Haiti News Roundup: Trump Slur, Kenscoff Mayor's Funeral, DR Border Buildup

HaitiLibre reported a series of developments in its October 26, 2026 roundup. At an October 24 rally in Perry, Georgia, former US President Donald Trump attacked Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff over immigration legislation and labeled Yemen, Haiti and Somalia as "shithouse countries," according to the outlet. In Kenscoff, Interior Minister Paul Antoine Bien-Aimé attended an October 24 funeral vigil for Mayor Jean Massillon, who died October 9 after a medical emergency while on duty; his funeral service was held October 25. On the regional front, Dominican President Luis Abinader announced additional troop deployments to the southern border with Haiti, stating that roughly 11,000 of the country's 63,000 armed forces were already stationed there, with two additional battalions (at least 1,000 personnel), heavy equipment and artillery moved to the area. Domestically, the Ministry of Commerce's formalization caravan visited Thomonde in the Centre Department, registering more than 100 businesses and issuing over a dozen professional identification cards. Haiti was elected to chair the Administrative and Financial Commission of the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) for a one-year term during the body's 134th Permanent Council session. The National Old-Age Insurance Office (ONA), led by Lovely François, announced a reform introducing a 17-digit Social Identification Code (CIDS) replacing the former 10-digit code, effective in the second half of the 2026-2027 fiscal year.