A DGI executive shot dead

Boyer Leger, an executive of the Directorate General of Taxes (DGI) was shot dead in Delmas 83 while trying to escape a kidnapping attempt according to witnesses.

Dom. Republic : Maternal mortality, 56% are Haitian women

In the Dominican Republic, maternal mortality mainly affects Haitian women. According to Doctors Mario Lama and Martín Ortiz, respectively directors of the National Health Service (SNS) and the Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Service, 33% of births in public hospitals in the country this year correspond to Haitian mothers but 56 % of all maternal deaths in the country concern Haitian mothers because they arrive at hospitals in very precarious health conditions, without follow-up or prenatal examinations, with high levels of anemia, problems with hypertension and d various infections, which also leads to premature births.

Sunrise Airways : Mail Service Available

"Our Mail Service is available to all our domestic destinations: Port au Prince, Cap Haitien, Jérémie and Les Cayes. Call us at (509) 4895 4529" informs Sunrise Airways

Reactions to the Death of Dieudonné Lhérisson

Tuesday April 26, 2022 Dieudonné Lhérisson, leader of the “Platfòm Nasyonal sektè Popilè Ayisyen (PLANSPA) died at the Canapé-Vert hospital.

Acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry :

"The news of the death of Dieudonné Lhérisson, politician and educator, affects me deeply. The country has just lost a citizen devoted to the cause of democracy and change. I extend my condolences to his family and to his PLANSPA comrades."

Senator Joseph Lambert :

"I learned with emotion of the departure for the afterlife of Prof. Dieudonné Lhérisson, leader of the PLANSPA party. Hoe of dialogue and compromise, he has always defended his convictions with force. Sympathy to his wife, Y. Mézile, his family and the members of PLANSPA plunged into desolation."

Michel and Sophia Martelly :

"I learned with great sadness of the death of Dieudonné Lherisson, head of the National Platform of the Haitian Popular Sector (PLANSPA), a reliable ally of the PHTK. Sophia and I offer our heartfelt condolences to his wife Yanick Mézil, former President of PHTK."

Knight in the Order of Montreal, awarded to two Haitians

The title of Knight in the Order of Montreal was awarded to Frantz Voltaire author, researcher, historian and professor in Haiti, Mexico, Chile and Montreal. In 1983, he founded the only francophone research center on black communities in Canada. This title of Chevalier was also awarded to Samuel Pierre, Full Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering at Polytechnique de Montréal and Founding President of GRAHN-Monde, which aims to "build a more egalitarian society, based on , sharing, solidarity, education, respect for the environment and worship of the common good."

HL/ HaitiLibre