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Port-au-Prince, May 10, 2026 — Friday, May 8, 2026, will remain a key date in the journey of Lovely François. Under the arches of Alabama State University, the Director General of the National Insurance Office (ONA) officially received her master's degree in accounting, crowning an academic journey begun several years earlier with a bachelor's degree obtained in the United States.
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With the submission of the electoral decree by the Provisional Electoral Council, several commentators, leaders and heads of political parties, as well as citizens interested in political life, are embroiled in debates around Article 139.
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On Monday, May 4, 2026, the day after International Press Freedom Day, ProMedia gathered voices with contrasting analyses at the third edition of the Media and Press Professions Forum. While ProMedia's Director General, Wesly Jean Renaud, called on journalists to embody the principles of the rule of law themselves, the head of Le Nouvelliste, Maxime Chauvet, denounced two government decrees he described as a 'sword of Damocles' hanging over the profession. For his part, Communications Minister Emmanuel Ménard deemed the establishment of the rule of law 'chimerical,' making any truly free press illusory in his view. A contradiction that sums up the Haitian impasse.
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Port-au-Prince, May 4, 2026 – The draft electoral decree submitted by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to the executive continues to draw mixed reactions. At the heart of the debate: Article 139, which requires political parties and groupings to present a list of at least 30,000 members, adherents, or sympathizers in order to participate in the upcoming elections.
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The Haitian government and the United Nations took a decisive step this Saturday, May 2, 2026, with the signing of the headquarters Agreement concerning the status of the United Nations Support Office in Haiti (BANUH). The ceremony was held soberly at the Chancellery, in the presence of senior officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Justice, and Public Security.
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On April 24, 2026, the School of Law and Economic Sciences of Gonaïves (EDSEG) celebrated its Monferrier Dorval graduating class. The godmother of this class, Minister of Planning and External Cooperation Dr. Sandra Paulemon, delivered a solemn speech urging the young graduates to make law a bulwark against arbitrariness and a lever for the country's development.
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Expected on May 1, 2026, the resumption of flights between Haiti and the Dominican Republic has been postponed due to a lack of a security protocol. However, the MAEC assures that operations should begin within the month.
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In a worrying security context, Haitian authorities continue to strengthen the army's capabilities with the integration of 339 new recruits, officially graduated this Tuesday, April 21 at the Vertières military base.
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Clarens Renois never ceases to surprise. A man of his word in Haiti, a sharp critic of the transition, a committed political actor at the head of UNIR-Haiti, he is also – and perhaps above all – a writer.
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Between an agriculture paralyzed by insecurity and a job that no longer guarantees survival, May 1st, commemorated as Agriculture and Labor Day in Haiti, exposes the deep flaws of a system on its last legs.
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Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé used May 1st as a platform to link security and national production.
