La Gonâve : 4 bandits lynched

Saturday May 13, 2023, the National Police of Haiti (PNH) arrested 4 individuals in possession of ammunition and automatic weapons. The angry population, forcibly recovered them from the hands of the PNH and stoned them before burning their corpses. It should be noted that since the beginning of the "Bwa kale" movement, this is the first time that the Gonaïviens have taken such an action.

More than 15 tankers hijacked

Association of Service Station Owners (ANAPROSS) reveals that since the beginning of May to date, more than fifteen fuel trucks have been hijacked across the metropolitan area (Cité militaire, Trois mains and Route piste). A situation that hurts the sector already in great difficulty but also creates a pyschosis in the population given the disengagement of the oil companies in the distribution.

Update on PNH operations

Saturday, May 13, 2023, Frantz Elbé, the Acting Director General of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) provided an update on the latest operations of the police against armed gangs. Without giving figures, he mentioned bandits killed, weapons and ammunition seized, hostages freed, stolen vehicles recovered and called for the consolidation and strengthening of police-population collaboration to put an end to insecurity and banditry.

The lack of electricity affects hospitals

At the Hospital of the State University of Haiti (HUEH), which has been on strike for about 5 months, activities are slowly resuming, due to the drastic rationing of electric current and the lack of fuel, the operation of the operating theater is paralyzed. At the Justinien Hospital in Cap-Haitien, only the outpatient service operates for 6 hours a day due to lack of electricity and fuel...

Japan Stock Exchange: online information session:

Information session on the Government of Japan Scholarship (MEXT) 2024 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39483-haiti-japan-government-of-japan-scholarship-pre-registration-open.html , the Embassy of Japan in collaboration with a Haitian scholarship holder (2022) from MEXT, invites you to an online session on the Japanese scholarship, which will be held on Saturday May 20 at 9:30 a.m. This session will give you clearer ideas about both the application process and studying in Japan. To confirm your participation and obtain information, please contact us at culture@ht.mofa.go.jp

D-1 launch of Miss Haiti contest registrations

"Miss Haiti Organization notifies the general public that the launch of registrations for the 11th edition of the Miss Haiti contest is scheduled for May 15, 2023. At the same time, Miss Haiti Organization confirms Haiti's participation in the Miss Universe 2023 contest. which will take place in El Salvador in December 2023" the registration process and the participation criteria of Miss Haiti 2023 have not yet been made public...

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