This Week In South Florida Roundtable: Sept. 15, 2024
The Florida secretary of state defended an investigation into petition fraud, as advocates gather signatures to enshrine abortion rights in the state’s constitution through the proposed Amendment 4 — subject to a referendum on the November ballot.
‘Fake News’: Haitian leaders in South Florida blast JD Vance for pet-eating accusations
A recent wave of misinformation has sparked significant backlash from South Florida’s Haitian community after Republican Vice President nominee JD Vance propagated a false rumor claiming that a Haitian neighbor was preparing to eat a lost cat.
This Week In South Florida Podcast: Sept. 8, 2024
Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg talks to Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava after her re-election. She also hosts a Roundtable with Jesse Scheckner, of Florida Politics; Douglas Hanks, of The Miami Herald; and Anthony Man, of The Sun Sentinel; and she presents Anchor Calvin Hughes’s one-on-one interview with the new prime minister of Haiti.
This Week In South Florida Podcast: Sept. 1, 2024
Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg talks to Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava after her re-election. She also hosts a Roundtable with Jesse Scheckner, of Florida Politics; Douglas Hanks, of The Miami Herald; and Anthony Man, of The Sun Sentinel; and she presents Anchor Calvin Hughes’s one-on-one interview with the new prime minister of Haiti.
This Week In South Florida podcast: Aug. 25, 2024
Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg talks to Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava after her re-election. She also hosts a Roundtable with Jesse Scheckner, of Florida Politics; Douglas Hanks, of The Miami Herald; and Anthony Man, of The Sun Sentinel; and she presents Anchor Calvin Hughes’s one-on-one interview with the new prime minister of Haiti.
This Week In South Florida: Exclusive interview with Haiti’s new prime minister has message for diaspora
This Week In South Florida: Exclusive interview with Haiti’s new prime minister has message for diaspora
Local 10 in Haiti: Nation of 12 million looks to new prime minister to defeat gangs
After arriving at Haiti’s National Palace this week, Local 10 News witnessed a significant change in the Caribbean nation: dozens of members of its newly reformed military, marking the first time since the 1990s that Haiti has had an army.
Local 10 in Haiti: Residents demand action as gangs tighten grip on Port-au-Prince
Dramatic scenes unfolded on the streets of Port-au-Prince Monday morning, highlighting the ongoing struggle for control in Haiti’s capital.
Local 10 visits Haiti as nation attempts to rebuild after near-collapse
Local 10′s Calvin Hughes arrived in Port-au-Prince on Monday, bringing viewers a firsthand look at Haiti’s challenges and efforts to rebuild a country that was once hailed as the crown jewel of the Caribbean.
This Week In South Florida episode: Aug. 18, 2024
Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Torey Alson, a Broward School Board member; Rodney Jacobs and Chad Klitzman, both Democrats running for the Florida State Senate; and Scott Galvin, a North Miami councilman. Local 10 News Anchor Calvin Hughes talks about his coverage of Haiti.
Haiti’s anti-gang crackdown: About a dozen killed after prison break
Amid an ongoing anti-gang crackdown involving a United Nations-backed law enforcement mission, Haitian authorities reported a prison break turned deadly in Saint-Marc, a coastal city north of Port-au-Prince.
Hurricane warnings issued for Bermuda ahead of a strengthening Ernesto
Ernesto continued to strengthen on Thursday morning as it churned northward into the Atlantic about 250 miles northeast of the Turks and Caicos and the southeastern Bahamas.
Security officers cover Haiti’s prime minister with gunfire as he leaves hospital, government says
The office of Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille says security officers had to fire shots to cover leader’s exit from a hospital in Port-au-Prince.
At least 3 dead in Haiti after boat catches fire during escape attempt
Officials in Haiti say at least three people have died and up to 40 remain missing after a boat in the waters off northern Haiti caught fire with up to 80 Haitians on board trying to escape to the Turks and Caicos Islands.
This Week in South Florida Podcast: July 7, 2024
Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Fort Lauderdale Commissioner John Herbst, Florida Rep. Hillary Cassel, Miami-Dade Commissioner Oliver Gilbert, and U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick.
