Bus hijacking, gang rapes of female passengers

Sunday, February 2 in the evening, in the locality "Grand latanier" located on the road connecting Pignon to Hinche, 5 women were raped by about fifteen armed bandits who had hijacked the bus on which they were.

Baby murdered

Saturday, a 7 month old infant was killed by his father, Kélo Estimé alias "Commandant Kélo" following an argument with his mother in the locality of Canal Tambour Canal (6th communal section of Saint-Marc). The Father would have thrown the child into a tank of water. Arrested the next day by residents of the Ti Citron district in Saint-Marc where he had taken refuge, he managed to escape thanks to the help of one of his brothers and a friend...

PetroCaribe : CSC/CA promise

The Superior Court of Accounts and Administrative Litigation (CSC /CA) should make public at the beginning of March 2020, the last tranche of the audit (Report 3, 20% remaining of the audit) on the use of the fund PetroCaribe. See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27913-haiti-justice-the-legal-consequences-of-the-report-of-the-csc-ca-unclear.html

Former deputy Bélizaire on hunger strike

Tuesday at a press conference, the lawyers of the former deputy Arnel Bélizaire arrested on December 1, 2019 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29399-haiti-flash-belizaire-arrested-in-possession-of-an-arsenal-of-war.html and imprisoned since December 9, 2019 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29475-haiti-flash-arnel-belizaire-and-5-of-his-accomplices-in-prison.html accused, inter alia, of Conspiracy against the internal security of the State, of illegal possession of firearms and of criminal association, denounced the poor conditions of detention of their client, who was transferred to the civil prison of the Croix-des-Bouquets. They announced that their client to protest had started a hunger strike since his transfer. Remember that in 2014 he had already used this means of protest before being rushed to hospital after 20 days of strike...

The country's financial situation on Moïse' agenda

Tuesday at the National Palace, Jovenel Moise met with officials of the Professional Association of Banks (APB), around the financial and economic situation of the country in the current socio-political context, particularly difficult. See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29948-haiti-economy-the-deficit-explodes-in-the-1st-fiscal-quarter-and-exceeds-15-billion.html

Carnival 2020: holidays

In Le Moniteur # 19 dated January 29, 2020, was published a decree declaring holidays and days off for the purposes of the national carnival festivities, Monday 24 February 2020, from noon: Tuesday 25 and Wednesday February 26, 2020 in their entirety.

HL/ HaitiLibre