2 hostages released

Friday Gilbert Bazile the Departmental Director of the Ministry of Public Works and his driver Ernst Mentor Josué Emmanuel who had been kidnapped Wednesday in the Martissant area https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34655-haiti-news-zapping.html were released by their captors. It is not known under this condition.

2,000 tons of Mexican aid have arrived

Friday September 3, 2021, the Frigate ARM "Papaloapan" (A-411) and the ARM "Libertador" (BAL-02) arrived in Haiti with nearly 2,000 tons of medical equipment and materials, including a mobile hospital, medicines and food intended for earthquake victims See also: https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-34611-icihaiti-earthquake-mexico-sends-two-ships-loaded-with-1-729-tons-of-humanitarian-aid.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34559-haiti-flash-the-death-toll-rises-to-2-207-dead-and-12-268-injured.html

1,250,000 license plates available

More than 750,000 new license plates for cars, trucks and the like and 500,000 plates for motorcycles are available, the Directorate General of Taxes (DGI) said. The DGI announces that the distribution of these license plates will take place from October 1 of the fiscal year 2021-2022. In addition, the DGI invites drivers to remove their license plates, from the date set, in order to comply with the law.

Earthquake : Ecuador helps

After the earthquake of August 14, 2021 which devastated the Great South of Haiti https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34600-haiti-flash-post-earthquake-situation-report-partial-assessment.html a delegation from Ecuador went to Haiti on September 2 aboard a military plane, loaded with humanitarian aid.

Tennis : Naomi Osaka to take a career break

Friday in New York, as part of the US Open, the Japanese Naomi Osaka proud of her Haitian origin https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-33664-haiti-sports-naomi-osaka-will-open-a-tennis-academy-in-haiti.html, defending champion and world #3, was eliminated in the 3rd round by 18-year-old Canadian nugget Leylah Fernandez [5-7, 7-6 [2], 6- 4], Naomi has been going through difficult months since her withdrawal before the second round of Roland-Garros, https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-33868-haiti-news-zapping.html. Following this loss she announced that she was going to take a hiatus for a while in her career, wiping her tears at the post-match press conference "Honestly, I don't know when I'm going to play my next game of tennis. I think I'll take a break for a while. "

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https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-33664-haiti-sports-naomi-osaka-will-open-a-tennis-academy-in-haiti.html

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