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Haitian-American Business Owners “La Perle Beaute” to Host Glamorous Pop-Up Shop June 12th-13th In Haiti

May 27, 2015
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11254360_1440765736218889_2003526470_nNow this is what I call thinking outside the box and giving back to your country. Two Haitian American small business owners have decided to travel to Haiti and collaborate with  small business in Haiti for a weekend of shopping, glamor, sophistication and sexy.

The first time Miami business owners skipped out on hosting their first event in Miami to host their very first pop-up shop June 12th-13th at the beautiful Karibe Hotel in Petion-ville, Haiti.

A pop-up shop is a combination of exhibition, advertising and fashionable retail design, for the small business owner or a fashionable marketing event, pop-ups  invites creative freedom and lends itself to pushing retail design to its limits.

Can you introduce yourself to the readers and tell them

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about your company and this wonderful new project you are bringing to Haiti?

Hello L’union Suite Readers! I’m Elizabeth Prochet and I work alongside my cousin and business partner Cynthia Roy. I was born in Brooklyn, New York but raised in Miami while Cynthia has been Miami girl her whole life! Our Background is Haitian and we’ve always felt a deep connect with our island even though we live in Miami.

Our company name is “La Perle Beaute” or “La Perle” for short. The name stems from the Haitian mantra “La Perle des Antillies”. Whenever we think of La Perle we think of the uniqueness and beauty of Haiti which is what we want to convey about our brand. Our goal is to bring the Saks 5th Avenue experience to Haiti through the luxury beauty products we offer. Our purpose is to make every Haitian feel like a Perle by bringing a touch of glamor to to their everyday lives.

What was your motivation to get this project off the ground?

Cynthia: Our motivation to get this off the ground was the passion that we both share for our culture. Our Haitian roots is the drive behind our hard work to become strong leaders through out our everyday lives. We both share a common goal to spread awareness to our country. Another motivation stems from a little story that my mom always talks about. She would say that as a child, I would always  cut off and style the hair on all of my dolls.

bc7b0e620667d4a553f847a730e58fa0Elizabeth: and I would use rubbing alcohol to remove the makeup off my dolls and re-do them with crayon and markers! Cynthia’s mom would always say that with all the glam we do on ourselves for fun we should figure out a way to be entrepreneurial and make other woman

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feel beautiful as well. And that’s when we started brainstorming about La Perle.

Does your Haitian culture influence your style?

Our confidence in our style comes from our Haitian culture. Not being afraid to were bright colors, prints, fabrics all comes from watching our bold and confident Haitian mothers get themselves ready everyday.

Why did you decide to do your first pop up shop in Haiti ?

Being in Haiti always feel like we are going home. When ever we post pictures of Haiti we always caption it “Home Sweet Home”. Opening a pop up store felt natural because that’s where our roots are and we want to share our beauty secrets with our Haitian perles. This business has allowed us to embrace our heritage more than ever before. We’ve been able to collaborate with a number of other Haitian talents such as Make up artist Mattie Domingue and Phelicia Dell of VeVe collections.

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Karibe Hotel Lobby

What should guest expect at the pop up shop ?

Guest coming to this event can expect a luxurious ambiance as we offer high-end beauty products and Skincare. As we mentioned before we will have VeVe Collections as a vendor as well as a celebrity tattoo artist and piercer. To top it all off we will so have Makeup artist Matti Domigue doing make up demonstrations. There will also be raffles were lucky guest will be getting their make up done on the spot by Matti! And many more surprises that we can’t give away!

Make sure your keeping up with us on social media and our website! The pop-up shop will be in PaP, Haiti at Karibe Hotel Friday, June 12 & Saturday the 13th. Our Hours are from 10am-5pm. We encourage everyone to go to our website at Laperlebeaute.com and follow the links to RSVP.

Any future plans and exclusives you’d like to share with the readers?

Readers should know that we are planning Pop stores in other areas in Haiti like Jacmel and Cap Haitian but

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it’s up to our Perles to let us know where to go next! Our future plans for La Perle Beaute is to also expand and cater to the entire Antilles.

We want every woman on each island to feel luxurious, confident, and beautiful. We want to hear from you; let us know we’re to go next!

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Instagram: @laperlebeaute Attended the Little Haiti Cultural Center’s networking event

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last night with Consulate of Haiti, Francois Guillaume II and Mrs. Caroline Racine! So proud to have their support and encouragement for @laperlebeaute!!! See you both in June at our pop-up store!

