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Happening : Namoni and Serena After the Match

09/12/2018

| Anglais, Haïti, International, Sports, USA

Happening : Namoni and Serena After the Match by RAJ It happened on Saturday, September 8, at the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament, at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, N.Y.: 20-year-old Naomi Osaka defeated her idol, the 36-year-old tennis queen Serena Williams in two sets – 6-2, 6-4 –, thwarting Serena’s dream of breaking two records. Forget the controversy surrounding the upset which caused Serena to lose her cool, even violently breaking her racket and getting in a verbal match with the chair umpire. She’s been fined $17,000.00, a pittance for her. Serena,…

When People Lose Confidence in their Leaders, these Also Lose their Legitimacy

08/01/2018

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| Éditorial, Haïti, Société

The looting, fire and destruction of shops, commercial installations and other businesses during the riots last July 6-8 have sorely tested the country’s leaders. President Jovenel Moïse and leaders of both Houses were absent for more than 24 hours, thus considered AWOL. This has led to a loss of authority at all levels of public administration. But the verbal duel triggered by mutual denunciations between Senate President Joseph Lambert and his colleague of the Southeastern department, Ricard Pierre, has led to a situation whereby the people lose confidence in their leaders….