5 people struck by lightning

Saturday in Valières, 3rd communal section of Grosse Roche (Dept. North-East) during a violent thunderstorm, 5 people died by lightning struck Anette Valcourt (42 years old) and 4 young people : Renady Altidor (12), Merline Choute (15), Johnky Saladier (12) and Renald Tanis (14) informed Fritz Saint-Fort, the Departmental Director of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) of the North-East.

A police officer shot dead in Cité Soleil

Monday mid-day, police officer Wismick Aristyl agent I of the 21st promotion of the Haitian National Police (PNH) was cold-blooded in front of the Cité Soleil police station when he got off a motorcycle taxi while he was about to cross the entrance barrier of the police station.

Temporary closure of the Palace of Justice

Bernard Saint Vil, the Dean of the Court of First Instance (TPI) of Port-au-Prince together with Lucmane Délile the Minister of Justice ordered the closure of the Palace of Justice of Port-au-Prince for disinfection following the death of a clerk tested positive for Covid-19. The disinfection will start on June 2 and the Palace of Justice will reopen on June 8.

Death of the Divisional Commissioner, Carmel Florent

STOP Accidents learned with sadness the news of the untimely death of the Divisional Commissioner, Carmel Florent (59 years old), Head of the Traffic and Road Police Directorate within the PNH, on the night of Sunday, May 31, 2020. Florent was a true friend of the defenders of road safety in Haiti, always ready to support initiatives going in this direction. STOP Accidents presents its sympathies to his family and to the National Police of Haiti (PNH) in general.

Diaspora : Reopening of the Atlanta Consulate

The Consulate General of the Republic of Haiti in Atlanta (Georgia) announces the reopening of the Mission from June 1, 2020 from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Distribution of 18,000 food rations

Several teams from the Economic and Social Assistance Fund (FAES) have provided dry rations to 18,000 vulnerable people over the past weekend in the departments of North, North-east, North-west, Center, South, South-east, Nippes , Artibonite and Grand-Anse.

HL/ HaitiLibre