The "Joupana Beach Resort" hotel set on fire

On the evening of March 28-29, 2020, the "Joupana Beach Resort" hotel was set on fire by unidentified unknown persons, in the locality of Port-Français not far from Labadie (Cap-Haitien). An investment valued at more than 2 million US dollars.

USA : Initial aid of 2.2 million

The United States will provide Haiti with initial health assistance of $2.2 million. This will help scale up risk communication campaigns, improve water and sanitation services, prevent and control infections, manage COVID-19 cases, strengthen laboratories, and more.

Tennis OG : Naomi Osaka disappointed but positive

Haitian-born Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka (22), 10th in the world, says she is disappointed not to be able to participate in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, which were postponed by a year https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30364-haiti-news-zapping.html but remains positive for 2021 "We will all come back stronger than ever in 2021. I fully support the courageous decision of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the IOC. Sport will eventually bring us together again, but that is not the priority today. Now is the time to work together to save as many lives as possible. For me, that’s also the Olympic spirit."

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30364-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26055-haiti-tennis-the-haitian-japanese-star-naomi-osaka-visiting-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25487-haiti-tennis-naomi-osaka-proud-of-her-haitian-origins.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-22548-icihaiti-flash-a-haitian-japanese-world-star-of-tennis-visiting-haiti.html

Postponement of the International Finance Summit

Taking into account the Covid-19 pandemic and the presidential decree declaring a state of emergency throughout the national territory for a period of one month, the 10th Edition of the International Finance Summit that the Group Croissance and its partners organize since April 2011 will not take place on the date planned: April 20 to 23, 2020. The organizers are not able to organize the event in this context, their priority being to guarantee health and safety participants, partners and organizational staff.

Covid-19 and Haiti Digital Observatory

The Haiti Digital Observatory (ObNH) has taken note of the State’s desire to involve civil society in the fight against Covid-19 in Haiti. Innovative digital initiatives should be encouraged to facilitate the production of data that will help decision-making.

160 years of concordat with the Vatican

March 28 marked the 160th anniversary of the signing of the 1860 agreement between the Vatican State and the Republic of Haiti.

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