Gang violence in Haiti has displaced nearly 580,000 people, a new UN report says
A new report from the U.N. migration agency says that surging violence in Haiti from clashes with armed gangs has displaced nearly 580,000 people since March.
Haiti's new prime minister hospitalized days after being selected to lead country
Haiti's government says the country's newly selected prime minister has been hospitalized in the capital of Port-au-Prince.
5 migrants detained after landing on Hillsboro Beach, feds say
Border Patrol agents are investigating after they say five individuals from both Haiti and the Dominican Republic were apprehended following a “migrant landing” on Hillsboro Beach Sunday night.
Forced to rebuild a life at 12, a Haitian girl joins thousands seeking an escape from gang violence
With thousands of people in Haiti driven from their homes by gang violence, some children find distraction from their harsh lives in arts classes.
Biden thanks Kenya's Ruto for sending police to Haiti and defends keeping US forces from the mission
President Joe Biden has offered his deep appreciation to Kenyan President William Ruto for the coming deployment of 1,000 Kenyan police forces to help quell gang violence in Haiti.
Biden is honoring Kenya with state visit as the East African nation prepares to send police to Haiti
President Joe Biden has welcomed Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House to kick off a three-day state visit.
Haiti’s main airport reopens nearly 3 months after gang violence forced it closed
Haiti’s main international airport has reopened nearly three months after gang violence forced authorities to close it.
Fear grows among Haitians in South Florida who depend on temporary protected status
Frantz Fabien is among the Haitians in South Florida who are worried about the possibility of the expiration of the Temporary Protected Status in August.
Man busted smuggling 31 migrants on boat, feds say
A man appeared in Fort Lauderdale federal court Monday after federal authorities busted him smuggling nearly three dozen migrants on his boat off the coast of South Florida, according to a criminal complaint.
Haiti police recover hijacked cargo ship in rare victory after 5-hour shootout with gangs
Haiti’s National Police says it has recovered a hijacked cargo ship laden with rice following a gunbattle with gangs that lasted more than five hours.
State emergency management director: Goal is to get hundreds of Floridians home from Haiti
A Florida Division of Emergency Management flight from Haiti landed early Sunday morning at Orlando International Airport with 21 Floridians rescued from the crisis. Hundreds more want to leave.
‘Happy to be here:’ Americans relieved as another flight evacuates citizens from Haiti to Miami
The second flight chartered by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis transporting U.S. citizens out of Haiti landed at Miami International Airport on Thursday.
A behind-the-scenes look at how Florida National Guard searches for migrants at sea
As chaos continued in Haiti, Gov. Ron DeSantis worried about a mass migration and deployed members of the Florida National Guard to help enforce immigration law at sea.
‘There’s no excuse:’ Florida missionary speaks about rough mission to escape Haiti
Miriam Cinotti, a Florida missionary, was one of 13 U.S. citizens who were evacuated from Haiti over the weekend after gang violence sent the country into chaos.
Haiti crisis: Gangs close Port-au-Prince airport, Americans evacuated to Miami
The airport in Port-au-Prince remains closed as gangs control the area, leading to the first official evacuation flight bringing 30 Americans to Miami on Sunday.
This Week in South Florida: Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
There is an ongoing scramble to staunch the street violence in Haiti's cities and neighborhoods and help the people whose families are watching from South Florida, helpless and bracing for the possibility of a Florida-bound mass exodus.
Looting is on the rise in Haiti. Among the victims: UNICEF and Guatemala's consul
A number of government and aid agencies in Haiti have reported their facilities and aid supplies have been looted as Haiti spirals into another wave of gang violence.
DeSantis signs bills aimed at illegal immigration, issues warning to Haitian refugees
Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference Friday morning at the Polk County Sheriff’s Office in Winter Haven.
DeSantis orders Florida resources to stop Haitian migrants despite no sign of increased activity
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is ordering more than 250 law enforcement officers and soldiers to the Florida Keys to help stop what he anticipates to be an increase in Haitian migrants fleeing violence in their country.
