Soon departure of Brazilians

The President of Brazil, Michel Temer, announced that the Brazilian peacekeepers participating in the Minustah in Haiti will begin to return as of the end of August. "The Brazilian armed forces will leave Haiti from 31 August with a full sense of duty accomplished."

UNNOH calls for inquiry into failure rate

The "Union Nationale des Normaliennes et normaliens d’Haïti" (UNNOH), which attributes the failure rate, to the 2017 baccalaureate exams to the "indecency and irresponsibility" of the Ministry of Education and calls for the establishment of a commission of inquiry to shed full light on the "high failure rate" recorded. Recall that the failure rate this year is lower than last year : Success rate at national level 2016-2017, 30.74% against 27.58% in 2015-2016. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21736-haiti-flash-complete-results-of-the-bac-2016-2017-for-the-10-departments-and-per-student.html

PAP sanitation campaign

The General Directorate of the Metropolitan Solid Waste Collection Service (SMCRS) is launching a cleanup campaign in several neighborhoods of the capital in its surroundings.

Education and children with special needs

On the occasion of the International Day of Education, the Office of the Secretary of State for the Integration of People with Disabilities (BSEIPH) invited actors involved in the education sector, both in the private and public sectors, to tke into account the special needs of children and young people with disabilities in the Haitian school system. "Timoun andikape tankou tout timoun gen dwa pou yo ale lekòl"

The Senate is still awaiting the finance bill

The Senate Commission "Economy and Finance" has not yet officially received the bill of finance 2017-2018 ratified last Tuesday by the Chamber of Deputies https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21758-haiti-politics-finance-bill-2017-2018-voted-almost-unanimously.html The President of the Commission, Senator Nènèl Cassy believes that he could receive this document at the plenary meeting scheduled for Wednesday.

The gay community is organizing its response

"The Haitian Association for the Defense of Gay Rights" (Kouraj), as well as its allies APLCH, GRANLAKOU, UPLCDS, OCED, HERITAGE, ACE, AJCDS and ORAH, initiated a special appeal procedure following the vote by the Senate of a law against the gay community https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21704-haiti-flash-the-senate-passes-a-law-against-the-gay-community.html

HL/ HaitiLibre