STAMFORD - Standing in the driveway of his North Stamford home on a recent afternoon, Gerard Vilsaint proudly displayed his new taxi, a 2001 green and white Taurus that has Independent Taxi painted on the side. This month Vilsaint, 53, became the first Haitian immigrant to own a taxi company in...

For Cubans who arrive wet and disheveled in the wee hours, the tollbooth at the Rickenbacker Causeway is a key entry point. BY KATHLEEN McGRORY The Rickenbacker Causeway has become a destination of choice for smugglers ferrying Cubans to the United States, U.S. Border Patrol officials say, giving...

MIAMI:Suspect in slaying caught at consulate A Haitian man suspected of killing an ex-girlfriend and slashing the throat of her young son was arrested in Haiti's consulate in Miami. Posted on Thu, May. 24, 2007 Claiming his girlfriend had stolen all his IDs, the penniless bearded man who showed...

"Virtual kidnappers" get money with just a phone call in Latin America Published: May 24, 2007 MEXICO CITY (AP) "Papa! Papa! Papa!" cried the voice on Rodolfo Melchor's cell phone. Then: "Honey, it's me, I've been kidnapped!" The office machine repairman, on a break at work, dialed police and...

Mise à jour: 22/05/2007 09:22 Immigration Canada: Le jeune Haïtien libéré Immigration Canada accepte de remettre en liberté un jeune homme d'origine haïtienne qui devait être expulsé vers son pays natal pour «grande criminalité», et dont le père montréalais espère depuis plusieurs mois une...

Le Soleil du samedi - Édition du 19 mai 2007 Bâtisseuse du Québec saluée La mémoire de l'ancienne directrice des soins infirmiers du centre hospitalier Anna-Laberge, Marie-Yardely Dary-Kavanagh, est honorée dans un ouvrage collectif portant sur l'apport de la communauté haïtienne à l'édification...