Haiti latest for healthcare spending

In the five-year report of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) released this week, entitled "Health in the Americas 2017", Haiti ranks last among the 34 countries in the Region analyzed in terms of health spending. The report indicates that over the past five years, Haiti has invested less than 2% of its GDP in the health sector, while the minimum estimated by experts is 6%.

Haitian passport denial of rumors

Joseph Canciulli, the Director of the Immigration and Emigration Department, denies rumors that all those who have acquired passport stamps before the end of this fiscal year and who have not had time to to deposit their files before Friday would be forced to pay the difference compared to the new tariff of 6,000 gourdes which will enter into force from October 1st. Noting that the stamps sold in this fiscal year will be used to produce 5-year passports while the new tariff will allow for 10-year passports to be printed. See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22246-haiti-dgi-notice-purchase-of-passport-stamps-before-1-october.html

Desras demand the resignation of Jovenel Moïse

Former candidate defeated to presidency and former senator Simon Dieuseul Desras, calls for the resignation of President Moïse.

A people without memory is a people without a future

On Wednesday, at the opening of the International Symposium against Impunity https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22237-haiti-justice-opening-of-the-symposium-against-impunity-for-past-crimes.html the European Union Ambassador, Vincent Degert, recalled "[...] a people without memory is a people without a future. The crimes of the past can not go unpunished."

Resumption of work in city halls

Wednesday the Mayor of Arcahaie, Rosemila Petit Frère Saint Vil announced the lifting of the three days of strike begun Monday by 49 town halls https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22231-haiti-news-zapping.html to protest against the controversial 2017-2018 budget and call for the payment of 3.5 million gourdes to the municipalities, as set out in the amending budget. If the Government does not accede to their claims, the town halls threaten to appeal against the Government to the Superior Court of Accounts and Administrative disputes.

Fanmi Lavalas wants the departure

On the sidelines of the commemoration of the 26th anniversary of the September 30, 1991 coup and the 2004 coup, the Fanmi Lavalas party made an appointment with the population on September 30 in front of the Church of Saint John Bosc, for a big mobilization with a view to demanding the departure of the present administration.

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