2 Haitian victims on a construction site in Santiago

On Tuesday, five workers died during a ground collapse while digging the foundations of a hotel on Calle del Sol in Santiago. 4 Dominicans and a Haitian worker (Dave Dorival) are dead and another Haitian (Daniel Jean) is among the wounded. The heavy rains that fall on the city in recent days could be at the origin of this tragedy. Research continues to find potential survivors.

Cap-Haïtien : Donation of Taiwan

The Ambassador of Taiwan (Republic of China) accredited to Haiti, Guillaume Cheng-hao Hu donated two garbage trucks to the Town Hall of Cap-Haitien.

Seeking opportunities with the Bahamas

On Tuesday, a delegation from the office of Senator Dieudonne Luma Étienne arrived in the Bahamas to prepare in collaboration with the Haiti Consultat, the next mission of Senator Etienne who seeks to develop business opportunities, in the areas of trade and tourism between the Bahamas and the North Department of Haiti.

Modest balance sheet of the PoliFront

In its first year of deployment the PoliFront has seized more than 20 kilos of narcotics from 60 contraband trucks and investigated 120 suspected cases of human trafficking, said Giusseppe Loprete, Chief of Mission of the International Organization for Migration (IOM- Haiti) on the sidelines of a donation handing from USA and Canada of 3 vehicles, 6 motorcycles and uniforms to PoliFront for deployment in Anse-à-Pitre https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27763-haiti-news-zapping.html

Towards a New Orleans / Cap Haitian Partnership

A delegation from Haiti including Mayors Yvrose Pierre and Esaïe Lefranc, 350th President of the Cap-Haïtien Commission, Marc Georges, is in New Orleans for a week. The members of the delegation will visit a set of infrastructures in the city and participate in workshops that will lead to a partnership agreement between New Orleans and Cap-Haitien before 2020.

Reinsertion of women and girls

Friday Kri Fanm Ayiti (KRIFA), an organization working in the struggle for the rights of Women and Girls in Haiti will launch the preparation of project and Reintegration Assistance to Women and Minors detained in the civil prison Cabaret Women. This activity is part of the project "Access to Justice and Fight against Impunity in Haiti (AJULIH)" implemented by Lawyers Without Borders Canada (CBSA) with the Government of Canada's support for the through Global Affairs Canada.

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