Relaunch of the Task Force of the Mining Sector

The Council of Economic and Social Development (CDES) in conjunction with the Bureau of Mines and Energy (BME), pursues a series of meetings, of exchanges of information and ideas with the various sectors of national life interested in issues related to development of the mining sector in Haiti. The objective of this initiative is to feed the reflection and forge a broad national consensus to promote sustainable development of the sector and maximizing the benefits for the country. More specifically, it is to reach a consensual roadmap with an action plan for the sector.

A presidential candidate withdraws from the race

The journalist Luckner "Louko" Désir, presidential candidate under the banner "Mobilisation Pour Haïti" (MPH), who gathered 591 votes (0.04% of the electorate) in the first round of the Presidential election of October 25, 2015, decided to withdraw from the electoral race of November 20 "I move on. I return to my professional activities, because definitely the elections this year, I no longer believe," adding "thank you to my supporters. Ki sam pral fe, ki sa lap ye, map fe nou konnen semaine prochaine. Kenbe la."

Recall that in June 2016, "Louko" declared "It is me who won the presidential elections !" convinced of being the only candidate not to have committed fraud and that the CEP had according to him, preferred to cancel the election than to declare him winner !

Incident of Les Cayes, Privert urges !

Thursday, the Presidency condemned in the strongest terms the incidents in the commune of Les Cayes Tuesday, November 1 where a teenagerwas shot dead during a food distribution operation. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19111-haiti-flash-an-aid-distribution-goes-wrong-in-les-cayes-1-dead.html . The de facto President Privert which considers that such incidents do not reflect the feeling of sharing and living together we know of the Haitian people urges that steps be taken immediately by the police and judicial authorities to identify and punish according to the law perpetrators of these reprehensible and wrongdoing acts.

Notice of the PNH for Internet users

The National Police of Haiti (PNH) invites Haitian Internet users not to publish or share on social networks shocking share that could disturb their friends. It means by shocking images as well as naked bodies than mutilated corpses...

Important meeting in Spain

The Ambassador a.i. of Haiti in Spain, Antonio Rodrigue met Alain A.A. Pierard the Delegate of the Governor of Rotary Club for Southern Spain, around the shipment to Haiti of a water purification machine PP4X4 capable of producing 40,000 liters of drinking water per day, intended to affected areas by the passage of Matthew.

Workshop on the preliminary draft law of CONATEL

This Friday, the National Council of Telecommunications (CONATEL) opened a workshop relating to the preliminary draft law on: electronic transactions, electronic evidence, interception of electronic communications and cybercrime. This workshop will allow stakeholders to reflect on the significance of these texts, which are designed to provide the telecommunications sector with a favorable legal framework for its development.

HL/ HaitiLibre