Hostage releases

Marc Théagene :

Friday, March 4 in the evening Marc Théagène, the Administrator of Radio Télévision Caraïbes (RTVH) and his wife were released after 4 days of kidnapping https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36075-haiti-insecurity-the-administrator-of-rtvc-and-his-wife-kidnapped.html . It is not known if a ransom was paid.

Fabiola Payen :

Friday March 4 Fabiola Payen, graduating student in Nursing at the National School of Nurses of Port-au-Prince (ENIP) kidnapped on February 15, 2022 https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-35981-icihaiti-insecurity-kidnapping-of-a-graduating-nursing-student.html was released after 17 days of sequestration and the payment by his family and relatives of two ransoms.

CONCACAF Disciplinary Committee sanctions Cavaly AS

Cavaly AS, which was forced to forfeit the Concacaf quarter-finals of champion clubs last February, because of the refusal of the American Embassy to grant the Haitian delegation the necessary visas to travel to the United States. United, https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-35971-icihaiti-champions-league-as-cavaly-withdraws-from-the-competition-for-lack-of-visas.html has been sanctioned by the Concacaf Disciplinary Committee and ordered to pay a fine of 30,000 US dollars and reimbursement to Concacaf of the travel allowance of 140,000 US dollars.

The DGI is doing better than expected

The Directorate General of Taxes (DGI) collected 25.9 billion Gourdes for the first 5 months of the 2021-2022 fiscal year. DGI revenue for the month of February 2022 amounted to approximately 7 billion 46 million 924 thousand gourdes, or 2.1 billion more than forecast.

Towards making hospitals safer

Following several kidnappings of doctors and medical personnel, Frantz Elbé, the Acting Director General of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) met this week with doctors, members of the Haitian Medical Association (AMH) around the phenomenon of insecurity. Frantz Elbé, who was accompanied by the Central Director of the Administrative Police Joany Canéus and the Central Director of the Judicial Police Frédéric Leconte intended to discuss the mechanisms and devices that must be put in place to strengthen security in the vicinity of hospitals and all the other health facilities.

Signature of an important protocol

Monday, March 7, 2022, the Training Center (Haiti Tec) and the CINA Foundation (Cimenterie Nationale SEM) will sign at the SONAPI Industrial Park, a partnership protocol to promote the education and Professional and Technical training of young people in economic difficulty.

HL/ HaitiLibre