Former rebel leader Guy Philippe thinks only Haiti should decide its future
The next step for Haiti is a transitional government and elections, which hasn't happened in eight years in the country, and a new leader.
Ariel Henry bows to pressure, saying he'll resign once a council is formed to lead crisis-hit Haiti
Politicians across Haiti are scrambling for power after Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is created.
Haiti expert on armed conflict in Port-au-Prince: ‘We are going to see if the palace falls’
As Haitian gang violence runs rampant, the U.S. military airlifted personnel in and out of the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Southern Command reported on Sunday at the request of the U.S. State Department.
Gang violence in Haiti: U.S. military aircraft flies in and out of U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince
As Haitian gang violence runs rampant, the U.S. military airlifted personnel in and out of the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince, the U.S. Southern Command reported on Sunday at the request of the U.S. State Department.
Program that allows 30,000 migrants from 4 countries into the US each month upheld by judge
The Biden administration can keep operating a program that allows a limited number of migrants from four countries to enter the U.S. on humanitarian grounds after a federal judge dismissed a challenge from Republican-led states.
A teacher and 6 members of a religious congregation have been kidnapped in Haiti, officials say
Officials say six members of a religious congregation in Haiti and a teacher have been kidnapped while gathered in front of a school in the capital.
'A classic coup d'état': Former Haitian Prime Minister denies involvement in presidential assassination
The former first lady of Haiti, as well as the ex-Prime Minister have been indicted in the assassination plot of Haitian President Jovenel Moise.
The widow and aides of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse are indicted in his killing
A judge in Haiti responsible for investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has indicted his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles.
Feds seeking victims in South Florida after Haiti orphanage founder’s arrest in sex abuse case
Authorities are seeking to raise awareness within the South Florida community after they say a man accused of operating an orphanage in Haiti traveled to the country to sexually abuse a minor.
Six nuns and two other people kidnapped in Haiti have been released, archbishop says
The archbishop of Port-au-Prince says six nuns kidnapped in Haiti last week along with two other people have been released.
Coast Guard: Dependable’s crew rescues 33 Haitians from sinking boat in ‘heavy seas’
A man was using a yellow bucket as a small crowded boat was taking on water on Monday about 6 miles north of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Former orphanage founder in Haiti faces federal charges of sexually abusing minors
Federal prosecutors say the founder of an orphanage in Haiti is facing criminal charges in the U.S. for allegedly traveling to the Caribbean country to sexually abuse minors.
Gangs in Haiti have attacked a community for 4 days and residents fear the violence could spread
Gang members have raided a key community in Haiti’s capital that is home to numerous police officers and has been under siege for four days in an ongoing attack.
Man accused of scamming fellow Haitian-Americans in South Florida investment scheme
Anson Jean-Pierre promised fellow Haitian-Americans that they would not only be “millionaires” if they invested with him, but that the hundreds of thousands of dollars they would eventually put into his company would develop business in Haiti, authorities allege.
Former Haitian senator sentenced to life in prison in 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president
A federal judge in Miami on Tuesday sentenced a former Haitian senator to life in prison for conspiring to kill Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, which caused unprecedented turmoil in the Caribbean nation.
Authorities in Haiti hold former rebel leader Guy Philippe after the US repatriated him
An attorney for former Haitian rebel leader Guy Philippe says he is being held by Haitian authorities at a police station a day after the U.S. repatriated him to Haiti.
Heavily armed Haitian gang surrounds hospital in capital and traps people inside
A heavily armed gang surrounded a hospital in Haiti, trapping women, children and newborns inside until police rescued them.
Haitian gang leader added to FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list
A powerful Haitian gang leader charged by U.S. prosecutors with ordering the kidnapping of an American couple from their home in Haiti, which left the woman dead, has been added to the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, the agency announced Wednesday during a press conference in Miami.
Biden meets with Dominican president on Haiti, sends Blinken to Israel, Jordan
President Joe Biden discussed the security situation in Haiti and the Israel-Hamas war zone on Thursday during a White House meeting with the president of the Dominican Republic.
