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The Grenadiers are on a roll. 🇭🇹🔥 Haiti defeated the Dominican Republic 4–1 Thursday night in Santo Domingo, earning its third straight victory in the 2026–27 Concacaf Nations League. Louicius Deedson opened the scoring in the 9th minute, giving Haiti an early 1–0 lead. The Dominican Republic responded through Dorny Romero in the 55th minute, but Haiti quickly took control again. Wilson Isidor scored twice, finding the net in the 59th and 67th minutes to put Haiti ahead 3–1. Yassin Fortuné added the fourth goal in the 76th minute to complete a dominant night for the Grenadiers. The victory keeps Haiti’s perfect Nations League start alive: 3–2 over Trinidad and Tobago, 2–0 over Costa Rica and now 4–1 over the Dominican Republic. Concacaf confirms Haiti won its first two matches before Thursday’s victory. That gives Haiti three wins from three matches and nine points in a competitive Group A. And there’s little time to celebrate. Haiti returns to action Sunday, October 4 against Costa Rica in San José, its final match of this group-stage window. Three games. Three wins. Nine points. 🇭🇹🔥 🎥: @concacafnationsleague | @fhfhaiti #lunionsuite #haitianamerican

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The mandate of the Gang Suppression Force (GSF), currently in the deployment phase on Haitian soil, has been extended until March 31, 2027, after a resolution adopted Tuesday by the United Nations Security Council.⁠ ⁠ Twelve member states voted in favor of renewing the force’s mandate. None voted against. Three abstained: China, Pakistan, and the Russian Federation.⁠ ⁠ The extension also keeps in place the logistical and operational support provided by the United Nations Support Office in Haiti (UNSOH), which has been operational since April 2026.⁠ ⁠ The United States, which co-sponsored the resolution with Panama, pressed the Council to maintain momentum and continue deploying contingents. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said about 1,500 GSF personnel are now on the ground, with additional troops expected in the coming months.⁠ ⁠ Authorized as a multinational force not a UN peacekeeping mission the GSF is mandated to conduct coordinated operations with the Haitian National Police and the Haitian Armed Forces to combat armed groups, secure essential infrastructure, and support efforts to restore state authority.⁠ ⁠ The renewal comes as Haiti prepares for elections scheduled for December 13, 2026, its first in a decade, while gangs still control large parts of Port-au-Prince and other regions.⁠ ⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican #haitian #culture #caribbean

Haiti returns to the field tonight to face the Dominican Republic in an important Concacaf Nations League matchup at Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo. Both teams enter tonight’s match with a perfect start. Haiti has six points after beating Trinidad and Tobago 3–2 and Costa Rica 2–0, while the Dominican Republic also has six points after victories over Nicaragua and Trinidad and Tobago. Curaçao is also on six points, making the battle at the top of Group A especially tight. For the Grenadiers, another strong result would be important in the race for one of Group A’s top two spots, which advance to the Nations League quarterfinals. After tonight, Haiti has one more match in this window, facing Costa Rica on Sunday, October 4, in San José. 🇭🇹 Haiti vs. Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 Tonight | 8:00 PM Haiti & South Florida time 📍 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Two wins down. Now the Grenadiers look to keep the momentum going. #lunionsuite #haitianamerican

Thousands of immigrants who are legally living in the United States could begin losing Medicaid coverage starting October 1 under new federal eligibility rules. The change comes from the federal budget law signed by President Donald Trump in 2025. It narrows the immigration categories that qualify for federally funded Medicaid and CHIP, affecting some refugees, people granted asylum and other humanitarian immigrants. But not every legal immigrant is losing coverage. Green card holders and several other groups remain eligible, depending on income and other requirements. For the Haitian community, there is an important exception: people who meet the federal definition of a Cuban or Haitian entrant remain eligible for federally funded Medicaid. This does not mean every Haitian immigrant automatically qualifies, since a person’s specific immigration status and other eligibility requirements still matter. Recent state data also suggest the immediate impact could be significant. More than 281,000 immigrants across nine states and Washington, D.C. were expected to lose Medicaid coverage in October, including nearly 177,000 people identified in Florida. #lunionsuite #haitianamerican

