29th Senator installed

Tuesday, in a plenary session in the Senate, the new Senator of the Department of the Center, Rony Célestin was officially installed. The Senate now has 29 senators, the 30th seat is that of the elected Senator, Guy Philippe https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-19721-haiti-flash-senator-guy-philippe-extradited-to-the-usa.html

Towards the appointment of a General Staff ?

The historian Georges Michel, former member of the State Commission on "the organization of the military component of the public force", under the Martelly Government, https://www.haitilibre.com/article-5313-haiti-securite-rapport-preliminaire-de-la-commission-d-etat-d-organisation-de-la-composante-militaire-de-la-force-publique.html (in french) welcomed the announcement of the final withdrawal of the Minustah and asked President Jovenel Moïse to appoint a General Staff (État Major) to reconstitute the Armed Forces to ensure the relay of the peacekeepers.

Education : Strike early May

The Union Nationale des Normaliens Haïtiens (UNNOH) is announcing a strike for the first week of May in order to bring the new leaders of the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP) to work on the teachers' demands, including the signed Memorandum of Understanding of 2014 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-10383-haiti-education-truce-of-the-strike-of-public-sector-teachers.html

Changes continue at PNH

The National Police of Haiti (PNH) informs that the Chief Commissioner Jean Gospel Monélus replaces the Chief Commissioner Collinet Jean Elder as head of the Commissariat de Pétion-ville. Since Monday, Luc Herby is the new Police Commissioner of Mirebalais, he replaces Commissioner Jean Gotsel. Divisional Commissioner Florent Carmel replaces Jean Michelet Shoute in the Directorate of Traffic and Road Police.

17,735 passports...

According to the Office of the Presidency, from February 12 to March 29, 2017, 17,735 passports were produced in the Haitian Consulates abroad.

Post-Matthew Recovery : Validation of housing sector

On Tuesday, Aviol Fleurant, the Minister of Planning and External Cooperation, accompanied by its Director General, Stevenson Jacques Thimoléon, validated the document "Conceptual framework post-Matthew recovery", housing sector.

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