Drugs : Trafficker arrested

On Sunday July 24, officers from the Bureau for the Fight against Drug Trafficking (BLTS) arrested a drug trafficker identified as Wadner Belonne (44 years old) alias "Jamaica" under a warrant and seized 3 kg of marijuana and a sum of 120,350 gourdes.

Shipwreck : Message from the PM

"17 compatriots died off the Bahamas and several disappeared on July 24 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37234-haiti-flash-shipwreck-in-the-bahamas-16-haitians-dead-and-21-survivors-provisional-report.html . This new tragedy saddens the entire Nation. While sympathizing with the relatives of the victims, I launch, once again, an appeal for national reconciliation in order to solve the problems which are driving away, far from our soil, our brothers, our sisters, our children."

Energy : All microgrids will be multi-source

All micro-grids built in Haiti will be multi-source (solar panels + diesel + battery). The installation of 471 solar panels of 450 W (212 kW in total) of the power plant in the city center of the municipality of Capotille (North-East) is in progress, informs Evenson Calixte, the Director General of the National Regulatory Authority for the Energy Sector (ANARSE).

Defence : Haitian Delegation in Brazil

Sunday July 24, 2022, a delegation led by Enold Joseph Minister of Defense left the country bound for Brasilia (Capital of Brazil) to participate in the 15th Conference of Ministers of Defense of the Americas (CMDA) from July 25 to 29, 2022 .

Ounaminthe : General strike

In Ouanaminthe (North-East), civil society organizations and residents are announcing a general strike for this Monday, July 25, 2022 to denounce the socio-political and economic problems facing the country.

Diphtheria : More than 390,000 children vaccinated thanks to Japan

From January to May 2022, more than 390,000 children aged 1 to 6 were vaccinated against diphtheria with funding from the Government of Japan. UNICEF supports the expanded routine immunization program of the Ministry of Public Health and Population.

HL/ HaitiLibre