by Jonel Juste
He was born on January 19, 1999 in Canada (1) to Greek and Canadian parents who met in college (2). At his birth, their baby weighted 138 g. He was Black, his name was Berry. Later on, everybody called him BlackBerry.
In Order to Live: From North Korea to Haiti
Human rights activist Yeonmi Park fled North Korea with her mother in 2007 at age 13 and eventually made it to South Korea two years later after a harrowing ordeal. In her book “In Order to Live”, she exposed the cruelty of the North Korean oppressive regime and the viciousness of the human trafficking in China. As a Haitian who can relate to her story, after reading the book, we wrote an open letter to the author. Continue reading “In Order to Live: From North Korea to Haiti”
FOOT-RETRO: Haïti-Brésil, la paix soit avec nous !
Haiti va jouer avec le Brésil le 8 juin prochain à Orlando pour la Copa America. L’heure de la revanche a sonné.
Une atmosphère de paix a régné à Port-au-Prince après la fameuse rencontre Haïti-Brésil le18 août 2004. Une rencontre qui a vu la sélection haïtienne de football se faire étriller sur un score de tennis de 6 buts à zéro. « Au moins, s’ils avaient marqué ne serait-ce qu’un but… », lâchaient désabusés certains spectateurs tandis que d’autres rétorquaient que « le Brésil a été plutôt clément », à l’issue de ce match pour la paix qui s’est déroulé 7 mois après le départ d’Aristide du pays.
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Gaining Fame for Assault
By Jonel Juste
Anjali Ramkissoon. This is a name no one really knew until now. A name we wish we knew in other circumstances rather than a fourth-year neurology resident insulting and attacking an Uber driver. Even worse, the young Miami doctor is perceived as gaining fame in the mainstream media for assaulting someone. Continue reading “Gaining Fame for Assault”
The Grasshopper and the Ant
The Grasshopper and the Ant were friends. Not really BFF’s, as we could say today, but they were two buddies who used to hang out sometimes. The two friends had, however, two opposite personalities; the Ant was a hard worker while the Grasshopper was more of a reveler, a singer, an artist. While the Ant was working 24 hours a day, the Grasshopper was going to the clubs, partying with his friends until the morning.
Really Shawne, Haitians are the worst?
So it seems that a certain Shawne Oswald, who looks like a Caucasian American, wrote some craziness, some utterly discriminatory and racist rant about Haitians on social media. Shawne Oswald claims to be a JP Morgan Chase employee; however Chase quickly denied the claim on Twitter. Calling Haitians pigs and dogs, the infamous, anti-Haitian, anti-migrant, super racist Shawne posted some pictures of the political unrest unfolding now in Haiti trying to demonstrate that Haitians are the worst because of political violence in Haiti.
Uber threatens to leave Miami-Dade because of Jean Monestime’s tough bill
Ride-hailing company Uber threatens to pull out of Miami-Dade because of a bill sponsored by Chairman Jean Monestime, a bill that is “is one of the most hostile ridesharing laws in the country”.
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Le Futur est arrivé!
Nous sommes maintenant dans le Futur, tout du moins selon le film de science-fiction de 1989 de Robert Zemeckis, “Retour vers le Futur II”. Rappelez-vous, 2015 est, dans le film, l’année de l’arrivée de Marty McFly dans le futur (notre présent) pour empêcher que son fils ne commette un crime qui pourrait compromettre son avenir. McFly, Doc Brown et Jennifer ont débarqué dans le futur, précisément le 21 octobre 2015 à bord de la DeLorean, leur machine à voyager dans le temps.
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2015: The Future Is Now
“The Future is not written, it is what you make it. So make it a good one”.-Doc Brown
We are now in the future, at least according to the 1989 Zemeckis’ sci-fi movie “Back to the Future II”. Remember, 2015 is the year Marty McFly travelled in the future (our present) to keep his son from committing a crime that could compromise his future. McFly, Doc Brown and Jennifer arrived in the future precisely on October 21, 2015, flying the DeLorean time machine.
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Presidential Debate in North Miami
One of the candidates proposed to maintain the FNE after Martelly was gone. He was booed by the audience.
Eight candidates showed up at the North Miami senior High School Auditorium (13110 NE 8th Ave, North Miami, FL 33161) to answer the questions of 4 journalists about their political agendas. This debate took place on Oct 4, exactly three weeks before the presidential elections in Haiti on Oct 25.
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