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Saturday, October 9, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Wyclef Hospitalized For Stress
(nationalledger.com)
Wyclef Jean has been hospitalized with stress and fatigue. The former Fugees singer was forced to abandon his bid to become President of Haiti last week, and was admitted to a hospital in New Jersey on Sunday (09-26-10) due to his exhaustion.
A statement released by his family read: "Wyclef Jean has had an extremely grueling three months - truly an exhausting eight months, since the earthquake when he recommitted himself to our homeland and his passion for our people. He is currently suffering the effects of lack of sleep and stress, global travel, even the endless public eye, and has asked that his fans and supporters bear with him for the next several days as he regains his physical health and stamina. Then he will be back out in front of the crusade to rebuild Haiti and his pledge to make it even better for business."
Wyclef's representative, Marian Salzman confirmed he was in hospital, but said he expects the 'Gone 'Til November' singer to be released this week and that he "plans to take it easy" afterward.
Wyclef's bid to become president in November's elections was rejected, and although reasons were not given, it is thought he does not meet constitutional requirements for candidacy - which include owning property in Haiti, always having held a Haitian passport, and having lived in the country for five consecutive years.
The 37-year-old musician only fulfilled this last requirement on a technicality, having lived in the country until he was nine.
Wyclef has played a very active role in the relief effort in the country since its capital, Port Au Prince, was hit by a massive earthquake in January leaving an estimated 230,000 people dead, 300,000 injured and over 1 million homeless.
Wyclef Jean has been hospitalized with stress and fatigue. The former Fugees singer was forced to abandon his bid to become President of Haiti last week, and was admitted to a hospital in New Jersey on Sunday (09-26-10) due to his exhaustion.
A statement released by his family read: "Wyclef Jean has had an extremely grueling three months - truly an exhausting eight months, since the earthquake when he recommitted himself to our homeland and his passion for our people. He is currently suffering the effects of lack of sleep and stress, global travel, even the endless public eye, and has asked that his fans and supporters bear with him for the next several days as he regains his physical health and stamina. Then he will be back out in front of the crusade to rebuild Haiti and his pledge to make it even better for business."
Wyclef's representative, Marian Salzman confirmed he was in hospital, but said he expects the 'Gone 'Til November' singer to be released this week and that he "plans to take it easy" afterward.
Wyclef's bid to become president in November's elections was rejected, and although reasons were not given, it is thought he does not meet constitutional requirements for candidacy - which include owning property in Haiti, always having held a Haitian passport, and having lived in the country for five consecutive years.
The 37-year-old musician only fulfilled this last requirement on a technicality, having lived in the country until he was nine.
Wyclef has played a very active role in the relief effort in the country since its capital, Port Au Prince, was hit by a massive earthquake in January leaving an estimated 230,000 people dead, 300,000 injured and over 1 million homeless.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Tiger Style
This is my entry for the 'Urban Shogun' Draw-Off Art Contest 2010.Had to do this one 'Calvin & Hobbes' style!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Haiti storm lashes tent city
(timeslive.co.za)
A sudden storm has left at least five quake survivors dead and dozens more wounded as it blasted through Haiti's capital, tearing down shabby tent homes, trees and power lines.
Those killed on Friday included two young girls and a 93-year-old woman who lived in close quarters with the tens of thousands of people left homeless by the powerful January 12 quake that devastated this impoverished Caribbean nation, said civil protection official Nadia Lochard.
She said thousands of tents had been torn apart by the freak storm and the strong winds and heavy rains it dumped in a matter of hours on Port-au-Prince, still filled with rubble more than nine months after the quake.
"Thousands of tents have been destroyed or damaged or simply blown away by wind gusts. We began evacuating people to schools and other shelters," said Lochard.
"People need blankets and clothes." Several other cities were also hit by the storm, prompting officials to fear a higher toll.
US meteorologists said the storm was not linked to any tropical storm system.
Meanwhile Tropical Storm Matthew killed seven people in Venezuela and brought fresh misery to Central America, where hundreds have been killed in flooding and landslides this year.
Tens of thousands of people were evacuated throughout the region.
In Port-au-Prince strong winds blew roofs off houses, uprooted trees and toppled power lines. Tents were blown away at a refugee camp near the presidential palace, and the wind knocked over public toilets, victims said.
Dozens of residents of tent dwellers protested steps from the presidential palace, which was also leveled in the quake.
