115 arrests in Pétion-ville

Gospel Monélus, Petion-ville Police Commissioner said that a major pacification operation in the Jalousie neighborhood by Petion-ville police and officers of several specialized units of the Haitian National Police (PNH) made it possible to arrest about 115 people this week and the seizure of two firearms.

0.5% growth in Haiti for 2017...

In its latest report on the World Economic Outlook for 2017, the World Bank is revising its forecast of growth of the Haitian economy for 2017 to 0.5% instead of -0.6% initially. For 2018, World Bank experts estimate that Haiti is expected to reach 1.7% and 2.3% by 2019, well below the poverty reduction threshold.

Road safety, the Secretary of State raises the tone

Léon Ronsard Saint-Cyr, the Secretary of State for Public Security, reminds users and especially drivers of vehicles that under Articles 41, 48, 50 and 71 relating to violations of the provisions governing road traffic, no vehicles overloaded or in poor condition will be tolerated on public roads. All concerned are required to comply scrupulously with the above articles, otherwise, they will be subject to the penalties provided by law. Port-au-Prince, on 20 June 2017.

«Electrical» demonstration in Péligre

This week, residents of Péligre, a communal section of Boucan-Carré demonstrated, demanding from the central government economic spin-offs from the revenues generated by the hydroelectric power station.

Housing cooperation with Mexico

On the sidelines of the 47th Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Cancun, Mexico, Haitian Chancellor Antonio Rodrigue met with his Mexican counterpart Luis Videgarray. The two diplomats reviewed the Mexican housing cooperation. Also participating in the meeting on the Mexican side: Mexican Undersecretary Soccoro Flores and members of his cabinet and on the Haitian side Guy G. Lamothe Ambassador of Haiti in Mexico, Harvel Jean Baptiste Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Haiti near the OAS and Ronald Placius of the Haitian Chancery.

National Conference on Human Trafficking

Wednesday at the Oasis Hotel, Max Rudolph Saint-Albin, Minister of the Interior and Local Government participated in the launch of the National Conference on Human Trafficking in Haiti "The Ministry is willing to set up sub-Departmental committees, to fight Human Trafficking in all its forms," said Minister Saint-Albin. https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-21281-icihaiti-politics-first-national-conference-on-human-trafficking-in-haiti.html

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