Fire in Hinche

Sunday in Hinche in the early evening, a fire completely destroyed one house and damaged two others. The intervention of neighbors and then firefighters helped to circumscribe and control the disaster. The owners of the ash-reduced house were absent when the fire broke out for an unknown reason.

The APH controls 70% of the Commissions of the Lower House

The majority group in the lower house "Parliamentary Alliance for Haiti" (APH) with 71 deputies, holds the chairmanship of 14 standing committees out of the 20 available following an agreement of the 4 political blocs. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23301-haiti-news-zapping.html

Classical Dance, Haiti finalist at the Youth America Grand Prix

The Lynn Williams Rouzier Ballet Institute has made Haiti the pride of the Philadelphia semi-finals of the "Youth America Grand Prix" one of the most prestigious classical ballet competitions around the world. Thanks to their "After the Shock" choreography, three young dancers from this school have been qualified to participate in the grand finale scheduled from April 12 to 20 in New York...

Launch of the construction of 12km of road...

On Saturday, President Jovenel Moïse participated in the launch of the construction of 12km of road at the 2nd section of Bourdon at Anse d'Ainault (Department of Grand'Anse).

Minister Lamur congratulates our Grenadières

Following the victories against Trinidad & Tobago [3-2] https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23321-haiti-news-zapping.html and Costa Rica [3-2] https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23332-haiti-fifa-u-20-world-cup-our-grenadieres-take-the-lead-in-group-a.html Régine Lamur the Minister of Youth and Sports congratulates our young Grenadières who have achieved an exceptional performance that brings the U-20 selection closer to a historic qualification of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (FIFA ) France 2018. Our young grenadières will be first place in Group A against Canada Monday, January 22 at 3:00 pm at the Alto Boldon stadium https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-23339-icihaiti-fifa-u-20-world-cup-a-decisive-match-for-our-grenadieres.html

Opening night of the Jazz Festival

Saturday at the Karibe hotel was held the opening concert the 12th edition of the Port-au-Prince Jazz Festival (PAPJAZZ 2018) from 20 to 27 January 2018). As expected, it was the Franco-Swiss Quartet led by Eric Truffaz, the Canadian Emilie-Claire Barlow and the Grammy Award Winner band Kenny Garett who provided the show with over a thousand people. See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-23322-haiti-music-opening-of-the-12th-edition-of-the-jazz-festival-in-port-au-prince.html

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