petit goave - ouest and port-au-prince

Here is a picture of Jean Michel Hilaire, Head of gang "Haute tension" who was arrested in Petit-Goâve.

On Monday, May 2, 2016, Jean Michel Hilaire, the head of the dreaded gang "High Voltage" was arrested along with a dozen of his gang members by Jacques Ader, the Commissioner police of Petit-Goâve. Jean Michel was accused of many crimes and misdemeanors and was on the run for last 8 months. The gang was involved in acts of vandalism, armed robbery, rape and blocking the National road # 2. The gang was based in the 11th communal section of Petit-Goâve. The arrest operation was carried smoothly. The Commissioner with another police officer disguised themselves as doctors and approached the criminal without arousing suspicion and arrested him peacefully without any violence. Jean Michel Hilaire was presented to the police station of Petit-Goâve on Monday and he willfully agreed to cooperate with the police by denouncing his other gang members. Some of his gang members were arrested in last March. The population of Petit-Goâve was pleased with his arrest.

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The town of Petit-Goâve, found on the coast of the Ouest Department in Haiti is the home of 12,000 people. Among that number have lived such note-worthy people as Haitian President and Emperor, Faustin Elie Soulouque (Faustin I), political leader, Hubert Deronceray, Haitian-Canadian writer, Dany Laferrière, Yves-Mary Fontin, a poet and writer, Issa el Saieh, a musician, Jean Rene Jerome, a painter, and the artist and painter, Wilson Bigaud.

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Dr. Hubert Deronceray, a senior member of the Convergence Democratique. Born on August 20, 1932 at Petit-Goave, Dr. Hubert Deronceray completed his primary education at Lycee Alexandre Petion. He later received a doctorate degree in Sociology at University Laval, Canada. He taught sociology at the State University of Haiti

For his political career, Dr. Hubert Deronceray was secretary of State for Education in 1972 and Minister of Social Affairs in 1978. in 1986, he created the political party Mobilization for National Development and in 2003, the Grand Center Right Front fighting. Dr. Deronceray became a Presidential candidate in the 1988 Haiti election

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The popular Haitian Douce Marcos or Dous Makos is originated from the city of Petit Goave. It has been exproted all over Haiti and the Diaspora.

Based on the information available to us, Douce Marcoss was first produced by a Belgian entrepreneur who settled and put up his business in the coastal town of Petit-Goave in Haiti, Fernand Macos back in 1939. It is made from concentrated milk, which is about 80% to 90% of Dous Makos. You start with combining milk, sugar, and optional cinnamon in order to make a concentrated mixture. Then chocolate, vanilla, and food coloring are added.

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The Notre Dame de L'Assomption is celebrated in Haiti on August 15 and is very important in Cap-Haitien - Nord, Cayes - Sud, Ouanaminthe - Nord-Est, Petit Goave - Ouest and Port-au-Prince. It is one of the most celebrated dates in Haiti

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