"We were unable to enter this camp to evaluate damage. People were angry," a civil protection agent explained.
Haitian officials said UN soldiers and Haitian police were helping them evacuate people whose shelters were destroyed or uprooted by the wind gusts, setting up hard plastic shelters for the displaced.
International groups treated many of the wounded. Others were transported to hospitals, according to a foreign doctor who declined to provide a toll of the victims.
Civil protection authorities said they were compiling data before releasing final figures.
Although the rain has stopped in Port-au-Prince, forecasters warned fresh storms could lash the already battered nation again in the coming days.
January's quake killed 250, 000 people, left 1.3 million homeless and destroyed much of the capital.
Some 125, 000 Haitian families were put up in the emergency camps following the quake.
Tent cities have sprung up in and around the ruined capital of the poorest country in the Americas, with little sign that those left homeless and destitute will move into more permanent housing in the near future.
International aid has been slow in coming, with only a fraction of the funds promised for rebuilding efforts actually disbursed.
Earlier in the hurricane season, the United Nations identified 130 tent cities as being at risk from rains and winds that could further worsen conditions for the most vulnerable, including thousands of orphaned children.
A sudden storm has left at least five quake survivors dead and dozens more wounded as it blasted through Haiti's capital, tearing down shabby tent homes, trees and power lines.
Those killed on Friday included two young girls and a 93-year-old woman who lived in close quarters with the tens of thousands of people left homeless by the powerful January 12 quake that devastated this impoverished Caribbean nation, said civil protection official Nadia Lochard.
She said thousands of tents had been torn apart by the freak storm and the strong winds and heavy rains it dumped in a matter of hours on Port-au-Prince, still filled with rubble more than nine months after the quake.
"Thousands of tents have been destroyed or damaged or simply blown away by wind gusts. We began evacuating people to schools and other shelters," said Lochard.
"People need blankets and clothes." Several other cities were also hit by the storm, prompting officials to fear a higher toll.
US meteorologists said the storm was not linked to any tropical storm system.
Meanwhile Tropical Storm Matthew killed seven people in Venezuela and brought fresh misery to Central America, where hundreds have been killed in flooding and landslides this year.
Tens of thousands of people were evacuated throughout the region.
In Port-au-Prince strong winds blew roofs off houses, uprooted trees and toppled power lines. Tents were blown away at a refugee camp near the presidential palace, and the wind knocked over public toilets, victims said.
Dozens of residents of tent dwellers protested steps from the presidential palace, which was also leveled in the quake.
"We were unable to enter this camp to evaluate damage. People were angry," a civil protection agent explained.
Haitian officials said UN soldiers and Haitian police were helping them evacuate people whose shelters were destroyed or uprooted by the wind gusts, setting up hard plastic shelters for the displaced.
International groups treated many of the wounded. Others were transported to hospitals, according to a foreign doctor who declined to provide a toll of the victims.
Civil protection authorities said they were compiling data before releasing final figures.
Although the rain has stopped in Port-au-Prince, forecasters warned fresh storms could lash the already battered nation again in the coming days.
January's quake killed 250, 000 people, left 1.3 million homeless and destroyed much of the capital.
Some 125, 000 Haitian families were put up in the emergency camps following the quake.
Tent cities have sprung up in and around the ruined capital of the poorest country in the Americas, with little sign that those left homeless and destitute will move into more permanent housing in the near future.
International aid has been slow in coming, with only a fraction of the funds promised for rebuilding efforts actually disbursed.
Earlier in the hurricane season, the United Nations identified 130 tent cities as being at risk from rains and winds that could further worsen conditions for the most vulnerable, including thousands of orphaned children.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Wyclef challenges election in song
(Reuters)
Haitian hip-hop star and presidential hopeful Wyclef Jean has turned to song to accuse outgoing President Rene Preval of engineering his rejection as a candidate for the November election.
Local radio stations broadcast a song by Jean in Creole in which he called for the jailing of electoral officials who last week disqualified him and for the first time directly blamed Preval.
The 40-year-old Haitian-born, U.S.-based celebrity, who has an enthusiastic youth following in his poor homeland, is challenging his rejection, which was based on him not meeting residency requirements.
The dispute has raised fears of tensions that could disrupt the Caribbean nation's rebuilding after a massive Jan. 12 earthquake that killed up to 300,000 people.