The Haitian-American community is mourning the sudden loss of Stephan “Big Boy” Clermont, a beloved barber known to clients and followers as @bigboyyy_cuts, who died Monday following a car accident. He was 28.⁠ ⁠ Family members say Clermont was deeply loved by relatives, friends, the people who sat in his chair, and the wider community that knew him through his work. His cousin reached out to L’Union Suite asking that his story be shared not only as a tribute, but also as a caution.⁠ ⁠ “Our family would also like his story to bring awareness to the dangers of driving while tired or sleepy,” the cousin wrote. “Drowsy driving can have devastating consequences, and we hope his story can encourage someone to recognize the danger, pull over, rest, and not take that risk.”⁠ ⁠ L’Union Suite featured Clermont last year after one of his videos went viral. In the clip, shared on our page in October 2025, he speaks in Haitian Creole with the kind of timing and energy that made the internet stop and laugh with him. The post, tagged with @bigboyyy_cuts and @Arnoldflows, captured what so many already knew in person: he had presence.⁠ ⁠ That clip was one moment. The fuller picture, according to those closest to him, was a young Haitian-American man who built a following behind the chair and left people feeling seen.⁠ ⁠ His family is still gathering details and photos and has offered to provide additional information to honor him properly. Funeral and memorial arrangements had not been publicly confirmed at the time of this writing.⁠ ⁠ If you are reading this after a long day, a late shift, or a night that ran longer than planned: pull over. Rest. The chair will still be there. The people who love you need you to arrive.⁠ ⁠ L’Union Suite extends condolences to Stephan’s family, friends, clients, and everyone who knew Big Boy. May his memory be a blessing — and may the warning his family is asking us to carry save a life.

Estephanie Charles is still standing in Bangkok.⁠ ⁠ Haiti’s official representative at the 14th Miss Grand International pageant has advanced to Round 2 of the competition’s public “Country’s Power of the Year” vote, one of the few early scoreboard results that can still put a delegate on a fast track to the Top 20.⁠ ⁠ Charles took part in the official welcome ceremony and press conference on Sept. 23 at the Grand Richmond Stylish Convention Hotel. The grand final remains Oct. 10 at MGI Hall in Bangkok, where reigning titleholder Emma Tiglao of the Philippines is expected to crown her successor.⁠ ⁠ Charles is now in Group D. Only the top two contestants in each group move on. This round of voting closes Sept. 30 at 5 p.m. Thailand time. The eventual Country Power winner receives an automatic place in the Top 20 on coronation night.⁠ ⁠ Closed-door interviews are set for Oct. 4. National costume and the preliminary competition are scheduled for Oct. 7. The coronation is Oct. 10.⁠ ⁠ Miss Grand International’s signature campaign is “Stop the War and Violence.” Charles has not treated that line as decoration. Coming from Haiti and having lived among different cultures, she has written that she has seen how violence tears through families, especially women and children. For her, the campaign is a call for peace, empathy, respect, unity, dialogue, compassion, and a future that does not repeat the same damage.⁠ ⁠ Source: @mannequinat_affaires @misshaiticaraibes @missgrandfamily⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican #haitian

Haitian businessman Gilbert Bigio, founder of the GB Group conglomerate and long described as one of Haiti’s wealthiest private-sector figures, died Tuesday, September 29, in Florida at the age of 91. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, October 1, in Hollywood, Florida. Circumstances of his death were not publicly detailed. Born around 1935 into a Sephardic Jewish family originally from Aleppo, Syria, Bigio belonged to a lineage that settled in Haiti in 1896 and built commercial interests over generations. He became the de facto leader of Haiti’s small Jewish community and served for years as honorary consul of Israel; his son Reuven later held the same honorary post. His wife is Monique Bigio. Bigio founded GB Group in 1972, beginning with Aciérie d’Haïti (Haitian Steelworks). By the 1980s the steel operation controlled nearly all commercial steel in the country. The group then expanded into construction materials, consumer goods, edible oils (Huileries Haïtiennes), energy and fuel (including GB Energy and former Texaco operations in the Dominican Republic), telecommunications, real estate, banking, logistics, and infrastructure. Port Lafito, a major private port project in Haiti’s West Department, was among its signature investments. In recent years the group adopted a new identity as B|G|O (Builders of Great Opportunities). For decades Bigio was routinely called Haiti’s first billionaire and one of the richest men in the Caribbean. He operated largely behind the scenes while the family network remained one of the country’s largest private-sector groups. His later years were marked by international sanctions. On December 2, 2022, Canada imposed economic sanctions on Bigio, along with Reynold Deeb and Sherif Abdallah, under its Haiti-related Special Economic Measures. Bigio remained listed; no Haitian or Canadian criminal conviction was reported in connection with those allegations. The United States had previously sanctioned him and family members in the early 1990s over alleged support for the military regime that ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide; those U.S. measures were later lifted. He is survived by his wife and children.#lunionsuite

