Clash between two rara gangs with at least 3 wounded

On Saturday evening in Léogâne, Rara's first weekend of activity, two Rara bands in the locality of Bino Lestè "Briyan Solèy Signo" and "Etwal Sen Tandre" fought violently for an unknown reason, causing at least 3 injuries.

Do more for Cuba

"Cuba our best neighbor did not get enough attention in Haiti, I ask Jovenel Moïse ses to make a historic decision to cancel the entry visa for Cubans. Any Cuban should be able to come to Haiti without a visa costing 500$," said the former Consul of Haiti in the province of Altagracia in the Dominican Republic, Jean Tholbert Alexis.

New denial on the Dominican wall

Miguel Vargas, the Dominican Minister of Foreign Affairs has also denied rumors that the customs administration was planning to build a border wall to control the entry and exit of people and goods to and from Haiti . See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27122-haiti-security-the-dominicans-explain-the-construction-work-at-the-border.html

BRH forecasts inflation at 7% in 3 years

Friday in press conference, Jean Baden Dubois the Governor of the Bank of the Republic of Haiti (BRH), concerning the loan of 229 million granted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over 3 years https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27124-haiti-flash-the-government-will-borrow-$229m-from-the-imf.html said that "the cap is put on fiscal consolidation and macroeconomic stabilization" He said he counted on this stabilization to stop the depreciation of the Gourdes and stabilize the exchange, so that in 3 years, and estimates that at the end of the 3-year program with the IMF, the rate of inflation goes from 15.6 to 7%.

To be continued...

Food For the Poor drilled 21 wells

The country experienced difficult circumstances during the month of February 2019. However, the Food For the Poor teams were on the ground to serve the communities. The housing and infrastructure department drilled 21 wells during the month of February, including 1 in Tabarre, 10 in Torbeck and 10 in Jacmel. See also : https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-27151-icihaiti-politic-the-head-of-state-visits-cornillon-grand-bois.html

Tsunami simulation exercise

On Thursday, the Directorate of Civil Protection (DPC) held a meeting around the preparation of the Caribbean Tsunami Simulation Exercise, which will take place on March 14, 2019.

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