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First Lady of Haiti is Stable
#Haiti, July 8, 2021 – According to the Mayor Miami, the condition of the first lady of Haiti, Martine Moïse, who was admitted urgently to a Miami hospital, is “stable, but critical,” according to what the mayor of this city, Francis Suárez, and Congresswoman Frederica Wilson said on Thursday.
In a press conference offered this Thursday, Wilson, representative of the district where the large Haitian community is concentrated in South Florida, pointed out that the first lady is kept in the Jackson Memorial hospital, in a “stable, but critical” condition, a statement which Mayor Suárez confirmed.
Wilson added that, as reported by the State Department, it appears that Martine Moïse and the couple’s children were the targets of the command of armed men who entered the house early Wednesday morning.
Suárez added that the Miami Police had taken measures in pursuit of the first lady’s safety, who on Wednesday afternoon arrived aboard an ambulance plane to the Fort Lauderdale executive airport, from where she was immediately transferred to the Jackson Trauma Center.
Suárez, like various authorities and local representatives of the Haitian diaspora in South Florida, advocated for “security and stability” in the Caribbean country and asked the Administration of the President of the United States, Joe Biden, to deploy “all diplomatic resources “for a peaceful and democratic transition.
Wilson, of the Democratic Party and representative in Congress of the district where Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood is located, confessed to being frightened and in “shock” by the assassination of the Haitian president, Jovenel Moïse, shot dead on Wednesday morning.
“It is not only the assassination of the president, it is who murdered him and why,” the legislator warned, adding that “Haiti is at risk” given the presence of at least a hundred gangs that “are competing for control.”
The crime against the ruler has opened a new chapter in the deep political crisis that that country has been facing since 2018 due to allegations of corruption against Moïse, who in recent months faced mass demonstrations that often resulted in looting, violence, and deaths.
This Thursday, the White House said it wants to help investigate the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse but assured that it had not received any request for assistance from the Caribbean country for now.
“Our message to the people of Haiti is that we stand with them, and we want to provide them with assistance,” said White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki during her daily press conference.
KINGSTON, April 29 (JIS):
Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, says the outcome of discussions arising from the Jamaica National Stakeholder Consultation on Climate Services and the 1st National Climate Forum (NCF-1) will assist in guiding the Government’s planning for climate change.
This, he points out, is important for climate mitigation as well as building Jamaica’s resilience.
“We look forward to the discussions that will, no doubt, take place. We look forward to the basis of planning for the Government to streamline its investments to ensure you have the tools that you need to better advise us, that the WRA (Water Resources Authority) has the tools to digitise its monitoring network, and that all of the agencies that touch our planning mechanisms have the tools. But we need to know what we are facing, and we’re guided by your expertise,” Minister Samuda said.
He was addressing the opening ceremony for the Jamaica National Stakeholder Consultation on Climate Services and the 1st National Climate Forum (NCF-1) at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel in New Kingston on Monday (April 29).
Senator Samuda said given the fact that the climate has changed and continues to do so, investments in and collaborations on building Jamaica’s predictive and scientific capacity must be prioritised.
“Ultimately, we need to be able to assess our current climatic realities if we are to better plan, if we’re to insist and ensure that our infrastructure meets the needs that we need it to. I’m very happy that this event is happening… because this is a critical issue.
“Jamaica, last year, faced its worst and most severe drought… and this year, we’re already seeing the impacts of not quite as severe a drought but, certainly, a drought with severe impacts, especially in the western part of the country,” he said.
Principal Director, Meteorological Service of Jamaica, Evan Thompson, explained that the forum aims to, among other things, establish a collaboration platform for climate services providers and users to understand risks and opportunities of past, present and future climate developments, as well as improve inter-agency coordination of policies, plans and programmes.
Among the other presenters were Ambassador, European Union to Jamaica, Her Excellency Marianne Van Steen; Chief Scientist/Climatologist, Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology, Adrian Trotman; and Head, Regional Climate Prediction Services, World Meteorological Organization, Wilfran Moufouma-Okia.
The Meteorological Service of Jamaica hosted the Jamaica National Stakeholder Consultation on Climate Services and the 1st National Climate Forum (NCF-1) in partnership with the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology and the World Meteorological Organization.
The National Stakeholder Consultation is a governance mechanism that guides how different sectors or actors work together to create products that contribute to adaptation and resilience-building. It seeks to create a road map for the development and implementation of climate services to inform decision-making.
NCF-1 aims to bridge the gap between climate providers and users. It increases the use of science-based information in decision-making and operations with the aim of generating and delivering co-produced and co-designed products and services.
CONTACT: CHRIS PATTERSON
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