Haiti wants to send all illegal foreigners home

The President of Haiti has ordered by decree that foreigners, who cannot prove their legal status, as tourists, residents or diplomats, be "returned to their country of origin". The identification of tourists will have to be done by the presentation of their travel document, resident foreigners will have to present their residence permit, diplomats and members of their families, will have to present the diplomatic card issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

New Ambassador of Taiwan

On Friday the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of Taiwan (Republic of China) announced the appointment of Ku Wen-jiann as new Ambassador to Haiti. He will replace Liu Bang-zyh in this position.

Call for a general strike

Call for a general strike, Monday June 22 and Tuesday June 23, 2020, to demand from the state a 50% reduction in the prices of petroleum products at the pump.

Sports infrastructure tour

Thursday, after the Great South, Minister Max Attys Minister of Youth at the head of a delegation, began a new tour in the departmental dirctorates in order to make an inventory of sports infrastructure in the Central Plateau, North , Northeast, Northwest and Artibonite. In Mirebalais and Thomonde (Center Dept.) where the playing surfaces, sanitary blocks, cloakrooms deserve urgent intervention, Minister Attys invited the heads of departmental directorates to involve community representatives in the management of sports centers and parks. Friday, Minister Attys went to the Northeast to visit sports facilities at Fort Liberté and Ouanaminthe.

The SEMANAH DG raises his voice

On June 17, 2020, Eric Prévost Junior the Director General of the Maritime and Navigation Service of Haiti (SEMANAH) visited the wharf of Miragoâne to inquire about the state of operation of this Port. He met with Réginald Jean François, the Director of the Port of Miragoâne on how to free the international space of the Port illegally occupied by a dozen ships, the owners of which he threatens to affix seals and have their ships towed, if they don't come to get them.

HL/ HaitiLibre