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FLASH : 14 children burned alive in the fire of an Orphanage

Thursday evening, 14 children died burned alive in the fire of the orphanage of the Church “Comprehension of the Bible” in Fermathe 55. According to Arielle J. Villedroin, Director General of the Institute of Social Welfare and Research (IBESR), which deplores this terrible tragedy, this orphanage had no authorization to operate. Recall that out of the 754 orphanages in Haiti only 35 have an authorization to function https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-28008-icihaiti-social-only-38-of-orphanages-meet-government-standards.html . Raymonde Antoine Jean, Justice of the Peace of Kenscoff, said that according to the first available information, everything suggests that the fire in the orphanage was of accidental origin.



CIMO foils a kidnapping

Thursday at the corner of Delmas 19 and Delmas 30, a patrol of the Corps of Intervention and Maintenance of Order (CIMO) arrested two armed individuals as they were preparing to remove from the hands of his mother, a student at the Saint Louis de Gonzague school.



6 members of a Village of DieuGang arrested

On Wednesday, 6 armed individuals including a woman (Doriné Jouby, Gabriel Sterlin, Jean Chérismé, Jean Lifaite, Terassaint Wilson and Rosena Bélony), suspected of being active armed members, of a Gang operating in the Village of God were arrested by the Haitian National Police (PNH). They are accused, among other things, of assassination, attempted assassination, kidnapping and forcible confinement for ransom and armed robbery.



Hundreds of police deployed on the streets

Wednesday evening, hundreds of police were deployed in the metropolitan area as part of the new measures taken by the Superior Council of the National Police (CSPN) to curb kidnapping and fight insecurity https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30012-haiti-politic-pm-lapin-announces-measures-to-combat-insecurity.html. Normil Rameau, the Director General of the PNH participated in the patrols at Delmas 48, until dawn.



The USA and Taiwan discuss priorities in Haiti

American Ambassador to Haiti Michèle Sison and Director of the Office of Haitian Affairs in the State Department, Apar Sidhu, met Ambassador Bang-Zyh Liu of Taiwan (Republic of China), to discuss common priorities in Haiti , including economic growth and good governance.



Coronavirus COVID-19 Global report February 14

Friday February 14, 2020, the number of people infected worldwide (confirmed aboratory and clinical cases) amounted to 64,447, an increase of 4,100 cases more than the previous day https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30017-haiti-news-zapping.html : 1,384 deaths (+ 1.1%) or 15 more than the day before (1,369), (this low number of deaths is the consequence of the elimination by the Chinese authorities of duplicates in the counting of deaths) and 7,116 people recovered or 994 people (+ 16.2%) more compared to the day before and 5.1 times more healing than death compared to 4.5 times the day before. To date, there have been 585 infected people outside of China, 60 more than the previous day (+ 11.4%). The number of deaths abroad remains unchanged: 2 deaths 1 in the Philippines and 1 in Hong Kong. See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30010-haiti-flash-coronavirus-the-number-of-infected-and-deaths-explodes-in-24-hours.html



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