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FILE PHOTO: Former police officer Jimmy "Barbecue" Cherizier, and leader of an alliance of armed groups, speaks to a news outlet on a mobile phone during a news conference, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 11, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Former police officer Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier, and leader of an alliance of armed groups, speaks to a news outlet on a mobile phone during a news conference, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, March 11, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo

Haiti’s top gang leader threatens politicians, capital jail on fire

PORT-AU-PRINCE,  (Reuters) – A powerful gang leader in Haiti has issued a threatening message aimed at political leaders who would take part in a still unformed transition council for the country, which has been rocked by escalating violence in recent weeks.

 One of the fires in Region Nine (CDC photo)

Region Nine wildfires continuing – CDC

The current dry spell that the nation is experiencing is resulting in wildfires in Region Nine, with the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), in conjunction with the Guyana Fire Service (GFS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Protected Areas Commission (PAC); and Regional Authorities, working to quell these fires in sections of the region, a CDC release reported on Tuesday. 

Time for change in approach to kidney disease, says Commission

Guyana’s Presidential Commission on the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) says it’s time for a change globally in the way kidney diseases and injuries are    addressed The Commission in a release yesterday, World Kidney Day, acknowledged that globally, after March each year, there is a return to business as usual and little attention is paid to chronic kidney diseases (CKD), a major public health challenge.

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