High tension at the Municipal Council of Belladère

The "Rassemblement des Jovenelistes pour la Démocratie" (RJD) denounces the physical aggression as well as the death threats made against Phèdre Lacroix, Deputy Mayor of the municipality of Belladère, member of the RJD. Lacroix was hard at work for the benefit of the Belladéroise community when the incumbent mayor Maclish Ledoux and his security guard, Osner Adelson-Almé, armed with an automatic rifle, physically attacked and threatened him.

Significant price increase, but the worst is yet to come

The National Food Security Coordination (CNSA) in a special bulletin reveals that on the national market, the prices of certain essential foodstuffs increased considerably in 2022 compared to 2021 : imported rice (+40%), imported oil (+ 84%), imported flour (+60%) and imported sugar (+84%). The CNSA is pessimistic and expects a much larger increase in the national market in the coming months

Europe Day : armed gangs on the agenda of the PM

Monday, Prime Minister a.i. Ariel Henry, during Europe Day invited Europe to help Haiti find the necessary equipment to enable the police to fight armed gangs more effectively.

ONA : More than 5 million people have their CIN

On Tuesday, the National Identification Office (ONI) announced that it had crossed the bar of 5 million people registered in their database having obtained the new National Identification Card (CIN).

French Guiana : national day of trafficking, slavery

Participation of Garry Assad, Acting Head of Post of the Consulate of Haiti in French Guiana, accompanied by Orassin Romulus, Consul, in charge of administrative affairs, at the ceremony of the national day of memories of the slave trade, slavery and their abolitions, organized this Tuesday, May 10, 2022, in Cayenne. The presence of the delegation of the consular mission at this solemn event, chaired by the Prefect of French Guiana, Mr. Thierry QUEFFELEC, recalls the historical role of Haiti, as the First Independent Black Republic, in the liberation of peoples.

Exhibition "Faces, Names, and Works for Memory"

As part of the activities to celebrate the centenary of the birth anniversary of Jacques Stephen Alexis, the Direction Nationale du Livre invites young people from the town of Cabaret to visit and enjoy the exhibition "Faces, names, and Works for Memory” from May 11 to 17 at the premises of the Center for Reading and Cultural Animation.

HL/ HaitiLibre