Haiti Peyi Lock

A group of women from the Centre department of Haiti are assembled in a beauty salon complaining about how much they are affraid to go through Mirebalais, a city they must go through to reach Port-au-Prince.

"Se pa pa Mirebalais pou yo pase, kote y'ap rale manchèt sou moun lan?" One woman shouted out.

"Mirebalais a pa bon menm," another one said, "nenpòt ti krik ti krak, Mirebalais bloke."

"Mirebalais tounen Grand Ravine," the other replied.

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I told a friend of mine that school was open in my neck of the woods in Haiti and he replied with the most shocking answer. "I don't think I will mention your city name on my radio program," he said, "Because I don't want the others to come and cause problems for you."

My friend who has hosts radio show and the diaspora in South Florida told me he was afraid to say where school was opened in Haiti for fear that the others, the "peyi lock people" might come to town to disrupt a good thing.

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Haitian students are slowly returning to back school in some parts of the country despite political problems that has put Haiti in a "Peyi Lock" (lockdown) mode the past few months.

Related: Peyi Lock - Haiti Education Ministry taking steps so students do not loose the school year completely

Students started going back to school timidly the past couple of weeks but today the turn out was better than we've seen for a long while.

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This is what all Haitian holidays have become lately, including Christmas and New Year: a day of protest, manifestation and revolution. One Haitian asks on social media: Are Haitian Politicians being paid to destroy our National Holidays?

Those who oppose the government in Haiti use every freaking holiday to organize their street protests, annoying the living hell out of the Haitian people and thinking they are hurting the government.

"Back in the days, it was all about education and all our national monuments," a Haitian man, Theodore, said on Social Media, "nowadays they are destroying all or our traditions."

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Haiti is in Peyi Lock mode once again... All activities were stalled on Monday, September 16th in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince and in the main provincial cities of the country. Another day of '' peyi lòk '' despite the call for calm and the promise of a new gas supply from the government, Le Nouvelliste reports.

Schools, public and private transport, public administration, commercial banks, gas pumps, trade ... all activities were paralyzed in Port-au-Prince on Monday, September 16th. The main roads were barricaded.

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There is an advantage to living in a Haitian province close to the countryside, you get fresh plant based foods everyday at the local market whether or not Port-au-Prince is in ""Peyi Lock" mode.

Pandan Pòtoprens Lòk, manje pa ka rantre lavil, ti nèg provens ak nèg andeyò ap byen pase!

Take a good look at what's in this dinner plate. Everything is from the local farmers. Whether or not the road to Port-au-Prince is barricaded, we get to cook delicious meals like this everyday.

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The political opposition in Haiti has done such a wonderful job crippling the country's economy these days that even toothpaste is in short supply at the local supermarket.

"The shelves are empty," another customer said, "I can't even buy butter."

With this "peyi lock" phenomenon for over a month, most stores in the provinces cannot refill their shelves with much needed supplies from the capital. Getting things in out of Port-au-Prince is a big problem, leaving consumers stranded, money in hand, unable to purchase the things they need everyday.

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Nearly two months after Haitian school children have been unable to go to school due to political instability and barricaded streets, the Ministry of Education is trying to come up with a plan to save the school year.

Authorities from the Ministry of National Education are increasing the number of working sessions to develop an action plan likely to favor the continuation of school activities and allow children to return to school after two months of inactivity due to the political crisis that paralyzed the country in recent months.

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Wow! Haiti is CLOSED for Business! The management of the Best Western Premier Petion-Ville Hotel announced Monday it is clolsing its operations as of October 31, 2019. Obviously, all this "Peyi Lock" phenomenon is like an earthquake. This is one of the aftershocks!

General Manager Karan Kampani has confirmed the information, but for the moment has not provided any reason for the decision of the owners of Best Western Premier Petion-Ville Hotel to shutdown operations in such short notice.

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Port-au-Prince, Peyi Lock Haiti, September 30th, 2019 -- I was laying down on my bed, I looked out the window and noticed that the sky was completely grey. Now, this is interesting because just a minute ago the sky was blue and clear.

So I decided to go out to the balcony and take a look for myself. What I found out, to my surprise, was that the city seemed to be entirely up in smoke.

To my right, all I see is black smoke rising from the streets beyond the trees. The sky was barely visible towards the right.

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