Construction of kiosks on the Champ-de-Mars

Tuesday, Stéphanie Villedrouin, the Minister of Tourism, met Mrs. Evelyne Craan around the project of Development of the place of Artists in the Champ-de-Mars and construction of kiosks for the benefit of artisans who sell their products in the public square (opposite the Plaza).

The Grenadiers will face their counterpart in Oman

This Wednesday, March 20th the Grenadiers will face in a friendly match their counterpart in Muscat, capital of Oman and the 22 and 26 March they will play on the island against the Dominican Republic. For the encounter of Oman, the national coach, with the exception of D1 players, Jean Philippe Peguero (Don Bosco), Wilde Donald Guerrier (América FC) abn Léonel Saint-Preux (without club), appealed to players playing abroad. In addition, June 12 in Rio (Brazil),will take place a friendly match between the Grenadiers and the Italians to four days of the Confederations Cup. All these matches are part of the preparation of Grenadiers to play the "Gold Cup" to be held in the USA, from 7 to 28 July. Haiti was defeated 3-0

9.009 prisoners in Haiti

Tuesday, Gary Desrosiers, the deputy spokesman of the National Police of Haiti, indicated that the prison population in Haiti was now of 9.009 people [including 6.480 men]. Of these, only 2.734 of prisoners had been tried and sentenced, or 30.34%...

Project of creation of a Haitian Institute of Human Rights

The Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe and Ambassador Rodolfo Mattarollo, Special Representative of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) in Haiti, discussed on Tuesday, a project of creation of a Haitian Institute of human rights and participated to the filming of a documentary on the fight against fraud for a South American television.

Courtesy visit of UNCHR

Tuesday, Me Jean Renel Sanon, the Minister of Justice and Public Security, accompanied by Me Jean Roudy Aly, Director General of the Ministry, met within a courtesy visit, a UN delegation came from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) led by Mr. Soufiane Adjali. T., Head of the National Office of the UNHCR.

Death of former Minister of Industry Mr. Maurice Lafortune

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry presents its condolences to the family and friends of the late Mr. Maurice Lafortune, occurred yesterday, Tuesday, March 19 at 6:30 p.m., he had exercised on two occasions, the position of Minister of Trade and Industry, and he had also been president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Haiti, as well as president and one of the founders of ANADIPP, the national association of distributors of petroleum products.

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