Strong tension at national penitentiary

A strong tension reigned Monday in the national penitentiary where prisoners on the prison yard did not want to return to their cell, protesting against the maltreatment characterized by lack of food and health problems they face at interior of the largest prison center in the country. Officials from the national penitentiary supported by those from the specialized units of the PNH had to shoot a few shots in the air to control the situation and return the detainees to their cells.

PNH : Important security meeting

Monday was held a command meeting at the General Directorate of the National Police of Haiti (DGPNH). For several hours, the Commander-in-Chief, Michel-Ange Gédéon, discussed with the members of his staff matters relating to the day of November 18, the fragility of the context, the professionalism, the ethics, the proliferation of zones difficult and respect for human rights.

Lawyers vote to continue the strike

Following the work stoppage since last October 9, lawyers of the Court of First Instance (TPI) of Port-au-Prince https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25953-haiti-news-zapping.html Due to violence by members of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) against members of their profession, the lawyers decided at a meeting on Monday, the continuity of the strike until the Executive gives following to their resolution demanding, among other things, the dismissal of Government Commissioner Clamé Ocnam Daméus. For his part, Senator Jean Renel Sénatus, President of the Justice and Security Committee of the Senate, urged President Jovenel Moïse, the guarantor of the proper functioning of institutions, to take action to resolve this crisis, which paralyzes the judiciary.

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Lamothe convened, Daméus absent

On Friday, the absence of Me Ocnam Clamé Daméus, the Government Commissioner was very noticed when he had convened the same day at 1:30 pm the former Prime Minister Laurent S. Lamothe https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26063-haiti-news-zapping.html in the context of the PetroCaribe fund management investigation.

Promise of the PM at the border

During his visit to the border, to the Malpasse customs https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26080-haiti-news-zapping.html Prime Minister Céant reiterated the Government's willingness to fight smuggling that makes lose hundreds of millions of dollars a year to the Treasury and promised to reduce this shortfall by strengthening the surveillance structures of this Customs but also the regulations governing bilateral trade.

Canada Information : Reception Center for Visa Applications

For information on Canada's Visa Application Center (VAC) in Port-au-Prince, visit the Canadian Government website: www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/contact-ircc/offices/international-visa-offices/port-prince.html

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