127 cases of violence against women

On Wednesday, Josette Macillon, South Departmental Director of the Ministry of Women's Affairs said in a press briefing that the office has received 127 cases of violence against women for the first 4 months of the year, pointing out that the cases are much more numerous but that many victims do not complain. Josette Macillon, invites women victims to call the number 400 free of charge to file a complaint and ask for assistance.

Moïse, on site visit

On Thursday, President Jovenel Moïse and Engineer Fritz Cayo, the Minister of Public Works, carried out an inspection visit of the works of the National Road # 1 at the level of the commune of Ennery in the department of Artibonite.

Minimum wage, trade unions in the Senate

On Thursday, the issue of the minimum wage was at the center of a meeting between the Senate Social Affairs Committee and trade union officials in the textile sector, who took the opportunity to denounce the authorities for not doing anything to allow workers to get 800 gourdes of minimum daily wage.

Major files of the Ministry of Education

A working session was held on the Ministry of Education with the Departmental Directors of Education (DDE) and Deputy Heads, on major issues : State examinations, human resources management, DDE management, the 2017-2018 school calendar were among the topics discussed during this session, which was chaired by the Director General, Dr Méniol Jeune.

Responding to the challenges of TNH

Limond Toussaint, the Minister of Culture as part of a tour to better understand the institutions under his responsibility, went to the National Television of Haiti (TNH) where he discussed with his Director General, Gamal Augustin some ways to solve some of the challenges facing the institution "In a globalizing world, we must work to make the TNH a media accessible to the Haitian people throughout the national territory to inform, to train see educate the population," stressed Minister Toussaint.

Towards a better coordination of European aid

A meeting between Aviol Fleurant, the Minister of Planning, Fritz Caillot, the Minister of Public Works Transport and the National Authorizing Officer, Charles Jean-Jacques, was organized around a better coordination of European aid with the priorities of the Government.

HL/ HaitiLibre