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The Broward County School Board on Tuesday considered giving Superintendent Howard Hepburn authority to begin the district's process for renaming Sawgrass Springs Middle School, at 12500 West Sample Road, in honor of the late Coral Springs Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer. No new name has been proposed.⁠ ⁠ District staff wrote that Metayer was deeply involved with the Sawgrass Springs school community, building relationships with students, families, educators, and staff. Naming the school for her, the item states, would recognize her legacy of education, service, environmental stewardship, and care for others.⁠ ⁠ Metayer, 38, was elected to the Coral Springs City Commission in 2020, becoming the city's first Black and Haitian-American woman commissioner. She was re-elected in 2024 and appointed vice mayor in December 2024, then appointed to a second term in the role in November 2025.⁠ ⁠ A first-generation Haitian-American born in Broward County and raised in Coral Springs, Metayer graduated from Coral Springs Charter School, earned a bachelor's degree in environmental science from Florida A&M University, and a Master of Health Science from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She worked as an environmental scientist on disaster relief and climate resilience efforts, including after Hurricanes Irma, Michael, and Dorian. Florida Democratic Party Chair Nikki Fried had described her as the party's vice chair of Haitian outreach.⁠ ⁠ Metayer was found dead in her Coral Springs home on April 1. Her husband, Stephen Bowen, was charged with first-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence; he has pleaded not guilty.⁠ ⁠ In April, U.S. Rep. Jared Moskowitz introduced legislation to rename the U.S. Postal Service facility at 3255 NW 94th Avenue the "Nancy Metayer Post Office Building." The bill cleared the House Oversight Committee in July and awaits a vote by the full House.⁠ ⁠ Tuesday's school board item only starts the renaming process; a final name change would still require community input and subsequent board votes.⁠ ⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican #haitian
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See You In Jamaica!! Haiti’s national team will play its first competitive matches since the 2026 World Cup this month, opening Concacaf Nations League play with two games at Sabina Park. Match Calendar: 🇯🇲 Sept. 24 — Haiti vs. Trinidad and Tobago Sabina Park Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica 🇯🇲 Sept. 27 — Haiti vs. Costa Rica Sabina Park Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica 🇩🇴 Oct. 1 — Dominican Republic vs. Haiti Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo 🇨🇷 Oct. 4 — Costa Rica vs. Haiti Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica The Grenadiers face Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 9 p.m., then Costa Rica on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 9 p.m. Both matches will be played in Kingston because Haiti remains unable to host internationals at home. The window continues on the road. Haiti visits the Dominican Republic on Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. at Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo, then closes the stretch Oct. 4 at 6 p.m. against Costa Rica at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa in San José. The four fixtures are part of the 2026–27 Concacaf Nations League League A group stage. Haiti is drawn with Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. The top two teams in the group advance toward the quarterfinals, with a path that also feeds into qualification for the 2027 Gold Cup. The timing matters. @FHFHaiti returned to the World Cup this summer for the first time since 1974 and exited the group stage after losses to Scotland, Brazil, and Morocco. The last match, a 4-2 defeat to Morocco in Atlanta, produced Haiti’s only two goals of the tournament. These Nations League dates are the first official matches since that campaign ended. For the diaspora, Kingston is the reachable stop. South Florida, Jamaica, and the wider Caribbean can get to Sabina Park in a way they cannot get to a home game in Port-au-Prince. Haiti will need points early. Costa Rica is the group’s most established side. Trinidad and Tobago is a familiar Caribbean rival. Two results in Kingston would give the Grenadiers a platform before the October trips to Santo Domingo and San José. #lunionsuite #haitianamerican #haitian
See You In Jamaica!! Haiti’s national team will play its first competitive matches since the 2026 World Cup this month, opening Concacaf Nations League play with two games at Sabina Park. Match Calendar: 🇯🇲 Sept. 24 — Haiti vs. Trinidad and Tobago Sabina Park Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica 🇯🇲 Sept. 27 — Haiti vs. Costa Rica Sabina Park Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica 🇩🇴 Oct. 1 — Dominican Republic vs. Haiti Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo 🇨🇷 Oct. 4 — Costa Rica vs. Haiti Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica The Grenadiers face Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 9 p.m., then Costa Rica on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 9 p.m. Both matches will be played in Kingston because Haiti remains unable to host internationals at home. The window continues on the road. Haiti visits the Dominican Republic on Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. at Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo, then closes the stretch Oct. 4 at 6 p.m. against Costa Rica at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa in San José. The four fixtures are part of the 2026–27 Concacaf Nations League League A group stage. Haiti is drawn with Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. The top two teams in the group advance toward the quarterfinals, with a path that also feeds into qualification for the 2027 Gold Cup. The timing matters. @FHFHaiti returned to the World Cup this summer for the first time since 1974 and exited the group stage after losses to Scotland, Brazil, and Morocco. The last match, a 4-2 defeat to Morocco in Atlanta, produced Haiti’s only two goals of the tournament. These Nations League dates are the first official matches since that campaign ended. For the diaspora, Kingston is the reachable stop. South Florida, Jamaica, and the wider Caribbean can get to Sabina Park in a way they cannot get to a home game in Port-au-Prince. Haiti will need points early. Costa Rica is the group’s most established side. Trinidad and Tobago is a familiar Caribbean rival. Two results in Kingston would give the Grenadiers a platform before the October trips to Santo Domingo and San José. #lunionsuite #haitianamerican #haitian
See You In Jamaica!! Haiti’s national team will play its first competitive matches since the 2026 World Cup this month, opening Concacaf Nations League play with two games at Sabina Park. Match Calendar: 🇯🇲 Sept. 24 — Haiti vs. Trinidad and Tobago Sabina Park Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica 🇯🇲 Sept. 27 — Haiti vs. Costa Rica Sabina Park Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica 🇩🇴 Oct. 1 — Dominican Republic vs. Haiti Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo 🇨🇷 Oct. 4 — Costa Rica vs. Haiti Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica The Grenadiers face Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 9 p.m., then Costa Rica on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 9 p.m. Both matches will be played in Kingston because Haiti remains unable to host internationals at home. The window continues on the road. Haiti visits the Dominican Republic on Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. at Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo, then closes the stretch Oct. 4 at 6 p.m. against Costa Rica at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa in San José. The four fixtures are part of the 2026–27 Concacaf Nations League League A group stage. Haiti is drawn with Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. The top two teams in the group advance toward the quarterfinals, with a path that also feeds into qualification for the 2027 Gold Cup. The timing matters. @FHFHaiti returned to the World Cup this summer for the first time since 1974 and exited the group stage after losses to Scotland, Brazil, and Morocco. The last match, a 4-2 defeat to Morocco in Atlanta, produced Haiti’s only two goals of the tournament. These Nations League dates are the first official matches since that campaign ended. For the diaspora, Kingston is the reachable stop. South Florida, Jamaica, and the wider Caribbean can get to Sabina Park in a way they cannot get to a home game in Port-au-Prince. Haiti will need points early. Costa Rica is the group’s most established side. Trinidad and Tobago is a familiar Caribbean rival. Two results in Kingston would give the Grenadiers a platform before the October trips to Santo Domingo and San José. #lunionsuite #haitianamerican #haitian
