Towards a selective increase in fuels ?

Prime Minister a.i. Jean Michel Lapin said that the government was considering an increase in kerosene and diesel while maintaining the subsidy on gasoline, the price of which should also drop. He claims that the Government can no longer continue to spend two billion Gourdes each month to subsidize all petroleum products, a choice is necessary and a national dialogue is necessary on the end of subsidies on diesel and kerosene insisting that at the level of the Government "These are only reflections. There is no final decision" emphasizing that the decision will belong to the next government.

TNH : First national Kompa dance competition

The first national dance competition Kompa "Konpa Dance Challenge" will be on your small screen from February 7, 2020. Follow the programs on TNH and Télé 20. An initiative supported by the Ministry of Culture.

Plans of the new National Palace

On Wednesday, President Moïse met the members of Raco Déco, the winning firm of the architecture competition https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29750-haiti-flash-raco-deco-will-carry-out-the-plans-of-the-new-national-palace.html which will carry out the plans for the new National Palace. They explained to the Head of State the different facets of the project.

Education : 177 inspectors in training

Launch at the Plaza Hotel of a training seminar for 177 inspectors and coordinators from the West on education sector governance for better management of school life in the country this Thursday January 30, 2020. The different themes chosen for this training seminar are : school supervision, leadership and ethics, which include the key aspects of the mission of inspectors and coordinators.

Boat People, an avoided tragedy

On the evening of January 28, the authorities of the Turks and Caicos Islands intercepted near Providenciales, another ship dangerously charged with Haitian migrants which could easily have ended in tragedy like the sinking of January 21 in the Bahamas archipelago https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29872-haiti-flash-shipwreck-off-the-bahamas-31-survivors-several-haitians-missing.html . The United States urges Haitians not to undertake these dangerous and unnecessary trips that are not worth risking their lives. See also : hhttps://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29872-haiti-flash-shipwreck-off-the-bahamas-31-survivors-several-haitians-missing.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29886-haiti-flash-shipwreck-a-4th-haitian-body-found-off-double-breasted-cay-bahamas.html

Delmas : distribution of hot dishes

The distribution of hot dishes continued this week in the town of Delmas (Delmas 40-B), in Zamor alley (Delmas 65) and in rue Faustin 1er (Delmas 75) where thousands of people in difficult situations were able to eat a hot meal at a ridiculous price.

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