PetroCaribe : The judge instructor could withdraw from the file

The Commissioner of the Government of Port-au-Prince, Clamé Ocmane Daméus asked the judge Pierre Paul who works on the record of complaints received in the PetroCaribe case to declare itself incompetent to register a file already seized by the Superior Court of Accounts and Administrative Litigation, CSC/CA https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23446-haiti-flash-senate-transfers-petrocaribe-report-to-csa-ca.html . A request strongly denounced by André Michel the lawyer representing several plaintiffs. It should be remembered that about 50 complaints have been lodged with the courts concerning the use of PetroCaribe funds.

Suspension for the PM

The Conference of Presidents in the Chamber of Deputies could not decide on which of the sessions should bring the request for interpellation of Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant. Because of the parliamentary holidays, it will be necessary to wait for the return of the deputies next June so that a decision is taken on this interpellation .

BNE : opening of the exhibition « Kwen Kay »

The National Bureau of Ethnology (BNE) invites you to take part in the opening of the exhibition "Kwen Kay" which will take place at the BNE Ethnographic Museum, located at # 2 corner of Magny and Oswald Durand Streets. Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 6:00 pm The BNE, invites you to discover the corners of the daily life of houses in Haiti. A staging of the origin, organization and operation of the family home in Haitian society. The BNE counts on your presence and wishes you a good participation.

Haiti, land of reception of the Jews

In his latest novel "Avant que les ombres s'effacent" (Before shadows fade) the Haitian writer Louis Philippe Dalembert evokes a forgotten period in the history of Haiti. In 1939, the Haitian State had promulgated a decree-law authorizing consulates to grant nationality or safe conduct to hundreds of Jews, thus allowing them to escape Nazism. Note that "Avant que les ombres s'effacent" got the prize, France Bleu https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-21089-icihaiti-literature-louis-philippe-dalembert-winner-of-the-prix-france-bleu.html and the Orange Prize https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-21001-icihaiti-literature-haitian-writer-dalembert-finalist-of-the-prix-orange-2017.html

Nearly 12,000 prisoners for 3,500 places

Nearly 12,000 inmates languish in Haitian prisons with a capacity of 3,500 places, according to a report of the National Network for the Defense of Human Rights (RNDDH) on conditions of detention and retention in the country, released Friday. RNDDH reports that just over 8,000 prisoners are in prolonged pretrial detention.

Training of aquatic rescuers

Monday, May 7 at the Hotel Decameron on the Côte-des-Arcadins, began the second training course on aquatic rescue with the support of Cuban trainer Luis Enrique Calero. 20 rescuers of the Haitian Red Cross and 2 of the Directorate of Civil Protection, participate in this advanced training course lasting 10 days.

HL/ HaitiLibre