Denial of the former Minister Stéphanie Auguste

Stéphanie Auguste, the former Minister of Social Affairs, formally denies the rumor that she has contracted a loan of 250 million gourdes at ONA, repayable over 40 years. "It's a fake and totally fake," said Auguste, saying she had nothing to do with this social media list that mentions the names of several state dignitaries who allegedly borrowed money from the ONA. She says challenge any person or institution that can confirm such information.

571,000 Haitians in emergency situation

According to the report of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Ad Hoc Advisory Group, the number of people affected by food insecurity in Haiti between March and June 2019 is estimated at about 2.6 million, of which Crisis situation (IPC Phase 3) and 571,000 in emergency situation IPC Phase 4 : Severe lack of access to food with excessive mortality, very high and increasing malnutrition and irreversible burnout livelihood assets. Download the ECOSOC report (PDF) : https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/E_2019_80_E.pdf

Cap 2020 : The Ministry wants to attract international tourists

In order to attract international and local tourists to the North destination and to ensure the complete success of the 2020 Cape celebration, the Ministry of Tourism has spoken with operators and promoters of events in Haiti to motivate them to carry out activities in the North, particularly in the city of Cap-Haïtien.

A new Cocoa Processing Center

The community Les Perches (North-East Dept., Borough Fort-Liberté) has its first Cocoa Processing Center that allows farmers to produce chocolate that meets international production standards. Note that it is the "AVANSE" project of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID - Haiti) that technically assists farmers and provides equipment to produce quality chocolate.

A manual of complaint handling procedures

Lawyers Without Borders Canada, a partner since 2017 with the Office of Citizen Protection (OPC) has officially submitted to Me Renan Hedouville, Protector of the citizen, a manual of procedures for handling complaints. It is the first time, in 32 years of existence, that the institution adopts such a manual whose mission is to standardize, throughout the national territory, the procedure for receiving complaints for the good of the population Haitian.

HL/ HaitiLibre