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2024/08/13 11:16:28
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More than a dozen gangsters were lynched
On the night of Saturday 10 August to Sunday 11 August 2024, in Galette Bourdon (commune of Anse-d’Ainault, department of Grand’Anse), following a police operation, local residents, in revolt against the bandits since last June, lynched and burned the bodies of at least ten members of a gang that had imposed a tax on products sold on the public market. Several houses were also set on fire in the area. The leader of the gang, Lindor, managed to escape and is being actively sought…
BNC board chairman fired
Prime Minister Garry Conille informs that he has decided to remove Raoul Pascal Pierre-Louis from his position as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Banque Nationale de Credit (BNC). This decision follows a corruption scandal after Pierre-Louis accused presidential advisers Gérald Gilles, Emmanuel Vertilaire and Smith Augustin of asking him for 100 million gourdes to keep his job. The persons involved deny the allegations. Raoul Pascal Pierre-Louis’ lawyer, Me Sonet Saint-Louis, wrote to the Prime Minister asking him to revoke this decision. A temporary committee of 5 members was set up to ensure the management of the banking institution.
Mission: A comprehensive anti-black operation is about to begin
On Monday, August 12, 2024, Commander of the Haitian National Police Support Group, Godfrey Otungue, assured the Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Haiti, Cristobal Dupuy, that there will be no hiding place for the gang leaders in Haiti.When it is fully operational in the near future“.
IOM: Providing rental assistance to 1,200 families
Over the past two months, nearly 1,200 displaced families in Port-au-Prince have benefited from rental assistance from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to help them find more dignified housing, thanks to support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance, a partnership that is critical to supporting the most vulnerable.
Guyana: Issues of Mount Baduel fire victims on agenda
On Monday, August 12, 2024, the Embassy of Haiti in France welcomed the Mayor of Cayenne, Sandra Trochimar, to a meeting to discuss the situation of Haitian nationals who died in the fire in the Mont-Baduel community in Guyana on July 27. The discussion focused on important topics such as providing shelter to more than a thousand compatriots affected by the disaster, the urgency of their resettlement, the integration of the Haitian community in Guyana and the possibilities of decentralized cooperation between Cayenne and Haitian municipalities.
SEMANAH needs a hydrographic vessel
On August 9, during the visit of Raphaël Hosty, the Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communications, Eric Prévost Jr., the Director of the Haitian Maritime and Navigation Service (SEMANAH) and his colleagues highlighted in particular the construction of the National Maritime Vocational School, hhttps://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-42897-icihaiti-semamah-construction-of-the-national-institute-for-training-in-maritime-trades.html and the acquisition of a vessel equipped with hydrographic equipment to carry out bathymetric surveys, as well as various innovations to bring the Territory to the level of representation and national coastal navigation. See also: https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-42966-icihaiti-politic-towards-a-recovery-of-semanah.html
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