Les Cayes Incident : Change of Commissioner

Following the violent incident that occurred in Les Cayes on March 29, 2022 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36301-haiti-flash-violent-demonstration-in-les-cayes-several-victims-a-burned-plane.html Commissioner Jean Bazelais Bornélus at the head of the Departmental Directorate of the South of the National Police of Haiti has been replaced by Commissioner Daniel Compère.

High school students in the streets

On Wednesday, the students of the Lycée National de Sibert (Port-au-Prince) once again took to the streets to demand the unconditional release of Professor Chrisly Pierre Brutus, kidnapped on March 20.

Les Cayes : The Government Commissioner rejects the allegations

Me Ronald Richemond Commissioner of the Government of Les Cayes, rejects the allegations that the police assigned to his security had opened fire on Tuesday on the demonstrators killing one. He denounces a political machination.

1/4 of the population of Haiti defecates in the open air

In Haiti, 25% of households practice open defecation. To put an end to this practice, UNICEF organizes awareness sessions on hygiene and sanitation in the communities.

Les Cayes : "Activists have gone too far"

On Tuesday, former Senator Richard Hervé Fourcand (PHTK), resident in Les Cayes and who had made his personal plane available to help transfer injured people from Les Cayes to Port-au-Prince during the earthquake of August 14, 2021 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-34515-haiti-news-zapping.html said that "activists have gone too far" and considered the argument of the protesters against the local air carriers exaggerated. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36301-haiti-flash-violent-demonstration-in-les-cayes-several-victims-a-burned-plane.html

Secretary of State Joseph alongside the PNH

Wednesday, March 30, Genard Joseph, the Secretary of State for the integration of people with disabilities organized a training session for the benefit of the police officers of the Directorate of Welfare of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) on the assembly and the use of equipment adapted to people with special needs. After the training, the Office handed out a set of materials adapted to the police officers who were victims in the exercise of their function.

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