Captain (Haiti), July 19, 2024 [AlterPresse] —A number of people (they don’t have the exact number yet) died and disappeared, several were seriously injured and 37 others managed to escape, in the early morning of Wednesday, July 17, 2024 (between 4:00 and 5:00 a.m.), when a fire broke out in a boat that has just left the Fort Saint Michel area, Cape, Northern department, to go to Providenciales, on the island of Turks and Caicos, which is not too far from Cape.
The boat was loaded with many native Haitian women and men, who were heading to Providenciales, known as Provo, on the Turks and Caicos Islands. The fire took over the ship, which sank with the people. Many of them are seriously injured and many others are missing, according to the testimonies given by those who escaped.
The former journalist of AlterPresse and AlterRadio, Karenine Francesca Theosmy, died at the age of 37, from illness in the city of Paris, the capital of France, on Sunday, July 7, 2024. It is in AlterPresse Francesca Theosmy, who was born on January 24, 1987, started working as a journalist. AlterPresse and AlterRadio send their condolences to the family and friends of Francesca Theosmy.
All arrangements are made for the official State examination, which will begin on Monday, July 22, 2024 on the territory of Haiti. This is the guarantee given by the Minister of National Education, Augustin Antoine, in a press conference on Thursday, July 18, 2024.
The period of the official state exams is a great appointment of the state of Haiti with the youth, male and female, to evaluate their apprenticeships. It is an appointment that the whole society cannot miss, despite all the difficulties. The official exams are first of all the State’s business, but also the business of the whole society. That is why the Ministry of National Education asks everyone, all those concerned to stand shoulder to shoulder to allow the examination operation to go well, in the interest of all young women and men candidates, who will compose them. It is the consideration of the minister of national education, August Antoine.
Only a few schools are left to hand out exam papers to students. The Ministry of National Education has completed its work on the question of examination papers for students, in all school districts. Renan Michel, director general of the National Office of State Examinations, said that everything is ready for the official State examinations, in a press conference on Thursday, July 18, 2024.
Candidates, who were forced to leave one department to go to another department, due to terror and other gang and gun violence, should make an effort to get their exam papers as soon as possible, in the direction of the school department, where they are now. It is a way for the educational authorities in the departments to tell them where they will compose. It is the warning of the General Directorate of the State Examinations Office.
More than 183,000 students, young women and young men, will sit for the 9th grade exam starting Monday, July 22, 2024 on the territory of Haiti. There will be more than 2 thousand 700 candidates, who will compose for the Normal School of the institutes. And there will be 451 students composing for the Family Education Center.
The security provisions for official state examinations were discussed in a meeting of the Superior Council of the National Police (Cspn), on the night of Thursday, July 18, 2024.
To guarantee their safety, all journalists should be very careful when covering police operations against gangs and guns. It is the board responsible for the interim executive of the municipality of Port-au-Prince on AlterPresse and AlterRadio.
Journalists must avoid following police armor or other military equipment, which is in operation on the ground. Journalists are still able to report to gather information about the preparations for the operation. But they must stay at a good distance when there are operations against gangs and weapons. It is the advice of the interim executive agent of the Port-au-Prince Commune.
We are surprised to see how a bunch of journalists put their lives in danger, when they went to invade the operation space, the national police were taking with the Kenyan policemen, on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, downtown and on the Grand Street of Port-au-Prince. The police must barricade where they do not want others to come and cross, at the time they are conducting operations. It is the recommendation of the Association of Haitian Journalists (Ajh) on AlterPresse and AlterRadio.
Journalists working in the field must protect their lives. They must have a responsible and professional behavior, so that they are not victims in the exercise of their work, such as when exchanging horns with the police and gangs with weapons. It is the recommendation of the Haitian Media Association on AlterPresse and AlterRadio.
Journalists on the ground must refrain from giving information, telling the bandits the position of the security forces and how their operations are going. On the basis of a battle plan that has been prepared for several weeks, the national police, the army and the multinational force, will act in 14 communes, which are under the control of gangs and weapons. This is the statement of Garry Conille, who did not mention all the 14 communes concerned, in his message on Wednesday night, July 17, 2024.
The President’s Council for Transition (CPT) is working with the transitional government to restore security on the territory of Haiti.
In a week, there will be a Provisional Electoral Council (Kep), which will be in charge of preparing the 2025 elections. The presidential council for the transition (Kpt) is already working on the structure that will ensure the control of the actions of the transitional government. The captain is already thinking about the reform decree in the Constitution. This is what the president’s adviser Leslie Voltaire said, in a visit, together with the director general of the police Rameau Normil, at the headquarters of the multinational force to strengthen the security in the country of Haiti, on Friday, July 19, 2024.
Security and provisions to respect human rights were discussed between Prime Minister Garry Conille and several human rights organizations, at a meeting on Thursday, July 18, 2024. [ppsf rc apr 19/07/2024 14:33]