See You In Jamaica!! Haiti’s national team will play its first competitive matches since the 2026 World Cup this month, opening Concacaf Nations League play with two games at Sabina Park. Match Calendar: 🇯🇲 Sept. 24 — Haiti vs. Trinidad and Tobago Sabina Park Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica 🇯🇲 Sept. 27 — Haiti vs. Costa Rica Sabina Park Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica 🇩🇴 Oct. 1 — Dominican Republic vs. Haiti Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo 🇨🇷 Oct. 4 — Costa Rica vs. Haiti Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica The Grenadiers face Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 9 p.m., then Costa Rica on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 9 p.m. Both matches will be played in Kingston because Haiti remains unable to host internationals at home. The window continues on the road. Haiti visits the Dominican Republic on Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. at Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo, then closes the stretch Oct. 4 at 6 p.m. against Costa Rica at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa in San José. The four fixtures are part of the 2026–27 Concacaf Nations League League A group stage. Haiti is drawn with Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. The top two teams in the group advance toward the quarterfinals, with a path that also feeds into qualification for the 2027 Gold Cup. The timing matters. @FHFHaiti returned to the World Cup this summer for the first time since 1974 and exited the group stage after losses to Scotland, Brazil, and Morocco. The last match, a 4-2 defeat to Morocco in Atlanta, produced Haiti’s only two goals of the tournament. These Nations League dates are the first official matches since that campaign ended. For the diaspora, Kingston is the reachable stop. South Florida, Jamaica, and the wider Caribbean can get to Sabina Park in a way they cannot get to a home game in Port-au-Prince. Haiti will need points early. Costa Rica is the group’s most established side. Trinidad and Tobago is a familiar Caribbean rival. Two results in Kingston would give the Grenadiers a platform before the October trips to Santo Domingo and San José. #lunionsuite #haitianamerican #haitian
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See You In Jamaica!! Haiti’s national team will play its first competitive matches since the 2026 World Cup this month, opening Concacaf Nations League play with two games at Sabina Park. Match Calendar: 🇯🇲 Sept. 24 — Haiti vs. Trinidad and Tobago Sabina Park Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica 🇯🇲 Sept. 27 — Haiti vs. Costa Rica Sabina Park Stadium, Kingston, Jamaica 🇩🇴 Oct. 1 — Dominican Republic vs. Haiti Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo 🇨🇷 Oct. 4 — Costa Rica vs. Haiti Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San José, Costa Rica The Grenadiers face Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday, Sept. 24, at 9 p.m., then Costa Rica on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 9 p.m. Both matches will be played in Kingston because Haiti remains unable to host internationals at home. The window continues on the road. Haiti visits the Dominican Republic on Oct. 1 at 8 p.m. at Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo, then closes the stretch Oct. 4 at 6 p.m. against Costa Rica at Estadio Ricardo Saprissa in San José. The four fixtures are part of the 2026–27 Concacaf Nations League League A group stage. Haiti is drawn with Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic. The top two teams in the group advance toward the quarterfinals, with a path that also feeds into qualification for the 2027 Gold Cup. The timing matters. @FHFHaiti returned to the World Cup this summer for the first time since 1974 and exited the group stage after losses to Scotland, Brazil, and Morocco. The last match, a 4-2 defeat to Morocco in Atlanta, produced Haiti’s only two goals of the tournament. These Nations League dates are the first official matches since that campaign ended. For the diaspora, Kingston is the reachable stop. South Florida, Jamaica, and the wider Caribbean can get to Sabina Park in a way they cannot get to a home game in Port-au-Prince. Haiti will need points early. Costa Rica is the group’s most established side. Trinidad and Tobago is a familiar Caribbean rival. Two results in Kingston would give the Grenadiers a platform before the October trips to Santo Domingo and San José. #lunionsuite #haitianamerican #haitian
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President Donald Trump has nominated Austin Holmes of Florida to serve as U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Haiti, according to a slate of nominations transmitted to the Senate on September 14. Holmes must still be confirmed by the Senate before he can assume the post.⁠ ⁠ Holmes is CEO of RallyX and previously served as CEO of Caribbean Security Group and chairman of Mission of Hope. He has worked in Haiti since 2009, previously lived in the country, and speaks Haitian Creole. His biography and public testimony describe nearly two decades of work spanning humanitarian response, disaster logistics, education programs, private-sector operations, and high-risk security coordination.⁠ ⁠ The nomination arrives months after Holmes testified in February before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. He appeared alongside then-U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Henry Wooster at a hearing focused on Haiti’s security crisis and U.S. assistance. During that session, Holmes argued that security and freedom of movement must come first if humanitarian aid and longer-term recovery are to succeed. He also pressed for Haitian-led security capacity rather than an open-ended foreign presence.⁠ ⁠ The U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince has been led by a chargé d’affaires since mid-2025 after Ambassador Dennis Hankins left the post. Wooster, who took charge of the mission in June 2025, was later nominated as ambassador to Kenya. The Haiti ambassadorship has therefore remained vacant while gangs continue to control large parts of Port-au-Prince and the country prepares for long-delayed elections.⁠ ⁠ If confirmed, Holmes would take one of Washington’s most difficult Caribbean assignments: a political transition, armed-group violence, humanitarian collapse, and the question of how U.S. security and assistance policy should be sequenced. His supporters point to on-the-ground experience, Creole fluency, and a security-first record. Senate confirmation will determine whether that background becomes official U.S. policy in Port-au-Prince.⁠ ⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
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President Donald Trump has nominated Austin Holmes of Florida to serve as U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Haiti, according to a slate of nominations transmitted to the Senate on September 14. Holmes must still be confirmed by the Senate before he can assume the post.⁠ ⁠ Holmes is CEO of RallyX and previously served as CEO of Caribbean Security Group and chairman of Mission of Hope. He has worked in Haiti since 2009, previously lived in the country, and speaks Haitian Creole. His biography and public testimony describe nearly two decades of work spanning humanitarian response, disaster logistics, education programs, private-sector operations, and high-risk security coordination.⁠ ⁠ The nomination arrives months after Holmes testified in February before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs. He appeared alongside then-U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Henry Wooster at a hearing focused on Haiti’s security crisis and U.S. assistance. During that session, Holmes argued that security and freedom of movement must come first if humanitarian aid and longer-term recovery are to succeed. He also pressed for Haitian-led security capacity rather than an open-ended foreign presence.⁠ ⁠ The U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince has been led by a chargé d’affaires since mid-2025 after Ambassador Dennis Hankins left the post. Wooster, who took charge of the mission in June 2025, was later nominated as ambassador to Kenya. The Haiti ambassadorship has therefore remained vacant while gangs continue to control large parts of Port-au-Prince and the country prepares for long-delayed elections.⁠ ⁠ If confirmed, Holmes would take one of Washington’s most difficult Caribbean assignments: a political transition, armed-group violence, humanitarian collapse, and the question of how U.S. security and assistance policy should be sequenced. His supporters point to on-the-ground experience, Creole fluency, and a security-first record. Senate confirmation will determine whether that background becomes official U.S. policy in Port-au-Prince.⁠ ⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