Nicaragua is 'weaponizing' US-bound migrants as Haitians pour in on charter flights, observers say
Flight data shows that more than 260 charter flights believed to be carrying migrants from Haiti have touched down in Nicaragua in recent months.
Kenyan opposition lawmakers say the Haiti peacekeeping mission must be approved by parliament
Kenyan lawmakers say that parliamentary approval is required before the deployment of police to the Kenya-led peacekeeping mission in Haiti to combat gang violence that was approved by the U.N. Security Council this week.
Haitian students play drums and strum guitars to escape hunger and gang violence
Children across Haiti's capital are playing drums, bass guitar and piano to drown out the trouble that erupts around them daily.
United Nations’ approval of Kenya-led security mission in Haiti causes mixed reactions
WSRF 1580AM & 99.5 FM, marketed as The Haitian-American Radio Station of South Florida, delivers the news in Kreyòl. There has been a high demand for updates as rival gangs grow powerful in Haiti.
Haitian officials meet in Dominican Republic to prevent border closings over canal dispute
Haiti’s government says it has met with Dominican officials in the Dominican Republic to talk about a threat by that country’s president to close all borders in response to a row over the construction of a supposed canal.
U.S. citizens need to leave Haiti ‘as soon as possible,’ U.S. Embassy warns
The U.S. Embassy in Haiti issued a security alert on Wednesday warning U.S. citizens need to leave the troubled Caribbean country “as soon as possible”
Haiti police probe killings of parishioners who were led by a pastor into gang territory
The director of Haiti’s National Police is vowing to hold accountable those who encouraged hundreds of parishioners to take up machetes and sticks over the weekend to rid a community of gang members, only to be fatally shot by them.
Judge asks if poverty qualifies for Biden policy letting migrants from 4 countries into US
A federal judge is questioning whether living in poverty would be enough to qualify someone for a key immigration policy from President Joe Biden.
Biden policy allowing migrants from 4 countries into the US is praised, criticized at Texas trial
A key portion of President Joe Biden’s immigration policy that grants parole to thousands of people from Central America and the Caribbean is being debated in a Texas federal courtroom.
At least 1 person is dead and 2 are missing as Tropical Storm Franklin batters Dominican Republic
Tropical Storm Franklin is unleashing heavy floods and landslides in the Dominican Republic after making landfall in the country’s southern region.
UN chief urges deployment of police special forces and military support to combat gangs in Haiti
The United Nations chief is urging the international community to deploy a multinational force comprising “police special forces and military support units” to Haiti to combat gangs with sophisticated weapons and restore security to the impoverished Caribbean nation.
Immigration parole program: Cuban mother dreams of family reunion in Miami-Dade
Odamyis Gomez, a married mother of two in Cuba, said she dreams of a family reunion in Miami-Dade County, and she had put her hope on President Joe Biden’s parole program. But in January, a group of 20 states challenged the case-by-case basis program to help Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans.
US backs efforts to send security force to Haiti; ex-president Boniface Alexandre dies
Boniface Alexandre, who served as president of Haiti from 2004 to 2006 after the coup that overthrew Jean-Bertrand Aristide for the second time, died on Friday. He was 87.
Germany, Brazil & Canada are out. Here's why this is the most open Women's World Cup ever
Change is happening fast in women’s soccer and a leveling of the playing field is being showcased across the globe in the biggest Women's World Cup to date.
US needs win or draw to avoid risk of elimination in group play for first time in Women's World Cup
The United States arrived at the Women’s World Cup as the favorite to win an unprecedented third consecutive title.
England hopes to be sharper in its next Women's World Cup match after underwhelming opener
Katie Robinson knows England left many unimpressed with its underwhelming 1-0 victory against overmatched Haiti in its opening match at the Women’s World Cup.
Lack of funding forces UN to slash food program in Haiti amid a surge in malnutrition
The U.N.’s World Food Program says it is facing a shortage of funds and won’t be able to help 100,000 people in Haiti this month who urgently need assistance.
Businessman gets life sentence in 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president
A federal judge in Miami has sentenced a Haitian-Chilean businessman to life in prison for his role in helping a group of Colombian mercenaries obtain weapons to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021.