The name of the PM before the Carnival

According to Guichard Doré, Special Advisor to Jovenel Moïse, the President of the Republic will announce the name of his Prime Minister before the National Carnival (26, 27 and 28 February).

Moïse case : decision know this week

Monday, Port-au-Prince Government Commissioner Jean Danton Léger confirmed that after receiving the supplementary report of the investigating judge Bredy Fabien on Friday he was going toproduce his final decision (réquisitoire) in the file of Jovenel Moïse, within 5 working days, stating that his decision will be in accordance with the law.

Recall that President Moïse is suspected of money laundering, following a report of UCREF that after analyzing the bank accounts registered to Jovenel Moïse concluded "It is possible that Mr. Jovenel Moïse has handled the funds that have nothing to do with his enterprises," what Jovenel Moïse as always denied, describing the whole affair as a political attack.

Activities pre-carnival, at least 36 victims

Inspector Garry Desrosiers, deputy spokesman for the National Police of Haiti (PNH), said the pre-carnival activities of the last weekend had left at least 1 dead in Port-au-Prince and 35 wounded in Gonaïves. However, he says that measures have been taken to guarantee the safety of festival-goers in the city of Les Cayes and in Port-au-Prince during the 3 fat days.

Towards the transformation of decrees into laws

On Thursday, the Senate set up a special committee composed of 5 senators to study all the decrees taken from 2004 to 2016. According to the President of the Senate, Youri Latortue it is almost a hundred decree that will become law after their ratification in plenary session.

$45 million provisioned for Haiti

Dr William Warren Smith, President Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) announced that the contributors have agreed on a global program of $ 355 million for the period 2017-2020 and lowered the interest rate of the Special Fund for Development (SDF) from 2 to 2.5% to 1%. The approved program includes a provision of $ 45 million for Haiti.

Validation of acquired experience

On Tuesday, a working meeting was held on the Validation of acquired experience (VAE) program with representatives of the University of Paris 12 and the Quisqueya University with the Director of Cabinet, Eliccel Paul. At the center of this meeting "How to revive the VAE program ?"

HL/ HaitiLibre