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Ballon d’Or Names Melchie Dumornay Among 30 Nominees for 2026 Women’s Award⁠ ⁠ France Football has officially named Melchie Dumornay to the 30-player shortlist for the 2026 Women’s Ballon d’Or. The Haiti international and OL Lyonnes midfielder appears on the list released September 8, her second consecutive nomination for the sport’s highest individual honor. The winner will be announced October 26 in London.⁠ ⁠ Dumornay, 23, built her case on a complete season in France and Europe. She helped Lyon win a domestic treble Première Ligue, Coupe de France, and Coupe de la Ligue and reach the UEFA Women’s Champions League final. She was named Première Ligue Player of the Season and selected to UEFA’s Champions League Team of the Season, with a hat-trick in the French league final among her defining performances.⁠ ⁠ She is the first Haitian player ever nominated for the Ballon d’Or, a barrier she broke in 2025. This year she returns with a stronger résumé and is being ranked by several outlets among the leading contenders, alongside names such as Alexia Putellas, Ewa Pajor, Pernille Harder, and Khadija Shaw.⁠ ⁠ The official Ballon d’Or graphic places her in the same frame as the game’s established stars. For Haiti, that is the story: a player from Mirebalais standing on the shortlist on merit. October 26 will decide the trophy. The nomination is already history confirmed.⁠ ⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican #haitian
Ballon d’Or Names Melchie Dumornay Among 30 Nominees for 2026 Women’s Award⁠ ⁠ France Football has officially named Melchie Dumornay to the 30-player shortlist for the 2026 Women’s Ballon d’Or. The Haiti international and OL Lyonnes midfielder appears on the list released September 8, her second consecutive nomination for the sport’s highest individual honor. The winner will be announced October 26 in London.⁠ ⁠ Dumornay, 23, built her case on a complete season in France and Europe. She helped Lyon win a domestic treble Première Ligue, Coupe de France, and Coupe de la Ligue and reach the UEFA Women’s Champions League final. She was named Première Ligue Player of the Season and selected to UEFA’s Champions League Team of the Season, with a hat-trick in the French league final among her defining performances.⁠ ⁠ She is the first Haitian player ever nominated for the Ballon d’Or, a barrier she broke in 2025. This year she returns with a stronger résumé and is being ranked by several outlets among the leading contenders, alongside names such as Alexia Putellas, Ewa Pajor, Pernille Harder, and Khadija Shaw.⁠ ⁠ The official Ballon d’Or graphic places her in the same frame as the game’s established stars. For Haiti, that is the story: a player from Mirebalais standing on the shortlist on merit. October 26 will decide the trophy. The nomination is already history confirmed.⁠ ⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican #haitian
Ballon d’Or Names Melchie Dumornay Among 30 Nominees for 2026 Women’s Award⁠ ⁠ France Football has officially named Melchie Dumornay to the 30-player shortlist for the 2026 Women’s Ballon d’Or. The Haiti international and OL Lyonnes midfielder appears on the list released September 8, her second consecutive nomination for the sport’s highest individual honor. The winner will be announced October 26 in London.⁠ ⁠ Dumornay, 23, built her case on a complete season in France and Europe. She helped Lyon win a domestic treble Première Ligue, Coupe de France, and Coupe de la Ligue and reach the UEFA Women’s Champions League final. She was named Première Ligue Player of the Season and selected to UEFA’s Champions League Team of the Season, with a hat-trick in the French league final among her defining performances.⁠ ⁠ She is the first Haitian player ever nominated for the Ballon d’Or, a barrier she broke in 2025. This year she returns with a stronger résumé and is being ranked by several outlets among the leading contenders, alongside names such as Alexia Putellas, Ewa Pajor, Pernille Harder, and Khadija Shaw.⁠ ⁠ The official Ballon d’Or graphic places her in the same frame as the game’s established stars. For Haiti, that is the story: a player from Mirebalais standing on the shortlist on merit. October 26 will decide the trophy. The nomination is already history confirmed.⁠ ⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican #haitian
Ballon d’Or Names Melchie Dumornay Among 30 Nominees for 2026 Women’s Award⁠ ⁠ France Football has officially named Melchie Dumornay to the 30-player shortlist for the 2026 Women’s Ballon d’Or. The Haiti international and OL Lyonnes midfielder appears on the list released September 8, her second consecutive nomination for the sport’s highest individual honor. The winner will be announced October 26 in London.⁠ ⁠ Dumornay, 23, built her case on a complete season in France and Europe. She helped Lyon win a domestic treble Première Ligue, Coupe de France, and Coupe de la Ligue and reach the UEFA Women’s Champions League final. She was named Première Ligue Player of the Season and selected to UEFA’s Champions League Team of the Season, with a hat-trick in the French league final among her defining performances.⁠ ⁠ She is the first Haitian player ever nominated for the Ballon d’Or, a barrier she broke in 2025. This year she returns with a stronger résumé and is being ranked by several outlets among the leading contenders, alongside names such as Alexia Putellas, Ewa Pajor, Pernille Harder, and Khadija Shaw.⁠ ⁠ The official Ballon d’Or graphic places her in the same frame as the game’s established stars. For Haiti, that is the story: a player from Mirebalais standing on the shortlist on merit. October 26 will decide the trophy. The nomination is already history confirmed.⁠ ⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican #haitian
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Ballon d’Or Names Melchie Dumornay Among 30 Nominees for 2026 Women’s Award⁠ ⁠ France Football has officially named Melchie Dumornay to the 30-player shortlist for the 2026 Women’s Ballon d’Or. The Haiti international and OL Lyonnes midfielder appears on the list released September 8, her second consecutive nomination for the sport’s highest individual honor. The winner will be announced October 26 in London.⁠ ⁠ Dumornay, 23, built her case on a complete season in France and Europe. She helped Lyon win a domestic treble Première Ligue, Coupe de France, and Coupe de la Ligue and reach the UEFA Women’s Champions League final. She was named Première Ligue Player of the Season and selected to UEFA’s Champions League Team of the Season, with a hat-trick in the French league final among her defining performances.⁠ ⁠ She is the first Haitian player ever nominated for the Ballon d’Or, a barrier she broke in 2025. This year she returns with a stronger résumé and is being ranked by several outlets among the leading contenders, alongside names such as Alexia Putellas, Ewa Pajor, Pernille Harder, and Khadija Shaw.⁠ ⁠ The official Ballon d’Or graphic places her in the same frame as the game’s established stars. For Haiti, that is the story: a player from Mirebalais standing on the shortlist on merit. October 26 will decide the trophy. The nomination is already history confirmed.⁠ ⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican #haitian
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A Haitian student in Florida woke up to find every class on his schedule gone. In a video recorded from his car, he said the school told him the drop was tied to his immigration status. He is frustrated, pointing to the effort families make to get here and stay in school, and asking why a student already enrolled would be pulled out overnight.⁠ ⁠ A second video, recorded inside a campus office, shows what happened next. He told staff he called after seeing his courses disappear and was told it was an immigration issue that “needed to be disregarded.” An employee asked for his address, then his status. “Asylum,” he said.⁠ ⁠ He confirmed he has an Employment Authorization Document. The category on the card is C08, the code used for people with pending asylum applications. He did not have the current card on him, but staff identified the category and said his information may not have transferred during a system switch. Then came the policy line that is landing across Florida campuses this year.⁠ ⁠ The staff member said the school is no longer accepting TPS. His status, they added, was different. “Your status is fine,” the employee said. “I have to update it.”⁠ ⁠ They told him he was good through spring 2030 and began checking his account so he could be put back in class. When he asked to be added to a specific course, staff said they could not automatically re-enroll him in that section and would have to see if the class was still open. or whether he needed to contact the professor.⁠ ⁠ The distinction matters. TPS and pending asylum are not the same thing. Florida’s public colleges have spent 2026 tightening enrollment rules around lawful presence after state boards moved to bar undocumented students from the Florida College System and, more recently, from selective public universities beginning in 2027–28.⁠ ⁠ For Haitian students across South Florida, the clip is landing as more than one campus glitch. It is the sound of how fast a semester can disappear when immigration categories, school software, and new state rules collide even when the student sitting in the chair already has a valid path to stay enrolled.⁠ ⁠ 🎥 @vadson_galioth #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
