Preliminary meeting Carnival 2014

Saturday at the Ministry of Tourism, held a meeting with the Mayors of the cities of the Artibonite around the

inventory in these cities, including Gonaives, which will host the 2014 National Carnival. This meeting also the focus on the actions and rapid redevelopment to bring to hotels, tourist places or other private sites that can receive visitors during the Carnival period, but also on the creation of activities to entertain revelers during the day.

The Dominican apostolic nuncio advocates dialogue

Saturday, in his first statement to the press, the new Apostolic Nuncio Dominican Francisco, Jude Thaddeus Okolo, has advocated dialogue between the Dominican Republic and Haiti in the issue of denationalization. Moreover, he asserted that the Church could serve as a mediator "[...] if the parties wish it, the Church is always ready." In addition, Fritz Cineas, Ambassador of Haiti to the Dominican Republic said that President Michel Martelly "spare no effort to resolve the problems between the two country."

CSS vote on minimum wage

Friday, the Supreme Council for Wages (CSS), following several meetings with the relevant sectors, adopted in a vote [8, 1 against), the fixation of the minimum wage to 225 gourdes. This measure will come into force on 1 January 2014. 3 union representatives and three representatives of the Government voted for. At employers 2 votes for one vote against.

New President of the League of poets of Limbé

Friday, poet Clément Benoît II, author of "Tach Solèy"

was elected new President of the Society of Poets of Limbé (SOPOL). He succeeds to the poet killy Charlot, who spent two years at the head of the association. Clément Benoît II, promised to broaden the scope of SOPOL and also develop partnerships with other literary groups both nationally and internationally.

Continuing training in accessibility

After the success of the first experiment conducted in April 2013 on the continuous training in universal accessibility, especially for people with special needs, vocational school Haiti Tec will once again the host of two new training sessions. Thus, architects and engineers will be trained on 5 and 6 December, while foremen and masons will be trained on 12 and 13 December 2013.

HL/ HaitiLibre