Former Haitian First Lady Martine Moïse took the stand Tuesday as the first witness in the federal trial of Haitian-American pastor Christian Emmanuel Sanon, who is accused of helping orchestrate the July 7, 2021, assassination of her husband, President Jovenel Moïse. “I am here today to demand justice for Jo. He wanted a better country. Unfortunately, that’s how it ended. I want all those who did this to go to prison,” Moïse told the court. Questioned by prosecutors about the night of July 6–7, 2021, she answered a series of questions about the attack at the couple’s private residence in Pèlerin 5, above Port-au-Prince. She also named individuals she said should be called to testify, including former Director General of the Haitian National Police (PNH) Léon Charles. Sanon, 67, a dual Haitian-American citizen and pastor who lived in South Florida, has pleaded not guilty to charges that include conspiracy to kill or kidnap a person outside the United States. If convicted, he faces life in prison. The trial is being held before U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Becerra in Miami’s federal courthouse. A jury of 12 plus four alternates was selected Monday. U.S. prosecutors allege Sanon helped recruit participants, raise money, and arrange travel and lodging as part of a plot that originated in South Florida and culminated in the armed assault that killed President Moïse and wounded Martine Moïse. Sanon was arrested in Haiti days after the killing; a search of his home turned up boxes of ammunition, 19 passports, and other items. He was transferred to U.S. custody in early 2023. Four co-defendants were convicted earlier this year in a separate Miami trial and face life sentences. Sanon’s case was severed due to health issues and is proceeding separately. Prosecutors have listed 58 potential witnesses, including cooperating defendants already sentenced, FBI analysts, forensic experts, and Martine Moïse. President Jovenel Moïse, 53, was shot multiple times in his bedroom after armed men stormed the residence in the early morning hours of July 7, 2021. Martine Moïse survived the attack. The trial is expected to last several weeks. #lunionsuite #haitianamerican

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In his first on-camera statement since the Lindsay Clancy mistrial, Michael Péguy Desronvil thanks supporters, credits his Catholic faith, and says the story should return to the children who cannot speak for themselves.⁠ ⁠ The lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial has spoken on camera for the first time, and he is asking the country to stop centering him.⁠ ⁠ In a Fox News Hannity exclusive video circulating Tuesday, Michael Péguy Desronvil, identified in court coverage as the single juror who would not join an 11-1 vote for not guilty by reason of insanity introduced himself and immediately redirected the conversation.⁠ ⁠ “I know the whole focus has been on me, but we want to reel everything back and put the focus on the three angels that is beside hand,” he said. “The ones that can’t speak for themselves, the ones that can’t defend themselves, and the one that can’t fight the battles. And those are Cora, Dawson, and Callie.”⁠ ⁠ Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months, were killed in their Duxbury, Massachusetts, home on January 24, 2023. Their mother, former labor-and-delivery nurse Lindsay Clancy, has admitted she strangled them. She pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder, arguing postpartum psychosis left her without criminal responsibility. After a weeks-long trial and about 38 hours of deliberations over seven days, Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial on September 4. Plymouth County prosecutors have not yet announced whether they will retry the case. A status hearing is set for today.⁠ ⁠ Fellow jurors have given a different account of deliberations. Several said Desronvil at one point acknowledged doubt but still would not vote for an insanity acquittal. In a written statement released earlier this month through attorney Edward Paltzik, Desronvil disputed that. He said he “didn’t have any doubts,” that he was cut off when he tried to raise theories based on the evidence, and that physical evidence and witness testimony convinced him Clancy “knew exactly what she was doing and planned.”⁠ ⁠ Source: FOX News⁠ #lunionsuite #haitianamerican