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On Saturday morning, Sept. 12, Byron Donalds stood in North Miami and made his case to Haitian Floridians.⁠ ⁠ The Trump-endorsed Republican nominee for governor posted the visit the next day: four photographs and a short line. “Resilient. Faithful. Hardworking. That’s Florida’s Haitian community and that’s who I spoke with in North Miami yesterday morning,” he wrote. “It is a privilege to meet with the Floridians I intend to serve.”⁠ ⁠ The pictures came from a campaign “Community Breakfast & Conversation” at Katz Miami Restaurant & Lounge, a Haitian restaurant in North Miami. The program began at 11. Donalds appeared with Elizabeth Jeanty. The invite listed community leaders, pastors, business owners, elected officials, media, and supporters.⁠ ⁠ What he did not put in the post is the record that makes the stop politically loaded.⁠ ⁠ Three weeks earlier, on Aug. 23, Donalds went on CBS’s Face the Nation and defended the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. Florida had been home to about 158,000 Haitian TPS holders, the largest concentration in the country. Asked about people who had lived and worked here legally, he said he had met Haiti’s transitional government and its ambassador, claimed security forces now hold “about a quarter to half of the country,” and argued TPS was never meant to run “into perpetuity with no end.”⁠ ⁠ “The Biden administration, through enforcement, took the T off the program,” he said. Extending it indefinitely, he added, created “the wrong incentives” for return and for Haiti’s stabilization. He conceded that stabilization will take time. He still backed the cutoff.⁠ ⁠ He voted against a House measure that would have extended Haiti’s designation. Other Florida Republicans including Reps. Carlos Giménez and María Elvira Salazar warned that stripping work authorization from Haitian TPS holders would damage the state’s workforce.⁠ ⁠ Donalds offered the room praise, not a reversal. He is now asking the same electorate whose legal status he argued should expire to help send him to Tallahassee in November, where he faces Democrat David Jolly.⁠ ⁠ 📸 @byrondonalds⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
On Saturday morning, Sept. 12, Byron Donalds stood in North Miami and made his case to Haitian Floridians.⁠ ⁠ The Trump-endorsed Republican nominee for governor posted the visit the next day: four photographs and a short line. “Resilient. Faithful. Hardworking. That’s Florida’s Haitian community and that’s who I spoke with in North Miami yesterday morning,” he wrote. “It is a privilege to meet with the Floridians I intend to serve.”⁠ ⁠ The pictures came from a campaign “Community Breakfast & Conversation” at Katz Miami Restaurant & Lounge, a Haitian restaurant in North Miami. The program began at 11. Donalds appeared with Elizabeth Jeanty. The invite listed community leaders, pastors, business owners, elected officials, media, and supporters.⁠ ⁠ What he did not put in the post is the record that makes the stop politically loaded.⁠ ⁠ Three weeks earlier, on Aug. 23, Donalds went on CBS’s Face the Nation and defended the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. Florida had been home to about 158,000 Haitian TPS holders, the largest concentration in the country. Asked about people who had lived and worked here legally, he said he had met Haiti’s transitional government and its ambassador, claimed security forces now hold “about a quarter to half of the country,” and argued TPS was never meant to run “into perpetuity with no end.”⁠ ⁠ “The Biden administration, through enforcement, took the T off the program,” he said. Extending it indefinitely, he added, created “the wrong incentives” for return and for Haiti’s stabilization. He conceded that stabilization will take time. He still backed the cutoff.⁠ ⁠ He voted against a House measure that would have extended Haiti’s designation. Other Florida Republicans including Reps. Carlos Giménez and María Elvira Salazar warned that stripping work authorization from Haitian TPS holders would damage the state’s workforce.⁠ ⁠ Donalds offered the room praise, not a reversal. He is now asking the same electorate whose legal status he argued should expire to help send him to Tallahassee in November, where he faces Democrat David Jolly.⁠ ⁠ 📸 @byrondonalds⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
On Saturday morning, Sept. 12, Byron Donalds stood in North Miami and made his case to Haitian Floridians.⁠ ⁠ The Trump-endorsed Republican nominee for governor posted the visit the next day: four photographs and a short line. “Resilient. Faithful. Hardworking. That’s Florida’s Haitian community and that’s who I spoke with in North Miami yesterday morning,” he wrote. “It is a privilege to meet with the Floridians I intend to serve.”⁠ ⁠ The pictures came from a campaign “Community Breakfast & Conversation” at Katz Miami Restaurant & Lounge, a Haitian restaurant in North Miami. The program began at 11. Donalds appeared with Elizabeth Jeanty. The invite listed community leaders, pastors, business owners, elected officials, media, and supporters.⁠ ⁠ What he did not put in the post is the record that makes the stop politically loaded.⁠ ⁠ Three weeks earlier, on Aug. 23, Donalds went on CBS’s Face the Nation and defended the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. Florida had been home to about 158,000 Haitian TPS holders, the largest concentration in the country. Asked about people who had lived and worked here legally, he said he had met Haiti’s transitional government and its ambassador, claimed security forces now hold “about a quarter to half of the country,” and argued TPS was never meant to run “into perpetuity with no end.”⁠ ⁠ “The Biden administration, through enforcement, took the T off the program,” he said. Extending it indefinitely, he added, created “the wrong incentives” for return and for Haiti’s stabilization. He conceded that stabilization will take time. He still backed the cutoff.⁠ ⁠ He voted against a House measure that would have extended Haiti’s designation. Other Florida Republicans including Reps. Carlos Giménez and María Elvira Salazar warned that stripping work authorization from Haitian TPS holders would damage the state’s workforce.⁠ ⁠ Donalds offered the room praise, not a reversal. He is now asking the same electorate whose legal status he argued should expire to help send him to Tallahassee in November, where he faces Democrat David Jolly.⁠ ⁠ 📸 @byrondonalds⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
On Saturday morning, Sept. 12, Byron Donalds stood in North Miami and made his case to Haitian Floridians.⁠ ⁠ The Trump-endorsed Republican nominee for governor posted the visit the next day: four photographs and a short line. “Resilient. Faithful. Hardworking. That’s Florida’s Haitian community and that’s who I spoke with in North Miami yesterday morning,” he wrote. “It is a privilege to meet with the Floridians I intend to serve.”⁠ ⁠ The pictures came from a campaign “Community Breakfast & Conversation” at Katz Miami Restaurant & Lounge, a Haitian restaurant in North Miami. The program began at 11. Donalds appeared with Elizabeth Jeanty. The invite listed community leaders, pastors, business owners, elected officials, media, and supporters.⁠ ⁠ What he did not put in the post is the record that makes the stop politically loaded.⁠ ⁠ Three weeks earlier, on Aug. 23, Donalds went on CBS’s Face the Nation and defended the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. Florida had been home to about 158,000 Haitian TPS holders, the largest concentration in the country. Asked about people who had lived and worked here legally, he said he had met Haiti’s transitional government and its ambassador, claimed security forces now hold “about a quarter to half of the country,” and argued TPS was never meant to run “into perpetuity with no end.”⁠ ⁠ “The Biden administration, through enforcement, took the T off the program,” he said. Extending it indefinitely, he added, created “the wrong incentives” for return and for Haiti’s stabilization. He conceded that stabilization will take time. He still backed the cutoff.⁠ ⁠ He voted against a House measure that would have extended Haiti’s designation. Other Florida Republicans including Reps. Carlos Giménez and María Elvira Salazar warned that stripping work authorization from Haitian TPS holders would damage the state’s workforce.⁠ ⁠ Donalds offered the room praise, not a reversal. He is now asking the same electorate whose legal status he argued should expire to help send him to Tallahassee in November, where he faces Democrat David Jolly.⁠ ⁠ 📸 @byrondonalds⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