In his Creole composition entitled Prizon Pou K.E.P. a (Jail for the Provisional Electoral Council), a sombre-voiced Jean sings that Preval "expelled me from the race."
"I know all the cards are in your hands . . . I voted for you to be president in 2006, why today did you reject my candidacy?" the song says, addressing Preval, who cannot seek re-election after serving two terms as president.
"It's not Wyclef that you have expelled, it is the youth you have denied . . . it's the population you have denied, it's the peasants you have denied," Jean sings. He also posted the song on his Twitter page https://twitter. com/wyclef.
Preval had been informed about the song but did not immediately react, aides said.
Haitian hip-hop star and presidential hopeful Wyclef Jean has turned to song to accuse outgoing President Rene Preval of engineering his rejection as a candidate for the November election.
Local radio stations broadcast a song by Jean in Creole in which he called for the jailing of electoral officials who last week disqualified him and for the first time directly blamed Preval.
The 40-year-old Haitian-born, U.S.-based celebrity, who has an enthusiastic youth following in his poor homeland, is challenging his rejection, which was based on him not meeting residency requirements.
The dispute has raised fears of tensions that could disrupt the Caribbean nation's rebuilding after a massive Jan. 12 earthquake that killed up to 300,000 people.
In his Creole composition entitled Prizon Pou K.E.P. a (Jail for the Provisional Electoral Council), a sombre-voiced Jean sings that Preval "expelled me from the race."
"I know all the cards are in your hands . . . I voted for you to be president in 2006, why today did you reject my candidacy?" the song says, addressing Preval, who cannot seek re-election after serving two terms as president.
"It's not Wyclef that you have expelled, it is the youth you have denied . . . it's the population you have denied, it's the peasants you have denied," Jean sings. He also posted the song on his Twitter page https://twitter. com/wyclef.
Preval had been informed about the song but did not immediately react, aides said.
Caribbean Peoples Unite For Haiti
(CARIBBEAT - Jared McCallister)
Haiti in hearts of West Indian parade planners
Though its roots are in Trinidad and Tobago, the West Indian American Day Carnival Parade has always been an all-inclusive Caribbean affair, and this year, Haiti's going to get some special attention, according to carnival spokeswoman Jean Alexander.
Under the theme "Bridging Cultures," the 43rd annual festivities will include a benefit concert on Thursday for survivors of Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake. The Thursday show kicks off the annual five-day event, which culminates with the massive carnival parade on Labor Day, Sept. 6, along Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway.
The parade of costume and music and floats begins at noon at Schenectady Ave. and Eastern Parkway. WIADCA President Yolanda Lezama-Clark cuts a ribbon to start the procession, which travels down the parkway to Grand Army Plaza.
Showtime is 7 p.m. Admission is $30 and $35 at the door.
The benefit and other pre-parade shows will be held on the Brooklyn Museum grounds, 200 Eastern Parkway (entrance on Washington Ave.).
Haiti in hearts of West Indian parade planners
Though its roots are in Trinidad and Tobago, the West Indian American Day Carnival Parade has always been an all-inclusive Caribbean affair, and this year, Haiti's going to get some special attention, according to carnival spokeswoman Jean Alexander.
Under the theme "Bridging Cultures," the 43rd annual festivities will include a benefit concert on Thursday for survivors of Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake. The Thursday show kicks off the annual five-day event, which culminates with the massive carnival parade on Labor Day, Sept. 6, along Brooklyn's Eastern Parkway.
The parade of costume and music and floats begins at noon at Schenectady Ave. and Eastern Parkway. WIADCA President Yolanda Lezama-Clark cuts a ribbon to start the procession, which travels down the parkway to Grand Army Plaza.
Showtime is 7 p.m. Admission is $30 and $35 at the door.
The benefit and other pre-parade shows will be held on the Brooklyn Museum grounds, 200 Eastern Parkway (entrance on Washington Ave.).
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Wyclef Cannot Appeal Haiti`s Election Council Ruling
CaribWorldNews, PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, Weds. Aug. 25, 2010: Haitian-born Grammy Award-winning singer, Wyclef Jean, cannot appeal his disqualification from the upcoming Presidential election in his homeland.
That`s the word from the country`s provisional electoral council. A lawyer from the council said Tuesday that the council`s ruling is final and cannot be appealed.
