Rhum Barbancourt : New Prize

The 5-star Barbancourt Rum won the "Bartender Seal of Approval" Prize for the Rum category in the annual "Chilled 100" competition of the prestigious spirits magazine Chilled Magazine alongside the "Santa Teresa 1796", the "Big 5 Coconut Rum" and from "Ron Colon Salvadoreno Coffee Flavored Rum".

Haitians intercepted off Île de la Tortue

The US Guard Coast vessel Vigilant intercepted a dangerously overloaded Haitian sailboat on Wednesday, about 20 miles northwest of Île de la Tortue.

Kidnapping of former Artibonite DD

Heavily armed men kidnapped, on the evening of June 21, 2022 around 10:00 p.m., Jean Osner Amisial, the former Departmental Delegate (DD) of Artibonite. According to a police source, an individual was arrested and two pickups seized by agents of the National Police of Haiti (PNH)

Against the entry into force of the new penal code

Former Senator Jean Renel Sénatus calls on the population to mobilize against the entry into force of the new penal code scheduled for Friday, June 24, 2022 https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36721-haiti-flash-all-about-the-new-penal-code-which-should-come-into-force-on-june-24-2022.html . This text is not in accordance with Haitian culture or family values, according to the former parliamentarian, describing the new criminal code as a villain as it was developed and published.

Download the new Criminal Procedure Code 2022 (214 PDF pages) :

https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/code-penal-haiti-2022.pdf

Summer traffic, new measures

The Divisional Commissioner Jean Michelet Shoute, Director of Traffic and Road Police organized, this Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at the DCPR in Delmas 2, an important meeting with the traffic managers of the metropolitan region around new provisions to facilitate a better circulation as a prelude to the summer holidays.

Agriculture : final acceptance of 4 Multi-Service Centers

The Coordination of the South Response Project proceeded during the month of June 2022 to the final acceptance of 4 Multi Services Centers (CMS) of Mineur, Cavaillon, Formond and Miserne, for the benefit of four Farmers' Associations. These Centers will allow the efficient development of activities in the rice sector, such as the production of seeds, the installation of agricultural machinery for soil preparation, the management of the storage of equipment and spare parts and the installation of a mill for rice husking and drying.

HL/ HaitiLibre