On Saturday morning, Sept. 12, Byron Donalds stood in North Miami and made his case to Haitian Floridians.⁠ ⁠ The Trump-endorsed Republican nominee for governor posted the visit the next day: four photographs and a short line. “Resilient. Faithful. Hardworking. That’s Florida’s Haitian community and that’s who I spoke with in North Miami yesterday morning,” he wrote. “It is a privilege to meet with the Floridians I intend to serve.”⁠ ⁠ The pictures came from a campaign “Community Breakfast & Conversation” at Katz Miami Restaurant & Lounge, a Haitian restaurant in North Miami. The program began at 11. Donalds appeared with Elizabeth Jeanty. The invite listed community leaders, pastors, business owners, elected officials, media, and supporters.⁠ ⁠ What he did not put in the post is the record that makes the stop politically loaded.⁠ ⁠ Three weeks earlier, on Aug. 23, Donalds went on CBS’s Face the Nation and defended the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. Florida had been home to about 158,000 Haitian TPS holders, the largest concentration in the country. Asked about people who had lived and worked here legally, he said he had met Haiti’s transitional government and its ambassador, claimed security forces now hold “about a quarter to half of the country,” and argued TPS was never meant to run “into perpetuity with no end.”⁠ ⁠ “The Biden administration, through enforcement, took the T off the program,” he said. Extending it indefinitely, he added, created “the wrong incentives” for return and for Haiti’s stabilization. He conceded that stabilization will take time. He still backed the cutoff.⁠ ⁠ He voted against a House measure that would have extended Haiti’s designation. Other Florida Republicans including Reps. Carlos Giménez and María Elvira Salazar warned that stripping work authorization from Haitian TPS holders would damage the state’s workforce.⁠ ⁠ Donalds offered the room praise, not a reversal. He is now asking the same electorate whose legal status he argued should expire to help send him to Tallahassee in November, where he faces Democrat David Jolly.⁠ ⁠ 📸 @byrondonalds⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
On Saturday morning, Sept. 12, Byron Donalds stood in North Miami and made his case to Haitian Floridians.⁠ ⁠ The Trump-endorsed Republican nominee for governor posted the visit the next day: four photographs and a short line. “Resilient. Faithful. Hardworking. That’s Florida’s Haitian community and that’s who I spoke with in North Miami yesterday morning,” he wrote. “It is a privilege to meet with the Floridians I intend to serve.”⁠ ⁠ The pictures came from a campaign “Community Breakfast & Conversation” at Katz Miami Restaurant & Lounge, a Haitian restaurant in North Miami. The program began at 11. Donalds appeared with Elizabeth Jeanty. The invite listed community leaders, pastors, business owners, elected officials, media, and supporters.⁠ ⁠ What he did not put in the post is the record that makes the stop politically loaded.⁠ ⁠ Three weeks earlier, on Aug. 23, Donalds went on CBS’s Face the Nation and defended the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. Florida had been home to about 158,000 Haitian TPS holders, the largest concentration in the country. Asked about people who had lived and worked here legally, he said he had met Haiti’s transitional government and its ambassador, claimed security forces now hold “about a quarter to half of the country,” and argued TPS was never meant to run “into perpetuity with no end.”⁠ ⁠ “The Biden administration, through enforcement, took the T off the program,” he said. Extending it indefinitely, he added, created “the wrong incentives” for return and for Haiti’s stabilization. He conceded that stabilization will take time. He still backed the cutoff.⁠ ⁠ He voted against a House measure that would have extended Haiti’s designation. Other Florida Republicans including Reps. Carlos Giménez and María Elvira Salazar warned that stripping work authorization from Haitian TPS holders would damage the state’s workforce.⁠ ⁠ Donalds offered the room praise, not a reversal. He is now asking the same electorate whose legal status he argued should expire to help send him to Tallahassee in November, where he faces Democrat David Jolly.⁠ ⁠ 📸 @byrondonalds⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
On Saturday morning, Sept. 12, Byron Donalds stood in North Miami and made his case to Haitian Floridians.⁠ ⁠ The Trump-endorsed Republican nominee for governor posted the visit the next day: four photographs and a short line. “Resilient. Faithful. Hardworking. That’s Florida’s Haitian community and that’s who I spoke with in North Miami yesterday morning,” he wrote. “It is a privilege to meet with the Floridians I intend to serve.”⁠ ⁠ The pictures came from a campaign “Community Breakfast & Conversation” at Katz Miami Restaurant & Lounge, a Haitian restaurant in North Miami. The program began at 11. Donalds appeared with Elizabeth Jeanty. The invite listed community leaders, pastors, business owners, elected officials, media, and supporters.⁠ ⁠ What he did not put in the post is the record that makes the stop politically loaded.⁠ ⁠ Three weeks earlier, on Aug. 23, Donalds went on CBS’s Face the Nation and defended the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. Florida had been home to about 158,000 Haitian TPS holders, the largest concentration in the country. Asked about people who had lived and worked here legally, he said he had met Haiti’s transitional government and its ambassador, claimed security forces now hold “about a quarter to half of the country,” and argued TPS was never meant to run “into perpetuity with no end.”⁠ ⁠ “The Biden administration, through enforcement, took the T off the program,” he said. Extending it indefinitely, he added, created “the wrong incentives” for return and for Haiti’s stabilization. He conceded that stabilization will take time. He still backed the cutoff.⁠ ⁠ He voted against a House measure that would have extended Haiti’s designation. Other Florida Republicans including Reps. Carlos Giménez and María Elvira Salazar warned that stripping work authorization from Haitian TPS holders would damage the state’s workforce.⁠ ⁠ Donalds offered the room praise, not a reversal. He is now asking the same electorate whose legal status he argued should expire to help send him to Tallahassee in November, where he faces Democrat David Jolly.⁠ ⁠ 📸 @byrondonalds⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
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On Saturday morning, Sept. 12, Byron Donalds stood in North Miami and made his case to Haitian Floridians.⁠ ⁠ The Trump-endorsed Republican nominee for governor posted the visit the next day: four photographs and a short line. “Resilient. Faithful. Hardworking. That’s Florida’s Haitian community and that’s who I spoke with in North Miami yesterday morning,” he wrote. “It is a privilege to meet with the Floridians I intend to serve.”⁠ ⁠ The pictures came from a campaign “Community Breakfast & Conversation” at Katz Miami Restaurant & Lounge, a Haitian restaurant in North Miami. The program began at 11. Donalds appeared with Elizabeth Jeanty. The invite listed community leaders, pastors, business owners, elected officials, media, and supporters.⁠ ⁠ What he did not put in the post is the record that makes the stop politically loaded.⁠ ⁠ Three weeks earlier, on Aug. 23, Donalds went on CBS’s Face the Nation and defended the Trump administration’s termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians. Florida had been home to about 158,000 Haitian TPS holders, the largest concentration in the country. Asked about people who had lived and worked here legally, he said he had met Haiti’s transitional government and its ambassador, claimed security forces now hold “about a quarter to half of the country,” and argued TPS was never meant to run “into perpetuity with no end.”⁠ ⁠ “The Biden administration, through enforcement, took the T off the program,” he said. Extending it indefinitely, he added, created “the wrong incentives” for return and for Haiti’s stabilization. He conceded that stabilization will take time. He still backed the cutoff.⁠ ⁠ He voted against a House measure that would have extended Haiti’s designation. Other Florida Republicans including Reps. Carlos Giménez and María Elvira Salazar warned that stripping work authorization from Haitian TPS holders would damage the state’s workforce.⁠ ⁠ Donalds offered the room praise, not a reversal. He is now asking the same electorate whose legal status he argued should expire to help send him to Tallahassee in November, where he faces Democrat David Jolly.⁠ ⁠ 📸 @byrondonalds⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
