Haiti escapes FIFA sanctions

Following the decision of FIFA in favor of the former coach Patrice Neveu, who had complained about the non payment of 200,000 dollars by the Haitian Football Federation (FHF) and a threat by FIFA to suspend Haiti from all international competitions https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28587-haiti-flash-fifa-threatens-haiti-of-exclusion-of-all-competitions-if.html in case of non-payment, the FHF has handed a check for $ 200,000 to the account of former coach Neveu, thus removing any threat of sanction from FIFA.

Haiti Humanitarian Assistance in the Bahamas

Friday, a plane of humanitarian aid left Port-au-Prince for the Bahamas with on board water purifiers, blankets, hygiene kits, shoes, medicines, hospital supplies , as well as food supplies. This is an initiative of the private Haitian Emergency Response Operations (HERO) with the support of Air Mobilie Ministries, Remote Air Medical, Bernard Mevs Hospital and donations of supplies and equipment of funds of Haitian citizens in solidarity.

Arrest of Blaise Taylor aka "Grafiti"

The National Police arrested Blaise Taylor aka "Grafiti" on the night of 5 to 6 Frecyneau (St-Marc) for his involvement in the armed attack on July 27, Father Watson Louis in the area of "anba gwo mòn" (St-Marc) parish priest of Desarme. "Grafiti" would also be implicated for disturbing the public order that led to the fire of the vehicle of the Town Hall of Saint-Marc on August 5th.

Launch of the school year

The official ceremony to launch the 2019-2020 school year, scheduled for Monday 9 September 2019 at 9:30 am, will take place at the National School of Brothers, (Route de Frères, near the International Club in Pétion-ville). The ceremony will be held in the presence of the highest authorities of the country.

Bahamas : Additional Funds for the Embassy of Haiti

Chancellor Bocchit Edmond confirmed that, on the instructions of President Jovenel Moïse, additional financial assistance has been granted to the Haitian Embassy in Nassau so that it can help Haitian migrants affected by Hurricane Dorian.

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