Samuel Pierre of the council`s legal department told Reuters that, under article 191 of Haiti`s electoral law, rulings by the election authority`s disputes tribunal are definitive and cannot be appealed.
`Therefore there is absolutely no possibility for Wyclef Jean to be added to the list of candidates approved to run in the next presidential elections,` Pierre said. `So it`s over.`
Jean, after initially accepting his disqualification late Friday, said on Sunday he would appeal the decision which rejected his candidacy for the November 28 election.
But Council officials said Jean, who left his homeland with his family at the age of 9 to live in the United States, failed to meet residency requirements. His uncle, former Haiti ambassador to the U.S., Ray Joseph, was also disqualified, along with several other candidates.
Jean, 40, was among 34 presidential candidates vying for a spot in the election to choose a successor to President Rene Preval, who cannot run again after two terms. The council only approved 19 candidates and rejected 15 others.
Singer Sweet Mikey, whose real name is Michel Martelly, is among the 19 approved candidates, along with Axan Delson Abellard of the Konbit Nasyonal pour Devlopman (KNDA) party; Jacques Édouard Alexis of the Mobilisation pour le Progrès d`Haïti (MPH) party; Jean Hector Anacacis of the Mouvement Démocratique de la Jeunesse Haïtienne (MODEJHA); Charles Henry Jean-Marie Baker of Respè; Josette Bijou an Indépendant; Gérard Marie Necker Blot of the Platfòm 16 Désanm; Jean Henry Céant of Renmen Ayiti; Jude Célestin of INITE; Eric Charles of the PRNH; Yves Christallin of the Oganizasyon Lavni Wilson Jeudy of Fòs 2010; Jean Chavannes Jeune of the Alliance chrétienne citoyenne pour la reconstruction d`Haïti (ACCRHA); Léon J. Jeune of Konbit Liberation Ekonomik (KLE); Génard Joseph of Groupement Solidarité; Garaudy Laguerre of WOZO; Mirlande Hyppolite Manigat of Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes (RDNP); Yvon Neptune of Ayisyen pou Ayiti and Leslie Voltaire of Plateforme Ansanm Nou Fò.
That`s the word from the country`s provisional electoral council. A lawyer from the council said Tuesday that the council`s ruling is final and cannot be appealed.
Samuel Pierre of the council`s legal department told Reuters that, under article 191 of Haiti`s electoral law, rulings by the election authority`s disputes tribunal are definitive and cannot be appealed.
`Therefore there is absolutely no possibility for Wyclef Jean to be added to the list of candidates approved to run in the next presidential elections,` Pierre said. `So it`s over.`
Jean, after initially accepting his disqualification late Friday, said on Sunday he would appeal the decision which rejected his candidacy for the November 28 election.
But Council officials said Jean, who left his homeland with his family at the age of 9 to live in the United States, failed to meet residency requirements. His uncle, former Haiti ambassador to the U.S., Ray Joseph, was also disqualified, along with several other candidates.
Jean, 40, was among 34 presidential candidates vying for a spot in the election to choose a successor to President Rene Preval, who cannot run again after two terms. The council only approved 19 candidates and rejected 15 others.
Singer Sweet Mikey, whose real name is Michel Martelly, is among the 19 approved candidates, along with Axan Delson Abellard of the Konbit Nasyonal pour Devlopman (KNDA) party; Jacques Édouard Alexis of the Mobilisation pour le Progrès d`Haïti (MPH) party; Jean Hector Anacacis of the Mouvement Démocratique de la Jeunesse Haïtienne (MODEJHA); Charles Henry Jean-Marie Baker of Respè; Josette Bijou an Indépendant; Gérard Marie Necker Blot of the Platfòm 16 Désanm; Jean Henry Céant of Renmen Ayiti; Jude Célestin of INITE; Eric Charles of the PRNH; Yves Christallin of the Oganizasyon Lavni Wilson Jeudy of Fòs 2010; Jean Chavannes Jeune of the Alliance chrétienne citoyenne pour la reconstruction d`Haïti (ACCRHA); Léon J. Jeune of Konbit Liberation Ekonomik (KLE); Génard Joseph of Groupement Solidarité; Garaudy Laguerre of WOZO; Mirlande Hyppolite Manigat of Rassemblement des Démocrates Nationaux Progressistes (RDNP); Yvon Neptune of Ayisyen pou Ayiti and Leslie Voltaire of Plateforme Ansanm Nou Fò.
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