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Springfield’s Haitian community and its allies are demanding ICE leave the city, an immediate end to the ankle-monitor program, and justice for Pierre Damas Bel after the 20-year-old Wright State freshman died on Interstate 70 on Aug. 31. Bel was an honors graduate of Springfield High School, a varsity soccer player, National Honor Society member, and Marine Corps JROTC cadet who had just begun studying neuroscience. He arrived in the United States in 2024 through a lawful CBP One appointment, lived with family in Springfield, worked at Texas Roadhouse, and planned medical school. On July 29, after Temporary Protected Status for Haitians was terminated, ICE placed him on its Alternatives to Detention program and fitted him with a GPS ankle monitor while his asylum proceedings continued. Bel said so himself. In a July 30 Instagram post he wrote that he came to study, not to hurt anyone, yet was “walking through the streets of the United States with a GPS monitor on my leg, carrying a feeling of shame and humiliation.” On the morning of Aug. 31 he video-called his father. Shortly after, Ohio State Highway Patrol said he parked on the shoulder of I-70 near mile walked into westbound lanes, and was struck by a tanker truck. Family and community advocates say the death was a s**cide driven by the monitor’s stigma. ICE has rejected any responsibility. A spokesperson said Bel was placed on the monitor while proceedings continued, that no one is required to remain in the country and wear a device, and that “any attempt to blame ICE” is false. Officials have pointed to a voluntary “self-deport” option with a government-arranged flight. That answer has not quieted Springfield. Faith leaders, the Haitian Support Center, G92, and neighbors have held press conferences, a peace walk, and rallies under the banner “Unshackle Springfield.” They describe the monitors as modern shackles placed on people with pending cases, not convictions. The demands now are: ICE out of Springfield. End the ankle-monitor program. Justice for Pierre Damas Bel. Restore dignity to a community that came legally, worked, studied, and filled classrooms and pews. 🎥 @Pslcolumbus #lunionsuite
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Haiti has tightened controls at its northern border with the Dominican Republic, blocking several types of Dominican goods from entering by land through the Dajabón–Ouanaminthe crossing.⁠ ⁠ Haitian police were stationed at the border bridge Monday as authorities began enforcing restrictions on products that regularly move through the busy commercial crossing. The affected goods include wheat flour, cooking oil, pasta, butter, margarine, drinking water, powdered juice, soft drinks, beer, snacks, detergent, plastic household items, construction iron and heavy construction equipment.⁠ ⁠ Mathieu Thierry, the Haitian customs collector in Ouanaminthe, was at the crossing as security personnel were instructed not to allow products included on the restricted list to enter. According to the reported directive, affected exports will instead have to enter Haiti by air or through seaports rather than through the Dajabón land crossing.⁠ ⁠ The move could have an immediate impact on merchants, drivers and families who depend on the binational market between Dajabón and Ouanaminthe for their livelihoods. It also comes as Haitian authorities continue efforts to strengthen control over goods entering the country through the Dominican Republic.⁠ ⁠ This policy did not begin today. In March 2025, Haiti's Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a circular ordering that foreign goods arriving through the Dominican Republic could no longer enter Haiti through land customs offices and instead had to arrive by sea. The order also called for Haitian customs, police and armed forces to increase surveillance along the land border.⁠ ⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
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Haiti has tightened controls at its northern border with the Dominican Republic, blocking several types of Dominican goods from entering by land through the Dajabón–Ouanaminthe crossing.⁠ ⁠ Haitian police were stationed at the border bridge Monday as authorities began enforcing restrictions on products that regularly move through the busy commercial crossing. The affected goods include wheat flour, cooking oil, pasta, butter, margarine, drinking water, powdered juice, soft drinks, beer, snacks, detergent, plastic household items, construction iron and heavy construction equipment.⁠ ⁠ Mathieu Thierry, the Haitian customs collector in Ouanaminthe, was at the crossing as security personnel were instructed not to allow products included on the restricted list to enter. According to the reported directive, affected exports will instead have to enter Haiti by air or through seaports rather than through the Dajabón land crossing.⁠ ⁠ The move could have an immediate impact on merchants, drivers and families who depend on the binational market between Dajabón and Ouanaminthe for their livelihoods. It also comes as Haitian authorities continue efforts to strengthen control over goods entering the country through the Dominican Republic.⁠ ⁠ This policy did not begin today. In March 2025, Haiti's Ministry of Economy and Finance issued a circular ordering that foreign goods arriving through the Dominican Republic could no longer enter Haiti through land customs offices and instead had to arrive by sea. The order also called for Haitian customs, police and armed forces to increase surveillance along the land border.⁠ ⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
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Veronique M. Pierre, Founder and CEO of Roses Without Thorns, Inc., is promoting the organization’s upcoming Mental Health Awareness & Community Empowerment Event, taking place October 24.⁠ ⁠ Pierre, a former Miss International World Haiti, author, educator, model, actress, entrepreneur and Certified Mental Health Advocate, shares the message “Blooming is a Lifestyle,” centered on personal growth, self-care and giving back to the community.⁠ ⁠ The October 24 event will feature conversations on mental health, healthy relationships, financial wellness, wealth, self-love and building healthier communities, along with guest speakers and special guests.⁠ ⁠ Those interested in attending can RSVP through Eventbrite.⁠ ⁠ Connect with Veronique M. Pierre & Roses Without Thorns, Inc.:⁠ Instagram: @veroniquempierre⁠ TikTok: @veroniquempierre⁠ Eventbrite: Mental Health Awareness & Community Empowerment Event⁠ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-health-awareness-and-community-empowerment-event-tickets-1999622817676⁠ ⁠ #AD #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
Veronique M. Pierre, Founder and CEO of Roses Without Thorns, Inc., is promoting the organization’s upcoming Mental Health Awareness & Community Empowerment Event, taking place October 24.⁠ ⁠ Pierre, a former Miss International World Haiti, author, educator, model, actress, entrepreneur and Certified Mental Health Advocate, shares the message “Blooming is a Lifestyle,” centered on personal growth, self-care and giving back to the community.⁠ ⁠ The October 24 event will feature conversations on mental health, healthy relationships, financial wellness, wealth, self-love and building healthier communities, along with guest speakers and special guests.⁠ ⁠ Those interested in attending can RSVP through Eventbrite.⁠ ⁠ Connect with Veronique M. Pierre & Roses Without Thorns, Inc.:⁠ Instagram: @veroniquempierre⁠ TikTok: @veroniquempierre⁠ Eventbrite: Mental Health Awareness & Community Empowerment Event⁠ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-health-awareness-and-community-empowerment-event-tickets-1999622817676⁠ ⁠ #AD #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
Veronique M. Pierre, Founder and CEO of Roses Without Thorns, Inc., is promoting the organization’s upcoming Mental Health Awareness & Community Empowerment Event, taking place October 24.⁠ ⁠ Pierre, a former Miss International World Haiti, author, educator, model, actress, entrepreneur and Certified Mental Health Advocate, shares the message “Blooming is a Lifestyle,” centered on personal growth, self-care and giving back to the community.⁠ ⁠ The October 24 event will feature conversations on mental health, healthy relationships, financial wellness, wealth, self-love and building healthier communities, along with guest speakers and special guests.⁠ ⁠ Those interested in attending can RSVP through Eventbrite.⁠ ⁠ Connect with Veronique M. Pierre & Roses Without Thorns, Inc.:⁠ Instagram: @veroniquempierre⁠ TikTok: @veroniquempierre⁠ Eventbrite: Mental Health Awareness & Community Empowerment Event⁠ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-health-awareness-and-community-empowerment-event-tickets-1999622817676⁠ ⁠ #AD #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
