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Northern residents rejoiced after the long-awaited inauguration of a waste management site to combat the trash-infested streets in Cap-Haïtien, Limonade and Quartier-Morin.

The Haitian League returned to action last weekend, filled as usual with unexpected turns and drama, including a comeback victory, three late equalizers, and controversies.

Elan Amadis, a Haitian bamboo farmer, calls for credit access and policy to unlock Haiti’s agricultural potential.

Across Haiti, people adore papaya for its refreshing taste and various uses. But for papaya growers, it’s one headache after another to produce the fruit consistently.

Plux Hotel and Barik Restaurant in Cap-Haïtien were damaged in a fire on May 26, as firefighters arrived late with no supplies.

Tempête Football Club and Baltimore Sportif Club sat out from the Haitian League’s playoffs because they disagreed with the federation’s decision to make them lose their first game by forfeit for failing to show up.

As planned, Sunrise Airways resumed its domestic flights on June 12, providing residents with a much-needed air travel solution to and from Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital. However, despite the country’s transitional government allocating $11 million to cover insurance costs, ticket prices remain high—fueling more frustration and criticism.

IBC Airways spent over $100,000 on flight equipment, uniforms and furniture to install an office at Antoine Simon International Airport, hoping to start operations in mid-July. But the National Airport Authority (AAN), the government agency in charge of air travel, has yet to give them authorization to put their containers to build an office at the Antoine Simon International Airport in Les Cayes.

Argentine coach Carlos Barone’s love story with Haitian soccer began in 1983 when he played for Aigle Noir. Fast forward to now, he is coaching Association Sportive Capoise and hoped to participate in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Club Shield. ASC withdrew from the competition. Despite this heartbreak, Barone refuses to end his love story with Haitian football but wants to take it up a notch higher by coaching the national team.

Although Ronald Célicourt, director of the National Port Authority (APN) in northern Haiti, isn’t popular in the town, some residents of Cap-Haïtien violently protested on Thursday, Sept. 18, when they learned that the central government might replace him soon. Police officers were sent to disperse the crowd, and gunshots were heard. However, no injuries or deaths were reported as protesters demonstrated in light rain on Thursday, Sept. 18.