Pierre L. Opont, former President of the CEP kidnapped

Tuesday, June 20, 2023 in the evening, Pierre Louis Opont, former President of the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) in 2015, was kidnapped in Tabarre by heavily armed men, as he was preparing to return to his home. The "Kraze Baryè" gang led by Vitel'Homme Innocent is strongly suspected for this kidnapping.

Gold Cup 2023 : Last test match [0-0]

Tuesday, June 20, 2023, our Grenadiers in preparation for the Gold Cup 2023, Grenadiers could not do better than a draw (0-0) against the "Soca Warriors" of Trinidad & Tobago in their 3rd and last test match. "We finished the preparation on a good note, because the match was intense" commented the national coach a.i. the Hispano-Argentinian Gabriel Calderon Pellegrino See also: https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-39820-haiti-flash-final-list-of-23-grenadiers-selected-for-the-2023-gold-cup.html

More and more Haitians are giving birth in the DR

Approximately 14,745 births of children to Haitian mothers were registered in public hospitals in the Dominican Republic during the period from January to June 2023. The number of Haitian children born in the neighboring country continues to increase/ For the same period, 28.3% (2021) of Haitian births were recorded (out of all births in the Dominican Republic), 30.8% (in 2022) and 33.6% (in 2023). Free and quality care pushes Haitian mothers to come illegally to the Dominican Republic to give birth.

COH rewards Aliyah Shipman

Haitian Taekwondo star Aliyah Shipman, gold medalist in the junior category of the Costa Rica Taekwondo Open G2 Championships, received a special prize on behalf of the Haitian Taekwondo Federation from the President of the Haitian Olympic Committee, Hans Larsen, including t-shirts, sneakers, suitcases and shoes in preparation for the Central American and Caribbean Games.

Evans Lescouflair, released on bail

The former Minister of Sports Evans Lescouflair, imprisoned for almost a year accused of sexual abuse and rape, would have benefited from a release from the prison warrant and has since been on provisional release for humanitarian reasons since the beginning of the week.

Fighting the white mealybug and the coconut rhinoceros:

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - Haiti) and the Ministry of Agriculture are launching a Technical Cooperation Program to fight against the white mealybug and the Coconut Rhinoceros. Objective: to protect the coconut palms in the departments of the West and the Nippes. The FAO and the Ministry of Agriculture are preparing a control manual and a national control plan against the white mealybug in order to strengthen the integrated management of pests in collaboration with the Ministry.

HL/ HaitiLibre