Jovenel Moïse talks to Carl Cantave

On Wednesday, President Moïse paid a visit to Senate Speaker Senator Cantave. Among the issues discussed were the major devaluation of the Gourdes (88.4 Gourdes for 1 dollar), insecurity, the upcoming elections, the deadlock of the political dialogue and the establishment of the next Government...

Dominican visit to the Mayor of Delmas

A delegation of the Dominican Federation of Municipalities (FEDOMU), visiting Haiti, visited this week the premises of the Town Hall of Delmas. During this visit, the head of the delegation, Luis Manuel Feliz, Mayor of Pedernales, met with Mayor Wilson Jeudy to discuss some common points of their visions for their respective municipalities.

No more Nepalese in the territory of Haiti

As part of the gradual withdrawal of the last five police units (UNPol) from Minujusth by October 2019, 140 Nepalese officers, who arrived on April 4, 2018, returned home ending a Nepalese presence that began 15 years ago.

ONI Call Center open

The National Office of Identification (ONI) informs that it has opened a call center accessible 24/7. This call center is located at #306 John Brown Avenue on the Bourdon Road. Citizens who have already completed the formalities for their new card and who are waiting for it can get in touch with the operators by dialing "8822" for free from any telephone network to retrieve their new card.

Naomi Osaka defeated in the 1/4 finals

Thursday the Japanese of Haitian origin Naomi Osaka (21 years), the world's tennis leader lost in the quarter-finals of the 2nd Madrid tournament in 3 sets and 2h11mn ahead of the Slovakian Belinda Bencic (22 years) 18th in the world [6-3, 2-6, 5-7]

Recall that Naomi has never played the final on clay that she continues to learn to master.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-27672-haiti-tennis-the-haitian-japanese-naomi-osaka-qualified-in-1-4-final-at-the-2nd-tournament-of-madrid.html

State Department Leadership Program

Ambassador Sison met with a group of Haitian government officials, civil society members, and journalists selected to participate in the Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) on the theme of Combating Trafficking in Persons. Participants will travel to Washington D.C., Iowa City, and Dallas to examine U.S. local, national, and international efforts to fight the scourge of trafficking in persons. The United States is committed to engaging the Haitian government and civil society to prevent trafficking, protect victims, and prosecute traffickers.

HL/ HaitiLibre