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8 including an Irish missionary missing after gunmen storm Haiti orphanage
Breadcrumb Trail Links World Author of the article: Associated Press Pierre-richard Luxama And Danica Coto Published Aug 04, 2025 • 2 minute read A woman walks past the Saint-Helene orphanage in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti,...

Irish Missionary Kidnapped in Haiti Orphanage Attack Amid Gang Violence
On Monday, eight people, including an Irish missionary and a three-year-old child, went missing after armed attackers stormed an orphanage in Haiti. This incident occurred in an area heavily controlled by powerful gangs. Authorities urgently...

8, including an Irish missionary, missing after gunmen storm orphanage in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Eight people including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child remained missing Monday after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti, the latest attack in an area controlled by a powerful collection of armed gangs....

DR Urges Undocumented Haitians to Leave the Country Voluntarily
The Dominican Republic has warned undocumented Haitians living in the country to leave voluntarily or face heightened immigration interdictions. The General Directorate of Immigration says it will shortly begin deploying trained immigration agents...
Eight people including an Irish missionary are missing after gunmen storm a Haiti orphanage
Eight people including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child remained missing Monday after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti, the latest attack in an area controlled by a powerful collection of armed gangs. Authorities scrambled to...

Eight people, including Irish missionary, missing after gunmen storm Haiti orphanage
Published on 04/08/2025 - 19:41 GMT+2 Eight people, including an Irish missionary and a three-year-old child, are still missing on Monday after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti, the latest attack in an area controlled by a powerful collection...
Jamaica: Trafficking haven Researcher points to trade’s big business in Caribbean
Tamoy Ashman (Jamaica Observer) – WITH more than 80,000 smugglers entering the Caribbean region each year it has become a haven for sex and human trafficking, according to Dr Cleophas Justine Pierre. Based on his research, Dr Pierre pointed out...

8 including Irish missionary missing in Haiti after gunmen storm orphanage
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Eight people including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child remained missing Monday after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti, the latest attack in an area controlled by a powerful collection of armed gangs....

8 are missing, including an Irish missionary, after gunmen storm a Haiti orphanage
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Eight people including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child remained missing Monday after gunmen stormed… PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Eight people including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child remained...

Brooklyn security guard killed in Midtown mass shooting laid to rest as a hometown hero
More than 150 family, friends, and public figures gathered to remember, honor and lay to rest on Saturday a Brooklyn security guard killed in last month’s Midtown mass shooting. Aland Etienne, 46, was working as a security officer, employed by...

Resounding hope: how solar radios transform Haitian communities
Haiti (MNN) — Accessing Christian radio in the remote areas of Haiti has become much easier, thanks to solar-powered technology. Haiti, plagued by gang violence and instability, has a desperate need for hope. While Christians can’t always...

iciHaiti - Dominican Rep. : Operations to intercept illegal Haitians will intensify
iciHaiti - Dominican Rep. : Operations to intercept illegal Haitians will intensify 03/08/2025 10:30:11 During a tour of the Directorate General of Immigration (DGM) facilities in Elías Piña and Dajabón, Vice Admiral Luis Rafael Lee Ballester,...

Dominican Immigration Chief urges undocumented Haitians to leave voluntarily
The Director of the Dominican Republic’s General Directorate of Immigration (DGM), Luis Rafael Lee Ballester, has issued a warning to undocumented Haitians living in the country: leave voluntarily or face heightened immigration interdictions. -...
Haitians file class-action lawsuit to stop Trump administration from ending TPS
WASHINGTON — A group of Haitians with Temporary Protected Status is challenging the Trump administration’s end of legal protections from deportation for nationals of Haiti. The class-action lawsuit was filed by five beneficiaries of TPS on...

Haiti seeks a plan to emerge from the abyss: How to resuscitate the economy amid the country’s worst security crisis
Haitians not only face one of the worst crises of violence in their recent history, in which some 8,700 people died between early 2024 and June 2025, but also live in one of the poorest countries in the world, with inflation at 26.9% and a GDP...
Haitian TPS holders go to federal court to challenge Trump administration decision to end program
Attorneys for five Haitian immigrants filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration for unlawfully ending Temporary Protected Status, or TPS designation. The suit filed in Washington, D.C., alleges that President Donald Trump and Homeland...

Haiti launches first university program in electoral law
In a landmark effort to professionalize Haiti’s electoral system and break the country’s cycle of political instability, the State University of Haiti (UEH) and the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) on Friday signed an agreement creating the...

Haiti to probe US deportees over gang and financial crime ties, CPT president says
Overview: Fritz Alphonse Jean announced investigations into individuals deported from the United States for financial crimes or gang ties, along with a protocol to detain them upon arrival. Additionally, the current CPT president highlighted a...

Scientists Believe This Major Earthquake Fault Line Is Waking Up
High up in Canada’s Yukon Territory, a seismic gun is being cocked and aimed at the little community of Dawson City—population 1,600. If a new study in the journal Geophysical Research Letters is correct, that town or one of many others in the...

Scientists Say A Major Earthquake Fault Line Is Waking Up
Small recreational vehicle driving the Dempster Highway near Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. Credit - Robert Postma/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group—Getty Images High up in Canada’s Yukon Territory, a seismic gun is being cocked and aimed...