Haiti Security, Military Police etc. May 17

Latest news on the situation in Haiti. Latest Relevant Info:

Situation Report 2010 May 14 JOTC Word
Bangladesh sends its first all-female contingent of police officers to Haiti, a 110-strong battalion of female peacekeepers.
Haiti Port Authority now boasts an advanced vessel-tracking system, to aid port management in serving international relief organizations.
Increase in kidnapping of expatriots.
May 12
Three post-earthquake escapees from the National Prison were apprehended by national police forces.
In Croix des Bouquets (Ouest), a 9-month-old baby boy was kidnapped in the Duval area by a man who has been identified.
May 13
In Les Cayes, an undetermined number of persons organized a demonstration against the government, erecting three barricades in different areas near the airport and gas station and then burning tyres.
In Jérémie (Grande Anse), MINUSTAH Police assisted HNP officers with the arrest of a woman charged with the ill treatment of her 9-year-old daughter.
MINUSTAH Police assisted HNP officers in conducting a sweep operation in the Grand Ravine area.
Unidentified armed assailants shot and killed a 40-year-old man in the Portail Léogâne area, then fled the scene.
Politically motivated demonstrations, so far still peaceful, continued throughout the country.
The 2010 Vaccination Week of the Americas reached some 60,000 children in Haiti.
The World Food Programme (WFP) announced that it has put in place a contingency order to address needs in the case of an emergency during the rainy season. This is so NGOs can function. It has nothing to do with Haitian survival.
Situation Report 2010 May 15 JOTC Word
Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive met with over 40 Santo Domingo-based foreign diplomats, urging delivery of promised aid.
20-21 May Montreal Canada hosting conference on next 20 years of Haitian reconstruction
Haitian ‘Artists Action Citizens’ educated through the arts
Approximately 2,000 buildings per day assessed by joint engineering efforts
Government officials plan to begin decongestion of the Champs de Mars settlement next week on 17 May. The majority of families will return to Forte Nationale, their pre-earthquake neighbourhood of origin, where engineers have already conducted habitability assessments.
May 12
4.45 pm in Port-au-Prince, escaped prisoner arrested by HNP.
May 13
5 pm Port-de-Paix, another escaped prisoner arrested and presented before a judge.
May 14
9 am in Cité Soleil section of Port-au-Prince, MINUSTAH FPU and Military assisted HNP in a sweep operation dubbed ‘Bonbagaye’ that arrested and detained 20 persons.
10 am in St-Marc, a demonstration with approximately 80 participants protested the extension of the mandate of President Préval. No Incidents were reported.
In Corail IDP camp, approx 10 unidentified persons attacked some residents, damaging some tents and injuring one person with a knife. The injured person was transported to hospital while MINUSTAH Military and UNPOL conducted security operations that led to the arrest of one suspect by the HNP.
In Savane Pistache IDP camp in Port-au-Prince, one 18-year-old woman and one 14-year-old girl were raped by unidentified armed assailants. The victims were transported to the hospital for treatment. Finally, the Haitian security forces are NOT using the word “alleged” or “reportedly” when referring to women being raped. Is 18 year old considered to be an Adult in Haiti?
May 15
10 am demonstration organized from Pedero to Marigot by a local group in the latter. About 200 people marched with placards calling for the decentralization of services and the departure of the Préval government. Some stone-throwing incidents were reported at the beginning of the demonstration, but calm was restored with no further incidents.
11 am Gressier locality of Mariani, five unidentified armed men, kill the cashier of the CAM Transfer agency and took away all the money.
Situation Report 2010 May 17 JOTC Word
Demonstrations in Miragoâne, Port-au-Prince and Les Cayes
The demonstrations protest actions of the President, the lack of Electricity, the state of emergency.
Gunfire marred the demonstration in downtown Port-au-Prince, where a demonstrator received a gunshot wound in the chest and taken to hospital. The shooter was not identified. Objects were thrown at a UN vehicle, but no damage or injuries were reported.
Plans announced to reform Haitian educational system
I had reported on this when I first saw the news May 16

http://haitirewired.wired.com/profiles/blogs/freer-education-for-haiti


Possible demonstration planned for May 18 Flag Day. I started threads on Haiti Rewired, and LI HEDR, on Haiti Election News.
$4 million worth of seed to be donated to Haiti.
There’s a huge HR discussion about this

http://haitirewired.wired.com/profiles/blogs/a-new-earthquake-hits-haiti

In addition to its cash-for-work and food-for-work schemes, WFP is expanding its school-feeding programme from its current level of around a half-million children aged six to fourteen years to reach a target of 800,000 across Haiti.
May 15
In Pétion-Ville suburb of Port-au-Prince, a MINUSTAH national staff member was arrested by HNP for verbally insulting an HNP officer.
The body of an unidentified male of approximately thirty years of age was found on Tremarse Avenue in Port-au-Prince. The body had sustained gunshot wounds to the head.
In Jérémy locality (Grand Anse), a 13-year-old girl was raped by a 15-year-old male. The victim was transported to the hospital and an investigation was opened.

May 16
Two bodies were discovered in Fort National.
A 46-year-old man was murdered by a 70-year-old male in the Fontamera 27 area of Port-au-Prince.
In Arcahaie, an escaped prisoner was arrested and was detained by the HNP pending further investigation.



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