of Hurricane Melissa, a spokesperson announced Wednesday. Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN...

HAITI, JAMAICA, CUBA PICK UP PIECES AFTER MELISSA'S DESTRUCTION

Fèt Gédé: Linking the living and the ancestors in Haitian Vodou

Overview: A primer on the gédé loas, which play a vital role for Vodouists seeking to maintain a spiritual link with their forebears particularly during the month of November. PORT-DE-PAIX — November is Fèt Gédé for Haitian Vodou practitioners, a...

Nigeria Condoles With Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti Over Devastation From Hurricane Melissa

Nigeria has sympathized with the governments of Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica over the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Melissa that ravaged the countries. A statement on Sunday by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kimiebi Ebienfa...

Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up after Hurricane Melissa : NPR

An aerial view of Black River, Jamaica, on Thursday in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. Matias Delacroix/AP SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba — The rumble of large machinery, whine of chain saws and chopping of machetes echoed through communities across...

Haiti and the Dominican Republic united for prevention

Haiti - Health : Haiti and the Dominican Republic united for prevention 01/11/2025 10:01:34 Public health officials from Haiti and the Dominican Republic met in the border area of ​​Dajabón to strengthen epidemiological surveillance and coordinate...

Haiti’s Day of the Dead celebrates spirituality and community in Miami

Haitians across South Florida will honor native tradition and spirituality as they celebrate through music and dance the island nation’s annual Fèt Gede — Festival of the Dead — which is Haiti’s version of the Day of the Dead. “We need to find...

FG sympathises with Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti over hurricane Melissa devastation

The Federal Government on Sunday expressed deep sympathy and solidarity with Cuba, Jamaica, and Haiti following the catastrophic destruction caused by Hurricane Melissa across the Caribbean. In a statement signed by the spokesperson for the...

Nigeria Sypathizes With Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti On Hurricane MELISSA Devastation

1 Stella Omona The Government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria said it received with profound sorrow and deep sympathy the news of the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Melissa on sister nations, the Republic of Cuba, Haiti and...

iciHaiti - Cap-Haitien : City Hall calls for clearing sidewalks and threatens

iciHaiti - Cap-Haitien : City Hall calls for clearing sidewalks and threatens 04/11/2025 08:33:02 The municipal administration reminds all residents that, as of November 1st, 2025, it is strictly forbidden for anyone illegally occupying public...

iciHaiti - Melissa : Condolences from the Haitian Football Federation

iciHaiti - Melissa : Condolences from the Haitian Football Federation 02/11/2025 07:55:31 The Federation extends its deepest condolences to the Haitian people, particularly the residents of Grande-Anse, the South, the Palmes region, and especially...

New offensive strategy of the Haitian National Police

Haiti - Security : New offensive strategy of the Haitian National Police 02/11/2025 08:10:56 The Haitian National Police (PNH) is thinking of the impoverished families living in makeshift tents, of the children whose parents have to beg for food....

Hundreds of voodoo worshipers mark Day of the Dead in Haiti

Hundreds of Voodoo worshipers gathered at the main cemetery in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince on Saturday to mark the annual Day of the Dead festival. Celebrations were more subdued following the passage of Hurricane Melissa and amid ongoing...

Death toll rises to 50 as Jamaica, Haiti reel from Hurricane Melissa

Jamaican officials announced plans on Saturday to set up multiple field hospitals as it recovers from Hurricane Melissa, with the death toll numbering at least 50 across the Caribbean — and expected to rise. The island’s confirmed deaths remain at...

iciHaïti - Ecuador : Haiti in the spotlight at the 23rd International Festival of Arts of the Americas

iciHaïti - Ecuador : Haiti in the spotlight at the 23rd International Festival of Arts of the Americas 01/11/2025 10:14:28 From October 31 to November 4th, 2025, a Haitian delegation of metal artists and craftspeople, primarily from the village of...

Black Theology in the Americas 1492-Present Part 2

By the late eighteenth century, Black theology in the Americas began to move from survival to structure—from whispered prayers in cabins to public sermons and printed words. The age of revolution—American, Haitian, and French—raised new questions...

In move to reach survivors in Haiti, millions for hurricane relief bypass government

Overview: Bypassing the Haitian government to provide relief after Hurricane Melissa, organizations such as World Vision and Direct Relief, the United Nations and Canada have mobilized nearly $10 million in funding, emergency supplies, medical...

Patriotic appeal to the Haitian scientific community in the diaspora

Haiti - Education : Patriotic appeal to the Haitian scientific community in the diaspora 31/10/2025 11:04:28 Augustin Antoine, the Minister of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP), is making a patriotic appeal to the Haitian...

Haiti, Jamaica, and Cuba pick up the pieces after Melissa's destruction

Residents wade through a flooded street in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa in Petit-Goave, Haiti, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (AP) — The rumble of large machinery, whine of chain saws and chopping of...

Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up the pieces after Melissa's destruction