Shooting on the vehicle of a member of INITE

Thursday on the Parliament parking lot, the vehicle of Deputy Curolo Loiseau (INITE), received a projectile impact of a firearm while the Deputy was inside the Parliament. One do not know the origin of this shooting, which caused the hasty departure of employees and parliamentarians...

Teacher Control in Schools

The National Ministry of Education has set up a Commission for control and Supervision of Human Resources Management in Public Schools, composed of representatives of the Ministry and teacher unions. Its mission is to document all cases of teachers not yet appointed by department and school. The investigation will begin this month and will report back before the end of this year.

Haiti seeks to motivate German investors

The Honorary Consul of Haiti in Bremen, Germany, Ms. Nadjine François Defrance met with Ingo Kramer, President of the German Employers' Federation (BDA) to discuss the strategies to be put in place to encourage German businessmen to invest in Haiti.

127 million unpaid wages

Thursday, Marie Elise Brisson Gélin, Minister of Social Affairs, proceeded to the distribution of checks to contract agents for the period 2017-2018. There are more than 1,000 contractual employees who must receive their salary arrears. Some 127 million Gourdes are mobilized for this purpose, according to the Minister.

Early pregnancy, shared responsibility

Yves Sassenrath, during the presentation of the action plan of the Haitian Youth Observatory the Representative of the United Nations Fund for Population (UNFPA) in Haiti, calls for a shared responsibility between young people (girls and boys) on early pregnancy, See alos : https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-26110-icihaiti-social-ambitious-objectives-of-the-observatory-of-haitian-youth.html

High Diabetes Rate in the Country

According to the Mortality, Morbidity and Use of Services Survey (EMMUS VI 2016-2017), 14.1% of women aged 35-64 and 8.2% of men in the same age group suffer from diabetes in Haiti

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