Hunger strike

A dozen students from the National School of Applied Geology (ENGA) announce the start of a hunger strike to draw the attention of the Minister of Education, Pierre Josué Agénor Cadet, on the particular situation in which is their school whose headquarters had been destroyed by the earthquake of 12 January 2010.

Training in audit

The Superior Court of Auditors and Administrative Disputes closed Wednesday, a basic training course in audit for the benefit of over 200 agency executives. The initiative aimed to strengthen the capacity of the CSC/CA in the production of audit reports.

Launch of the Haitian food pyramid

On Friday, Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant participated in the launch ceremony of the Haitian Food Pyramid at the Marriott Hotel. This is a nutritional program of the MSPP funded by USAID. https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-21102-icihaiti-health-launch-of-the-new-haitian-food-pyramid-myplate.html

Jovenel discusses with the media

On Thursday, President Jovenel Moïse spoke at the National Palace with media owners about the main issues and challenges faced by the country.

Visit of tourist projects in San Salvador

The Haitian delegation led by the Minister of Tourism, Jessy Menos, on the sidelines of the 61st statutory meeting of the Commission of the Americas of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), visited in San Salvador two integrated tourism projects in the province, La Libertad. These projects take into account the following elements: use of renewable energies, socio-economic impacts, socio-sportive activities of young people. At the close of the 61st meeting, the candidature of the Republic of Argentina was validated as the next host country for the next UNWTO General Assembly in 2019. https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-21098-icihaiti-tourism-minister-menos-to-el-salvador.html

Moïse back in Artibonite

The President of the Republic, Jovenel Moïse, visited the Artibonite Valley on Friday, 2 June, notably at Fabias, Grande Saline, where he visited several works under way in the context of the Caravan of Change.

600 job losses

According to the Director General of Industrial Parks, Bernard José Shettini, 600 SONAPI workers lost their jobs because of the successive work stoppages in the SONAPI Industrial Park.

Key handover of a grain mill

Plan International Haiti informs that, in the presence of elected officials from the town of Jacmel and other community leaders, the keys of a grain mill were delivered to the Protection Committee of Source Gabriel, a community in Lavaneau, in the South-East of Haiti. Finished the drudgery of the inhabitants who, before they had to travel miles to grind their cereals.

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