A deadly wake

Wednesday, June 8, the lifeless bodies of 3 people killed by bullets were discovered in the "Baryè Gode" neighborhood in Gressier, (West Dept.). According to the information available, they were killed on Tuesday evening by unidentified armed individuals in unclear circumstances, during a wake...

25 police officers killed in 5 months

25 Haitian police officers were killed from January to June 2022, according to Lionel Lazarre, Coordinator of the National Union of Haitian Police Officers (SYNAPOHA).

Jérémie : The price of motorbike transport multiplied by 4

In Jérémie, gas stations are closed. The price of a motorcycle taxi ride has skyrocketed from 50 to 200 gourdes. The fuel problem is felt in the city of poets, on the sidewalks (on the black market), a gallon of gasoline sells for between 1,000 and 1,500 gourdes. Marc André Derifonce, Secretary General of the National Association of Service Station Owners (ANAPROSS) believes that the Haitian authorities will no longer be able to continue to subsidize the gallon of gasoline at 278 gourdes and that the rise in gasoline prices given the the international situation is inevitable, he predicts a gallon of gasoline at more than 500 gourdes.

Patrol car, gunned

Wednesday, June 8 in the morning on John Brown Avenue, heavily armed individuals gunned a patrol car of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) parked, in which there were 3 agents, injuring at least 2 police officers, one of whom seriously, in the head. This is the second patrol attack since the beginning of the week, the previous one causing the death of a police officer and wounding another https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-36859-icihaiti-400-mawozo-attack-of-a-police-patrol-a-policeman-killed-another-injured.html

Two kindergarten students killed on a motorbike

Two kindergarten children aged 3 and 5 died in an accident in Savanne Pistache (Carrefour-feuilles) on their way home from school in a motorcycle taxi when the driver tried to overtake a goods truck, according to witnesses

Luis Abinader exasperated

Wednesday upon his arrival at the Summit of the Americas, Dominican President Luis Abinader at a press briefing asked the international community to stop talking and come to concrete aid for Haiti. Adding "the Dominican Republic has already done too much, it has already done a lot for Haiti [...] Now, the international community must go pacify Haiti and we are going to talk about it and insist on it."

Controversies at the Summit of the Americas

The 9th Summit of the Americas 2022 brings its lot of controversy with the exclusion of Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba as well as the boycott of the Summit by Mexico.

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