Kidnapping foiled, 3 bandits killed

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023, the National Police of Haiti (PNH) thwarted an attempted kidnapping in Thomassin 32 by heavily armed members of the "Ti Makak" gang. During the exchange of fire with the police, 3 members of the gang were fatally injured and 3 police officers injured, the police recovered an automatic rifle, 4 vehicles and a motorcycle.

BRH : Haiti is in depression

"We experienced successively from 2019 to 2022 negative growth of the respective order of: 2919 (-1.7%); 2020 (-3.3%); 2021 (-1.8%); 2022 (-1.7%). It is clear and clear that we are in an economic depression. We have passed the phase of economic recession," confirmed Jean Baden Dubois, Governor of the Bank of the Republic of Haiti (BRH) on a radio station of the capital.

RAYME will represent Haiti at the International Eloquence Competition

Student Nikendolph Farestin RAYME won the 7th edition of the Human Rights Pleading Competition. Memorandum student in Legal Sciences at the Faculty of Law and Economics of the State University of Haiti, RAYME defeated in the final his direct competitor Willy OCTAVIUS of the Public University of the South (Cayes). Video of the final https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38494-haiti-news-zapping.html Farestin RAYME will represent the colors of Haiti at the next International Eloquence Competition organized annually by University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (France).

Risk of fines for correspondent banks in the USA

Correspondent banks in the USA, intermediaries of banks in Haiti, can be sanctioned by a fine of 1 to 5 million if they carry out transactions involving the sanctioned persons in Haiti, declared Jean Baden Dubois, Governor of the Banque de la Republic of Haiti (BRH) on the airwaves of a radio station in the capital.

January 1st, a mixed battalion of soldiers and police

As part of the commemoration ceremony for Haiti's Independence Day and Forefathers Day, a mixed battalion composed of soldiers and police was formed to render military honors to Prime Minister Ariel Henry on January 1st and 02, 2023 , in front of the National Pantheon Museum (MUPANAH) and the Altar of the Fatherland Video : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38518-haiti-history-ceremony-of-commemoration-of-the-forefathers-day-video.html

The Protestant Federation justifies itself

The commitment of the Protestant Federation of Haiti (FPH) in the December 21 agreement, disapproved by Pastor Dorvila Normil President a.i. of the Conference of Haitian Pastors forced the Secretary General of the FPH Peterson Pierre-Louis, to react by justifying the decision of the Federation to adhere to the agreement of December 21 and to integrate the High Council of Transition (HCT) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-38427-haiti-flash-the-pm-signed-a-historic-consensus-for-an-inclusive-transition.html by the disastrous situation in Haiti.

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