88 Haitians intercepted in northern Cuba

Tuesday, April 5, the US Coast Guard intercepted an overloaded sailboat with 88 illegal Haitians on board about 29 miles north of Sagua La Grande (Cuba).

Assassination of the President : fair trial of Colombians ?

On Tuesday, the Prime Minister a.i., Ariel Henry, received Vice-Minister of Foreign Relations of Colombia, Francisco Echeverri Lara, with whom he discussed the strengthening of cooperation between the two countries and the prison situation of Colombian prisoners. The two men reiterated their respective governments' commitment to a fair trial in the investigation into the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

4 Haitian judokas at the Pan American Championship

The Haitian Judo Federation (FHJ) announces the participation of Haiti in the 45th edition of the Pan American Judo Championship which will take place in Lima from April 9 to 17, 2022 or 26 countries and more than 700 judokas will compete. Philippe Metellus (73 kg), Gérard Cadet (66 kg), Sabiana Anestor (57 kg) and Billy Mondestin (100 kg) are the 4 Haitian judokas in search of medals, trained by the coaches, Josué Deprez and Kenol Jean who will defend our colors on the tatami mats of the "La Villa Deportiva Nacional" sports complex in their respective category.

DR : 23,564 repatriated Haitians

According to Enrique Garcia Director of the General Directorate of Migration (DGM) Enrique Garcia, 23,564 Haitians in an irregular migratory situation on Dominican territory arrested during migratory controls in particular in Barahona, Duarte, Espaillat, Hermanas Mirabal, La Vega, Montecristi, La Altagracia and repatriated between January and March 2022 (January: 7,158, February 7,940, March 8,466).

105 Gourdes for US$1

Tuesday, April 5, it took 105.6 gourdes to buy 1 US dollar on the formal market against 80.3 Gourdes the previous year on the same date. On the informal market, it is necessary to count between 118 and 120 Goudes for 1 $US.

Launch of the Ministry of Tourism Chair

This Wednesday, April 6 will take place the launching ceremony of the "Ministry of Tourism Chair". It should be noted that the creation of this chair which will be housed at the Institute of African Studies and Research in Haiti (IERAH) constitutes a further step towards the development of strong links between the Ministry of Tourism, tourism operators , the population and the community of the State University of Haiti (UEH).

HL/ HaitiLibre