Nearly 18% of escapees captured

On Tuesday, the authorities of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) announced that since the the escape occurred in the civil prison of Croix-des-Bouquets August 10 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11795-haiti-security-329-escapees-the-government-explains-video.html 59 (17.9%) of the 329 escaped prisoners had been captured. The PNH has reiterated its willingness to find those who escaped and called on the population to get its full cooperation in order to reach to apprehend all fugitives as soon as possible. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11804-haiti-security-it-s-the-dominican-army-that-captured-clifford-brandt.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11830-haiti-security-11-escapees-caught-in-dominican-republic.html

Training seminar on the orange coffee rust

On 28 and 29 August in Thiotte will be held a training seminar on the integrated control of the orange coffee rust (Hemileia Vastatrix) and best practices for the renovation of coffee plots. This seminar is organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and the National Institute of Haiti Café (INCAH) with the support of NESTLE SA as part of the project "KOREKAFE".

Cattle Identification Program on Ile-à-Vache

Dr. Michel Chancy, Secretary of State for Animal Production, announced the launch of the Cattle Identification program on Ile-à-Vache. Nearly 4,000 cows and oxen, will be identified in the coming weeks.

Agricultural Project in the municipality of Saint-Marc

On Wednesday, the Canadian Paul Calandra, Parliamentary Secretary of Prime Minister for Intergovernmental Relations and deputy for teh constituency Oak Ridges-Markham, will a project in the municipality of Saint-Marc, aimed at increasing agricultural production and promote public health.

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