New Ambassador of Canada to Haiti

Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, announced the appointment of André Frenette as the new Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti. Mr. Frenette succeeds Paula Caldwell St-Onge at the end of her mission https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21880-haiti-diplomacy-moise-honors-and-decorates-ambassador-of-canada.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12145-haiti-diplomacy-paula-caldwell-st-onge-new-ambassador-of-canada-to-haiti.html

Barcelona : Condolences of the PM

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant visited the Spanish Embassy to sign the register of condolences for the victims of the Barcelona bombing. He took the opportunity to present the sympathies of the Haitian government to the authorities and the Spanish people.

Visit to the Olympic Center "Sport for Hope"

A team from the Office of the Secretary of State for the Integration of People with Disabilities visited the Olympic Center "Sport for Hope" located at the corner of Route 9 and National # 1. During the visit, the team met with a few young people with disabilities from the Organization of Deprived and Disabled Children of Haiti who practice a sport.

Vote on the proposed law against kidnapping

The deputy of Delmas Garry Bodeau, quaestor of the lower house and president of the majority bloc "Parliamentary Alliance for Haiti" (APH) announced that the Chamber of Deputies had decreed the permanence and ratified the bill against kidnapping, sequestration and abduction.

Creation of a Fund to support research at UEH

At the last Council of the State University of Haiti (UEH) to ensure effective promotion of research at UEH, a Research Support Fund (FAR) was created. The allocations of this Fund will be determined by the Council of the UEH as soon as the allocations of the Treasury to the UEH will be known. They may be readjusted during the year. The management arrangements for the FAR will be the subject of a resolution of the Council of the University on the proposal of the Research Council.

Fanmi Lavalas criticizes

Dr Maryse Narcisse, former defeated candidate for the Presidency and Coordinator of the Executive Committee of the Fanmi Lavalas organization, was very critical of the management of Jovenel Moïse, his Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant and his team. She says that with this team in power, the country is only sinking into misery, due to the poor choices of its leaders, referring inter alia to the increase in fuel prices https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20940-haiti-flash-new-fuel-prices-in-haiti-official.html and the fixing of the minimum wage https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21648-haiti-flash-moise-sets-daily-minimum-wage-at-350-gdes.html

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