Veronique M. Pierre, Founder and CEO of Roses Without Thorns, Inc., is promoting the organization’s upcoming Mental Health Awareness & Community Empowerment Event, taking place October 24.⁠ ⁠ Pierre, a former Miss International World Haiti, author, educator, model, actress, entrepreneur and Certified Mental Health Advocate, shares the message “Blooming is a Lifestyle,” centered on personal growth, self-care and giving back to the community.⁠ ⁠ The October 24 event will feature conversations on mental health, healthy relationships, financial wellness, wealth, self-love and building healthier communities, along with guest speakers and special guests.⁠ ⁠ Those interested in attending can RSVP through Eventbrite.⁠ ⁠ Connect with Veronique M. Pierre & Roses Without Thorns, Inc.:⁠ Instagram: @veroniquempierre⁠ TikTok: @veroniquempierre⁠ Eventbrite: Mental Health Awareness & Community Empowerment Event⁠ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-health-awareness-and-community-empowerment-event-tickets-1999622817676⁠ ⁠ #AD #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
Veronique M. Pierre, Founder and CEO of Roses Without Thorns, Inc., is promoting the organization’s upcoming Mental Health Awareness & Community Empowerment Event, taking place October 24.⁠ ⁠ Pierre, a former Miss International World Haiti, author, educator, model, actress, entrepreneur and Certified Mental Health Advocate, shares the message “Blooming is a Lifestyle,” centered on personal growth, self-care and giving back to the community.⁠ ⁠ The October 24 event will feature conversations on mental health, healthy relationships, financial wellness, wealth, self-love and building healthier communities, along with guest speakers and special guests.⁠ ⁠ Those interested in attending can RSVP through Eventbrite.⁠ ⁠ Connect with Veronique M. Pierre & Roses Without Thorns, Inc.:⁠ Instagram: @veroniquempierre⁠ TikTok: @veroniquempierre⁠ Eventbrite: Mental Health Awareness & Community Empowerment Event⁠ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-health-awareness-and-community-empowerment-event-tickets-1999622817676⁠ ⁠ #AD #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
Veronique M. Pierre, Founder and CEO of Roses Without Thorns, Inc., is promoting the organization’s upcoming Mental Health Awareness & Community Empowerment Event, taking place October 24.⁠ ⁠ Pierre, a former Miss International World Haiti, author, educator, model, actress, entrepreneur and Certified Mental Health Advocate, shares the message “Blooming is a Lifestyle,” centered on personal growth, self-care and giving back to the community.⁠ ⁠ The October 24 event will feature conversations on mental health, healthy relationships, financial wellness, wealth, self-love and building healthier communities, along with guest speakers and special guests.⁠ ⁠ Those interested in attending can RSVP through Eventbrite.⁠ ⁠ Connect with Veronique M. Pierre & Roses Without Thorns, Inc.:⁠ Instagram: @veroniquempierre⁠ TikTok: @veroniquempierre⁠ Eventbrite: Mental Health Awareness & Community Empowerment Event⁠ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-health-awareness-and-community-empowerment-event-tickets-1999622817676⁠ ⁠ #AD #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
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Veronique M. Pierre, Founder and CEO of Roses Without Thorns, Inc., is promoting the organization’s upcoming Mental Health Awareness & Community Empowerment Event, taking place October 24.⁠ ⁠ Pierre, a former Miss International World Haiti, author, educator, model, actress, entrepreneur and Certified Mental Health Advocate, shares the message “Blooming is a Lifestyle,” centered on personal growth, self-care and giving back to the community.⁠ ⁠ The October 24 event will feature conversations on mental health, healthy relationships, financial wellness, wealth, self-love and building healthier communities, along with guest speakers and special guests.⁠ ⁠ Those interested in attending can RSVP through Eventbrite.⁠ ⁠ Connect with Veronique M. Pierre & Roses Without Thorns, Inc.:⁠ Instagram: @veroniquempierre⁠ TikTok: @veroniquempierre⁠ Eventbrite: Mental Health Awareness & Community Empowerment Event⁠ https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mental-health-awareness-and-community-empowerment-event-tickets-1999622817676⁠ ⁠ #AD #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
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Four people were taken to the hospital Monday morning after a construction crane collapsed in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood, damaging several vehicles and sparking a fire.⁠ ⁠ Miami Fire Rescue responded shortly after 8:30 a.m. near Brickell Bay Drive and Southeast 12th Street. Officials said the collapse damaged three vehicles.⁠ ⁠ Among those hospitalized were two construction workers. A woman driving a white SUV was able to escape after realizing the crane was falling. Her vehicle later caught fire, according to fire rescue officials. Crews carried out a complex rescue operation at the scene.⁠ ⁠ Authorities have not yet said what caused the crane to collapse. The investigation is ongoing, and drivers in the area should expect road closures and delays as crews continue working at the scene.⁠ 🎥: @nbc6 #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
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After more than six years away from full concerts, Céline Dion is officially back on stage; a comeback that may feel especially meaningful for many Haitian fans who grew up listening to her music.⁠ ⁠ The Canadian superstar made her emotional return Saturday night at the Plenitude Arena in Nanterre, near Paris, opening her new residency with the French-language favorite “On ne change pas.” Dion was moved to tears during the opening song as the audience welcomed her back.⁠ ⁠ Her return comes after a difficult health journey. Dion revealed in 2022 that she had been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that causes muscle stiffness and painful spasms and forced her to step away from touring. Saturday's show marked her first full concert since March 2020.⁠ ⁠ For many Haitians, Céline Dion's music has been familiar for generations. Her French-language songs have been heard at Haitian weddings, family gatherings and celebrations, giving her a connection with Haitian listeners that goes beyond her international hits. Haitian cultural writers have even reflected on how deeply her music became woven into those spaces.⁠ ⁠ Dion performed for more than two hours Saturday, delivering a 25-song set that included “Pour que tu m’aimes encore,” “All By Myself” and “My Heart Will Go On.” The night launched a series of Paris concerts scheduled into 2027.⁠ ⁠ For fans who wondered whether they would ever see her perform a full concert again, Céline Dion's return was more than a comeback. It was a chance to hear one of music's most recognizable voices doing what she loves again.⁠ ⁠ 🎥: @voguefrance | @nas.archive.s | 📸: @lofficielparis⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
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After more than six years away from full concerts, Céline Dion is officially back on stage; a comeback that may feel especially meaningful for many Haitian fans who grew up listening to her music.⁠ ⁠ The Canadian superstar made her emotional return Saturday night at the Plenitude Arena in Nanterre, near Paris, opening her new residency with the French-language favorite “On ne change pas.” Dion was moved to tears during the opening song as the audience welcomed her back.⁠ ⁠ Her return comes after a difficult health journey. Dion revealed in 2022 that she had been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that causes muscle stiffness and painful spasms and forced her to step away from touring. Saturday's show marked her first full concert since March 2020.⁠ ⁠ For many Haitians, Céline Dion's music has been familiar for generations. Her French-language songs have been heard at Haitian weddings, family gatherings and celebrations, giving her a connection with Haitian listeners that goes beyond her international hits. Haitian cultural writers have even reflected on how deeply her music became woven into those spaces.⁠ ⁠ Dion performed for more than two hours Saturday, delivering a 25-song set that included “Pour que tu m’aimes encore,” “All By Myself” and “My Heart Will Go On.” The night launched a series of Paris concerts scheduled into 2027.⁠ ⁠ For fans who wondered whether they would ever see her perform a full concert again, Céline Dion's return was more than a comeback. It was a chance to hear one of music's most recognizable voices doing what she loves again.⁠ ⁠ 🎥: @voguefrance | @nas.archive.s | 📸: @lofficielparis⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican
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