Two senior officers of the PNH in the Dominican Republic

Major General Manuel Castro Castillo, head of the Dominican National Police, announced Sunday that Wednesday 11 March, two senior members of the National Police of Haiti (PNH), will travel to the Dominican Republic at the invitation of the Criminal Investigation Branch Dominican, to join the investigation on the Haitian assassinated in Santiago https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13166-haiti-social-haitian-assassinated-found-dead-hanged-on-a-tree-in-dr.html "They participate in the investigation process and could note that a open and transparent investigation is made," said Major Castillo "after this visit, we hope this week to present the different assumptions, to show the progress of the investigation. In what we have discovered so far, nothing indicates that it is a question of xenophobia and racism."

Failure for the transit strike

The 48-hour strike launched by the "National Platform of Unions Transport Faithful (PNSTF) supported by the radical opposition https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13336-haiti-politic-port-au-prince-paralyzed-the-next-two-days.html was not widely followed, only schools were really affected. Faced with this failure, the organizers decided to cancel the second day of strike scheduled for Tuesday. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13336-haiti-politic-port-au-prince-paralyzed-the-next-two-days.html

Burglary of the Town Hall of Gonaïves

On the night of 8 to 9 March 2015, unidentified individuals broke into the office of Jean-Robert Louidor, the new President of the Municipal Council of Gonaïves. According to the finding of a judge of Peace, the thieves stole a television flat screen, a water cooler and important documents. To perform their crime, these individuals went through an unsecured window. In the framework of the investigation to determine the perpetrators of the burglary, Achille Alexandre, one of the guardians of the City Hall, was arrested by the judicial authorities. This theft occurs two days after the installation of the new communal council. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13339-haiti-news-some-news-here-and-there.html

The binational market of Elias Piña suspended...

Friday, the bi-national market of Elias Piña was suspended due to a protest announced by Haitian organizations at the border, stated General Carlos Aguirre Reyes, Director of CESFRONT (Cuerpo Especializado de Seguridad Fronteriza Terrestre) which added that agents of CESFRONT remain deployed at strategic points in the province of Elías Piña, to prevent the event from entering Dominican territory.

Words of sympathy of the Consulate of Haiti in Miami

"It is with great sadness that the Consulate General of the Republic of Haiti in Miami heard the news of the death of senior journalist Bob Lemoine. With his departure, Haiti lost one of his best radio voice. Bob Lemoine was throughout his career, both in Haiti as the United States of America, a virtuoso in the art of communication and broadcasting. We offer our sincere condolences to his family and the entire South Florida community also affected by this painful loss. Sit tibi terra levis"

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