Herby Widmaier passed away

Herby Widmaier passed away. Founder of Radio Métropole in March 1970, with the help of his wife Micheline Widmaier, Roland Dupoux and Bob Lemoine, Herby Widmaier was a legendary figure of radio in Haiti. As a musician, composer and arranger, he began recording the most important musical groups of the time and is the source of many innovations in radio programs. That his soul rests in peace.

Venezuela withdraws from the OAS

On Wednesday, April 26, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez announced that Venezuela is withdrawing from the Organization of American States (OAS), that President Nicolas Maduro has accused of interfering "tomorrow Thursday we will present a complaint to the OAS and we will launch the process of withdrawal that takes 24 months, to bring the South American country out of this regional organization " said Delcy Rodriguez.

Electricity, Haiti 110th out of 111 countries

On Wednesday, during the hearing in the Senate of Fritz Caillot, the Minister of Public Works and Hervé Pierre-Louis, the Director General of Electricity of Haiti (EDH), Youri Latortue, the President of the Senate considered it unacceptable that Haiti should be ranked second last among 111 countries with a rating of 11 out of 100 for access to energy, 14 out of 100 for energy efficiency and 5 out of 100 for renewable energies and asked for explanations and solutions to remedy this situation.

Note that only 35% of Haiti's population has access to electricity (11% in rural areas). The cost of electricity in Haiti is the highest in the Caribbean region. By comparison, electricity consumption per capita in Haiti is only 2% of that per capita in the Dominican Republic.

Visit of Miss Universe

Miss Universe 2016 Iris Mittenaere and the first Haitian runner-up Raquel Pélissier will be in Cap-Haitien next week as part of a mission to help children born with split lips in the North.

Filing of the bill modifying the code of criminal investigation

On Tuesday, Heidi Fortuné, the Minister of Justice, tabled in the Senate's office the draft law amending the code of criminal investigation which provides answers to the main dysfunctions of justice, according to the Minister. Youri Latortue, the President of the Senate, handed the document to Jean-Renel Sénatus, President of the Justice Commission, who will now study with his colleagues the 1,363 articles distributed in six volumes before submitting proposals to the Assembly with his favorable recommendations or not.

Martine Moïse at the launch of the vaccination week

Wednesday, at the Municipal Palace of Delmas, the First Lady of the Republic Martine Moïse participated in the launching of the week of immunization of the Americas in the company of Dr Marie Greta Roy Clément, the Minister of Public Health and Haiti's international partners in the field of health. An initiative of the Ministry that plans to vaccinate 300,000 children from zero to 23 months against diphtheria and tetanus. Martine Moïse, who was attending the ceremony, encouraged parents to have their children immunized so they could grow up healthy.

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