Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe forbade government employees from spending money on “unnecessary” items and throwing lavish parties for the holiday season.
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Complaint to be filed against police for killing 1, injuring 3
A complaint will be filed against the Haitian National Police (PNH) on Monday after they shot a resident dead and injured two more during a protest on Nov. 18, according to an activist attorney.
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Twelve elementary schools open in Haiti’s Central and Artibonite regions
Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe inaugurated 12 elementary schools in the Central and Artibonite regions on Tuesday.
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New $31 million court building opens in Haiti
The CSC/CA six-story building is about 15,260 square meters, or 164,000 square feet, and cost more than $31 million. The Haitian government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) financed CSC/CA’s new building.
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PM and university officials meet under cloud of student protests, fatal shooting
Haiti’s Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe met with Fritz Deshommes, the head of the University of Haiti (UEH), and Normal Superior School (ENS) officials on Tuesday at The Bicentenaire in Port-au-Prince.
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Four employees injured in Croix-des-Bouquets market shooting
About 10 bandits fired gunshots at Ti Tony Market, leaving four employees injured in Croix-des-Bouquets on Monday. Police and judicial…
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Haitian government sets $3.7 billion budget for 2021 fiscal year
The Haitian government established a budget of 254 billion gourdes, equivalent to $3.7 billion, for 2020-21.
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Haiti’s Consul to the Bahamas fired over crude video
Karl-Henry Châtelier, Haiti’s Consul to the Bahamas, was fired after a video allegedly of him masturbating surfaced on social media Sept. 28.
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Haiti PM meets with bishop who criticized President Moïse
Haiti’s Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe held two private meetings with Bishop Pierre André Dumas, who criticized President Jovenel Moïse during a sermon, and with Bishop Eugène Martin Nugent on Sept. 18 and Sept. 22 in Pétion-Ville, Port-au-Prince.
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Canada promises USD $9.3 million to professionalize Haitian police
Canada will provide USD $9.3 million to the Haitian National Police (PNH) to strengthen the agency. The Haitian government signed an agreement on Thursday to move the process forward.