A 17-year-old student shot dead

On his way home on Tuesday 17th November, Jimmy Telson, 17, a student of NS III (Rétho), was fatally shot at Delmas 75 in incomprehensible circumstances. The attempted kidnapping put forward by the media was rejected by relatives of the victim. According to the latter, a person in a vehicle fired, for an unknown reason, at the car in which Jimmy Telson, one of his cousins ​​and a driver were. Rushed to hospital Jimmy Telson did not survive his injury. The murderer fled without being worried.

PNH : Human toll of the opposition demonstration

On Thursday, Commissioner Michel-Ange Louis Jeune, Police spokesperson for the Haitian National Police, unveiled the human toll of the opposition protests on Wednesday, November 18. 3 police officers wounded (2 by stone, one by bullet) 1 opposition activist shot dead at the Champ de Mars (open investigation), 5 people arrested for acts of vandalism. See also :https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-32328-haiti-flash-demonstration-of-the-radical-opposition-violence-vandalism-several-victims-and-extensive-damage.html . For its part, the radical opposition speaks rather of 3 dead, many injured and a dozen arrests.

Dollar supply issues

Thursday the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank of the Republic of Haiti (BRH) met with importers and producers of the country in order to find a way to solve their problems of supply in US dollars and to preserve stability macroeconomic.

Francophone Media Innovation Prize, Haiti 3rd Prize

The winners of the 5th Edition of the Francophone Media Innovation Prize were unveiled on Wednesday November 18, 2020. The 3rd prize of 3,500 euros was won in Haiti by "Haiti Climat", a website devoted to environmental issues and good ecological or smart farming practices

31 new lawyers sworn in

Thursday at the Palace of Justice took place the swearing-in ceremony of 31 new lawyers. Me Bernard Sainvil, the Dean of the Court of First Instance of Port-au-Prince, appealed to the availability of new trainee lawyers in order to help resolve the recurring problem of prolonged preventive detention while the Bâtonnière Marie Suzie Legros them invited to practice the profession with dignity, conscience, independence and probity.

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