Killing in Pétion-ville 4 dead and wounded

Saturday, June 6 in the evening, in the locality of “Boben” (commune of Pétion-ville), not far from Péguy-ville, individuals opened fire in a house, killing 4 people, including 3 women and causing several injuries. The reasons for this killing remain unknown at the moment.

Catastrophic economic forecasts

Monday, during the public presentation of the 2019-2020 budget, Michel Patrick Boivert Minister of Economy and Finance described a catastrophic economic future for Haiti. He estimates that inflation will reach 22% by September 2020, and will increase to 24% by the end of the next fiscal year (September 2021). In addition, he announced for the next fiscal year, a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of -3.6% against + 1.8% for the previous year... See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30976-haiti-flash-the-government-adopts-a-budget-of-1987-billion-all-the-details.html

NOTICE : Day of the Fête Dieu no worked

"With reference to the decree of May 23, 1989 in its articles 1 and 2 determining, apart from national holidays, more precisely the legal holidays, the General Secretariat of the Presidency underlines for the attention of the agents of the public service and the private sector that public administration, commerce and industry will not work on the Fête Dieu, Thursday June 11, 2020 throughout the national territory."

Budget 2019-2020 : Only 45% of domestic revenue

The execution of the 2019-2020 budget amounting to 198.7 billion Gourdes is based on domestic revenue which will be collected by the General Directorate of Taxes (DGI) and the General Administration of Doaunes (AGD) up to only 45% . The rest will come from among others 9% of donors; donations outside Petrocaribe 14.5%; treasury bills and financing from financial institutions including the Bank of the Republic of Haiti (BRH) for almost 30 billion...

China : NOTICE of the Haiti Business Development Office

"The Haitian Commercial Development Office (BDHC) in the People's Republic of China informs the public of the resumption of its regular hours since Monday June 8, Monday to Thursday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and Friday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

Note the new office address: Jing Run Garden Vilas F73, no. 18 Xiaoyum Road, Chayang District, Beijong, 100125.

To access the BDCH, the public must carry out at the entrance of the Garden Villas a procedure for recording personal health data via their cell phone and the 'Wechat' application as recommended by the Beijing municipal administration."

A minute of silence/B>

During the meeting on the management of Covid-19 led by the Prime Minister, Jouthe Joseph and the Multisectoral Commission. A minute of silence was respected for the Secretary of State, Cantave Emmanuel, who has just died. See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30991-haiti-politic-death-of-the-secretary-of-state-for-social-affairs.html

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