Messages of sympathy

Dieunord Joseph cameraman of Radio Caraïbes seriously burned in the 3rd degree Thursday April 30, 2020 during the explosion of a tanker truck of petroleum product in the exercise of its functions https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30660-haiti-flash-a-tanker-truck-explodes-on-rn-3-at-least-4-victims-partial-assessment.html succumbed to his burns. See also : https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-30696-icihaiti-accident-the-ministry-of-the-interior-at-the-bedside-of-the-3-seriously-burned-firefighters.html

"My sympathies to the large Caribbean family in general and to the loved ones of the deceased in particular. May the ground be light to him !" Good crossing my friend ! "Gary Bodeau

"My sympathies to the family of Dieunord Joseph, a cameraman for RTVC, who died of his burns while covering a fire in a tank truck that exploded on the road 9. Sympathies to RTVC and the Haitian press," Eddy Jackson Alexis Secretary of State for Communication

"The Ministry of Culture and Communication welcomes the departure of the RTVC cameraman, Dieunord Joseph, victim on the battlefield, attacked by the flames, while he was carrying his camera, his work tool"

Mexico postpones deportation of 85 Haitians

Chancellor Claude Joseph informs that he has written to his Mexican counterpart, Marcello Ebrard to thank Mexico for having decided to postpone, for humanitarian reasons, the repatriation of 85 Haitian nationals stressing "This gesture gives meaning to the 70 years of friendship between Haiti and Mexico."

15,000 women beneficiaries of 3,000 Gourdes

Wednesday Mrs. Marie Giselhaine Mompremier, Minister for the Status of Women said that her ministry had already met the officials of UN Women Haiti saying "The Ministry has produced a list of 15,000 names of women across the 10 departments, belonging to the most vulnerable who will be entitled to the subsidy of 3,000 Gourdes from the Government as part of the state of health emergency." See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30670-haiti-politic-the-government-has-already-sent-3-000-gourdes-of-subsidies-to-22-888-families.html

Several national schools under construction

Several national schools are being rehabilitated across the country. The yards are less active because of the measures taken by the State to deal with the health crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Some works are however almost completed.

The Dominicans call on the international to help Haiti

On Wednesday, the Dominican Minister of Public Health, Rafael Sánchez Cárdenas reiterated his call to the international community to provide assistance to Haiti, to avoid a major disaster

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