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Haiti - News : Some news here and there... 28/10/2013 14:28:45
This Monday unknown persons threw several tear gas grenades into the Lycées Philippe Guerrier and Jean-Baptiste Boukman while students were in classrooms, causing panic situations and some wounded. Several students in shock or bothered by the gas had to be transported to the Justinian Hospital in Cap Haitien. Dominican Republic donated 2 million plants The Dominican Ministry of Environment announced a donation to Haiti of 2 million seedlings to reforest the common border. Manuel Serrano, Dominican Deputy Minister of Forest Resources recalled that the Dominican Republic (39.7% forest cover), has planted in 2013 on its territory, about 13 million trees of pine, mahogany, cedar, acacia and other species. Stressing that the Dominican authorities are willing that Haiti improve its forest layer (less than 2%), given that the two countries share the same island. Petition of the Haitian diaspora in Quebec Members of the Haitian diaspora in Quebec have launched a petition in Montreal against the decision of the Constitutional Court Dominican https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-9724-haiti-denationalization-the-dominican-government-accepts-the-decision-of-the-constitutional-court.html Haitian and Québécois, demonstrated Wednesday (23 October 2013) before the Dominican Consulate in Montreal to denounce this decision shouting "1937 massacre, I remember. We denounce racism in the Dominican Republic." The Memorial "The Ark of return" lack of funds... Only $1.2 million in voluntary contributions from Member States and 108,000 dollars of public and private donations on about $4.5 million for the construction of "The Ark of return" by Rodney Leon, American architect of Haitian origin were actually paid. Given the delays in the disbursement of funds, the General Assembly encouraged Member States' and other interested parties "to make additional contributions to the "United Nations Trust Fund". HL/ HaitiLibre
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