Former President Boniface Alexandre's wife dies

"I salute the memory of Mrs. Célima Dorcély Alexandre, wife of the former President of the Republic Me Boniface Alexandre [died Friday August 14, 14 at Bernard Mevs hospital] I offer my most saddened condolences to the Alexandre and Dorcély families," Jovenel Moïse.

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Marie-Roseline Bélizaire, a Haitian epidemiologist with the WHO, fought Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, before joining the fight against Covid-19 in the Central African Republic. On August 19, World Humanitarian Day, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) will pay tribute to real-life Heroes like Marie-Roseline Bélizaire...

350 years of the Cap-Haitien Foundation

Saturday August 15 was celebrated the Te Deum on the occasion of 350 years of the city of Cap-Haitien in the presence of Government Ministers, Directors General, officials of the PNH in the North and the highest local authorities. Launay Saturné, archbishop of Cap-Haitien, advocated unity among all Haitians.

President Jovenel Moïse

"Cap is celebrating its 350th anniversary. There are not many reasons to celebrate in these times of pandemic, but Capoise pride will last forever. I believe that this city, with the support of its sons, will regain its former grandeur. The State will contribute its share, I will see to it," Jovenel Moïse

Pradel Henriquez, Minister of Culture

"Cap-Haitien is celebrating its 350th anniversary on August 15. Formerly called Cap-Français, or Cap-Henri and even often Cap, it is the second largest city in Haiti and the capital of the Nord department. The Ministry of Culture is proud to wish Capoises and Capois a happy birthday. We have a duty and a responsibility to work to make this highly historic city better known and to enhance its fabulous heritage. The Ministry of Culture and Communication takes this opportunity to also wish a happy birthday to the Tropicana Orchestra which remains and remains for us, a legend as a musical group. Happy feast also to the big cities which celebrate their patronage today, in particular Cayes, Petit-Goâve, Port-au-Prince, Ouanaminthe... In this period of August, a special thought at Bois Caïman https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-31536-haiti-history-229th-anniversary-of-the-bois-caiman-congress.html , one of the founding myths of our independence," Pradel Henriquez, Minister of Culture.

Laureate of the moot court competition

"Our congratulations to Rose Lumane Saint-Jean, 4th year student at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Management of Cap-Haitien, who won Friday August 14, the 5th edition of the moot competition on human rights organized by the Human Rights Office in Haiti. The State University of Haiti is proud of you Rose Lumane."

Death of Bouramah Ali Harouna:

Ronald Gérard D'Mezard, the Minister of Youth learned with dismay of the recent death in Dakar, of Bouramah Ali Harouna, Secretary General of the Conference of Ministers of Youth and Sports of La Francophonie (CONFEJES) a fervent defender of the youth entrepreneurship and a great friend of Haiti. In this painful circumstance, the D’Mezard Ministry extends its deep sympathies to the great family of CONFEJES, to the parents, relatives and friends of Bouramah Ali Harouna.

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