Future mobilization in the transport sector

Almost a week after the postponement of the three-day strike in the land transport sector to protest against the insufficient reduction in fuel https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-40048-icihaiti-economy-slight-drop-in-fuel-prices-at-the-pump.html , the carriers are in full consultation this week to take new actions and will soon inform the population of the new dates for the mobilizations as well as the modalities of the movement.

400 million gourdes of targeted subsidy:

Tuesday, August 8, 2023 Ricardin St Jean, the Minister of Trade and Industry confirmed that as part of the targeted subsidy program, a check for 400 million Gourdes was given to the oil company Bandari to begin the distribution of cards oil companies to 25,000 drivers (on average 16,000 gourdes per driver). Let's recall that this program targets 100,000 beneficiaries and will cost a total of 1.6 billion gourdes.

Switzerland : Excellence Scholarship (2024-2025)

If you are a young Haitian researcher who has completed master's studies or holds a doctorate, the Swiss Confederation offers excellence scholarships each academic year. For more information on the selection criteria and the application procedure, please visit the website of the State Secretariat for Training, Research and Innovation: https://www.sbfi.admin.ch/sbfi/fr/home/formation/bourses/bourses-d-excellence-de-la-confederation.html

Elections, about Jocelerme Privert:

"The country must urgently move towards the holding of free and transparent elections for the restoration of the political and institutional conditions essential to its economic and social progress. I urge once again my compatriots in power and the opposition to find as soon as possible and through dialogue, a way out of this crisis which has lasted far too long. This situation of chronic instability and generalized insecurity, sources of so much setback and suffering for the Haitian people deeply concerns me," former President à.i. from Haiti, Jocelerme Privert.

Launch of the "Chanje Metye, Chanje Lavi" Project

At the beginning of the week at the Montana Hotel (Pétion-Ville) took place the official launching ceremony of the Government Project "Chanje Metye, Chanje Lavi" To be continued...

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