SEAN KINGSTON has been rewarded for his animal rights work – the singer has been named the Most Animal-Friendly Hip-Hop Artist of 2010.
The Beautiful Girls hitmaker showed his softer side by supporting People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in its anti-chaining dog awareness drive, which discouraged owners from leaving their pets tethered up outside. Read More
Martelly elected new president of Haiti
by Karen Juanita Carrillo – Special to the NNPA from the New York Amsterdam News
April 15, 2011
Preliminary results indicate that the singer Michel Joseph Martelly has been elected the new president of Haiti. Following the fiasco of the Nov. 28, 2010, elections, a second round of voting was held on March 20 between two run-off candidates, one of whom will succeed René Préval as president. Read More
Jimmy Rosemond, Haitian Presidential Candidate Michel Martelly, Wyclef Jean, and Pras Rally Voters in Haiti
*Elections in Haiti are this Sunday, March 20, and presidential candidate Michel Martelly – shown above in the photo with Jimmy Rosemond, Wyclef Jean, and Pras – is expected to win. Read More
Pro-democracy protests in Yemen turned deadly when President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s supporters opened fire from rooftops on hundreds of thousands of demonstrators below, killing at least 45 people. Read More
Sean Kingston
