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July 21, 2024 10:51:05
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MMSS: Jamaican delegation to arrive in August
US Ambassador Dennis Hankins has announced that Jamaican troops will deploy to Haiti next month (August) as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission (MMSS). According to the diplomat, the mission, currently deployed, will include 1,000 troops by September.
Leslie Voltaire’s Denial
On Saturday, July 20, 2024, Presidential Advisor Leslie Voltaire left Haiti for the Dominican Republic for health reasons. Speaking on a radio station in the capital, Leslie Voltaire strongly denied the reports that he was rushed to the Dominican Republic and made it clear that he was in the Dominican Republic for a medical visit.
OG Haiti corrects France
The youngest competitor at the 2024 Paris Olympics is a Haitian, Mayah Chouloute, born on November 18, 2009. This is contrary to the claims of some French media, who claimed that a young French woman, Louise-Aïna Taboulet (born on July 4, 2009), was the youngest competitor at the Games.
National funeral for Serge Ducoste-Amedie
On Saturday morning, the president of the Transitional Presidential Council, Edgar Leblanc Fils, attended the state funeral at the Saint-Pierre Church in Pétionville for Serge Ducoste-Ahmed, a former member of the Black Eagles party of Bel-Air, who died in Port-au-Prince on July 5, 2024 https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-42707-icihaiti-obituary-grenadier-serge-ducoste-passed-away.html and https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-42789-icihaiti-obituary-note-of-sympathy-from-fifa.html Declaring that “(..) on the occasion of the state funeral of former Bel Air Black Hawk football club member Serge Ducoste Amédée, I take this opportunity to pay tribute to him, as he was a former star of the Haitian football trials and participated with dignity in the 1974 World Cup in Germany.”
CEP: Representatives of the trade union sector have been confirmed
On Friday, July 19, 2024, 75 union organizations from all sectors voted (70 in favor and 21 against) to elect trade unionist Nemrod Sanon as a representative to the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP). He is the fourth confirmed consultant out of 9, after the Reformed Cult Sector (Peterson Pierre-Louis), the Voodoo Sector (Me Newton Louis Saint-Juste) and the University Committee (Marie Florence Mathieu).
Lionel Lazarre was removed from office
Lionel Lazar has reportedly been fired just hours after being named deputy spokesperson for the Haitian National Police (PNH). The decision comes after several human rights groups spoke out against the former general coordinator of the National Union of Haitian Police (SYNAPOHA) for alleged involvement in corrupt practices.
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