NOTE : Adjourned exams will be resumed

Nesmy Manigat, the Minister of National Education confirms that the candidates of the 9th AF whose tests have been adjourned due to armed conflicts (students from Pernier and Torcel) will undergo the exams on Thursday or Friday thanks to the creation of the Permanent Center for evaluation (the Ministry will confirm the date). For the rest, this first day of exams, on the whole went well according to the Ministry.

Gangs : Tension in Tabarre, blockage in the city center

Monday, June 20, 2022. In Tabarre, Pernier and surrounding areas, bursts of automatic weapons were heard early in the morning. In downtown Port-au-Prince, barricades of burning tires were erected at the corner of John Brown Avenue and Lamarre Street, forcing motorists to take alternative routes. In addition, the Platform of the Haitian Terrestrial Transport Sector (STTH) reports in a partial report, that rowed individuals set fire to a van below the police academy on the road of Frères and a second van near Pernier 28.

Gangs : 782 Haitians killed and 540 kidnapped in 5 months

At least 782 Haitians killed and 540 kidnapped between January 1 and May 31, 2022, in Haiti, revealed Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the UN, in his report presented on June 16, 2022 to the Security Council.

Download the report : https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/SGreport-on-BINUH-EN.pdf

5th Customs officer released

The last of the five customs employees kidnapped on June 9 in Port-au-Prince https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36889-haiti-news-zapping.html of which 4 had been released against ransom https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36937-haiti-news-zapping.html was released. We don't know under what conditions...

NOTICE : # of vehicle plates stolen from the PNH

The National Police of Haiti (PNH) has published a non-exhaustive (provisional) list of license plates of vehicles stolen by armed bandits and invites the population to be careful, since several crimes have already been committed with these vehicles. Registration numbers concerned : 1-00884, 1-01015, 1-01001, 1-01046, 1-01189, 1-00984, OF-4079, CD-00414

Elections in Colombia : Congratulations from the PM

"I would like to extend my sincere congratulations to Mr. Gustavo Petro for his victory in the Colombian presidential elections [Note HL: ex-guerrilla and first President from the Colombian left]. I wish him success, as well as his vice-president, Ms. Francia Marquez. I take this opportunity to call for the strengthening of cooperation between our two countries," Prime Minister a.i. Ariel Henry.

HL/ HaitiLibre