Thomassin 25: robbery defeated

On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, unidentified armed men burst into a supermarket in Thomassin 25 at midday, according to initial information, they sought to seize the money from the safe, but their attempt failed following interventions by security guards at the supermarket, assisted by police officers from a sub-station next door, at least one of the attackers was shot and several others arrested.

Decrees : Referendum and Constitution

In the official journal Le Moniteur supéro spéicl N°1 of January 5, 2021 was published the decree giving the Proviosire Electoral Council (CEP) a legal framework for "the organization and control of the constitutional referendum, as well as the publication of its results. throughout the national territory. Suffrage is direct universal, secret and free" And the decree granting a new period of 2 months to the Independent Advisory Committee for the preparation of the draft of the new Constitution.

Release of Guy Philippe, rejected

Tuesday, January 5, district judge Cecilia M. Altonaga of the Miami Court, rejected the request for early release submitted by Guy Philippe on December 10, 2020. Recall that Guy Philippe was sentenced on June 21, 2017 to a 9-year sentence of prison for money laundering from drug trafficking https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-21301-haiti-flash-9-years-in-prison-for-guy-philippe.html , sentence he is serving in a Federal Detention Center in Georgia.

US Consular Section out of fuel

Due to the fuel shortage, the consular section of the United States Embassy in Port-au-Prince is unable to provide routine services until January 10, 2021. Appointments are postponed directly with the candidates. Please call + 509-2229-8000 if you have an emergency.

Incidents at the US Capitol

"The Republic of Haiti deplores the acts of violence that occurred in the Capitol (Parliament), in the United States, on Wednesday, December 6. These actions, of which we had the bitter experience in the Haitian Parliament on September 11, 2019 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-28727-haiti-flash-the-senate-stormed-and-ransacked-by-armed-militants-of-the-opposition.html , constitute threats to democracy. We are confident that the great tradition of its democratic institutions will enable the United States to rise again and quickly turn this dark page in its history," declared Chancellor Claude Joseph

Education : 3 new installations at the Ministry

On Wednesday January 6, 2021, Three executives from the Ministry of National Education were installed, they are: Marie Claire Nadine Henry (34 years of service at the Ministry) promoted as Inspector General of Education at the head of the Directorate of Basic Education (DEF) - Pierrin Thervil, (career 21) as Director of Fundamental Education (DEF) and Jean Lucien Louismé (26 years of experience) as Deputy Director in the Departmental Directorate of Education of West (DDEO)

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