President Moïse spoke with the Emir of Qatar

On Monday Jovenel Moïse had a meeting with the Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheik Tamim Ben Hamad Al-Thani. Various subjects were discussed including the Guarantee Fund to finance SMEs, the possibilities of investing in renewable energies and the strengthening of cooperation between the two countries.

Release of a 9-year-old hostage

Kidnapped last October 14 in Démélus, a popular neighborhood of Port-de-Paix, Jouvens Telfort, a 9-year-old child, was released by the police during an operation carried out on Saturday October 17 in the morning in Baudin (1st communal section). Two of the alleged kidnappers, Baby Jean (22) and Jephté Mazard (a repeat offender according to police) have been arrested.

Health : Service contract for police officers

On Monday, Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe and officials of the Bernard Mevs Hospital signed a Memorandum of Understanding and a service contract to the benefit of the police. It is a question of providing emergency care not only to the agents of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) but also to 4 of their direct dependents.

Denial of the PAP prosecution

On Monday, Me Ducarmel Gabriel, the Commissioner of the Government of Port-au-Prince, denied the rumors suggesting that the prosecution had been burgled and the file on the assassination of Me Monferrier Dorval had been stolen claiming "There is nothing true in this story, we weren't robbed."

Haiti’s growth forecasts, unrealistic for the World Bank

Martin Rama, Chief Economist of the World Bank for the Latin America-Caribbean region, underlined the big difference between the growth forecasts for the Haitian economy of the World Bank (between +1.1 and 1.2% ) and those of the Haitian Ministry of Finance + 2.4% a forecast that he considers unrealistic while Haiti is emerging from a year of significant recession (-3.6%). See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-32025-haiti-economy-all-the-details-of-haiti-s-new-budget-2020-2021-of-254-billion.html

HL/ HaitiLibre