Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 2010. On January 12, a massive earthquake struck the nation of Haiti, causing catastrophic damage inside and around the capital city of Port-au-Prince. President Obama has promised the people of Haiti that “you will not be forsaken, you will not be forgotten.” The United States Government has[Read More…]
Day: January 18, 2010
State Briefing on Consular Services Being Provided to American Citizens in Haiti and in the United States in the Aftermath of the Earthquake, Jan. 18, 2010
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 2010. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Overseas Citizens Services Michele T. Bond and Deputy Assistant Secretary For Visa Services David Donahue Via Teleconference OPERATOR: Welcome and thank you all for standing by. All participants will remain in a listen-only mode until the question-and-answer session. If you would like[Read More…]
‘I Have A Dream’ Speech, In Its Entirety (Video and Text)
I Have a Dream Speech I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation.[Read More…]
Audio: The ‘Post-Racial’ Conversation, One Year In
From NPR: With the election of President Obama, the phrase "post-racial" gained wider use. One year in to Obama’s term, Ralph Eubanks, author of The House at the End of the Road, and Duke University professor Mark Anthony Neal define the term and the conversation around it. Audio is from[Read More…]
FBI: National Center for Disaster Fraud to Coordinate Haitian Fraud Complaints
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The FBI and the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) have established a telephone hotline to report suspected Haitian earthquake relief fraud. The number is (866) 720-5721. The phone line is staffed by a live operator 24 hours a day, seven days a week. You can also e-mail[Read More…]
VIDEO: Police Fire In Air To Disperse Looters In Port-au-Prince
From the AP via NPR: There’s new video, courtesy of the Associated Press, showing some looting and the response of police — who fired shots in the air — in Port-au-Prince today. Keep in mind: This is one series of events in one place. Things could be much calmer just[Read More…]
CARE Works with Women in Haiti to Keep Disease at Bay, Jan. 18, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE–(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 2010. CARE’s disaster-response teams find themselves in a race against time in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, coaching survivors how to purify contaminated water and preparing hygiene kits to help prevent a secondary crisis: the outbreak of disease. The Haitian capital lacks sewer infrastructure. And the massive quake ruptured water lines,[Read More…]
Secretary-General Ban Calls for More UN Peacekeepers to be Sent to Quake-Devastated Haiti, Jan. 18, 2010
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–18 January 2010 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for an additional 3,500 United Nations troops and police officers to be deployed to Haiti, which was devastated last week by a catastrophic earthquake, to ensure that aid reaches the victims of the disaster as quickly as possible. Mr. Ban,[Read More…]
Secretary LaHood Announces U.S. Merchant Marine Mobilizing for Haiti Relief
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 2010. Today U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood announced that the Department’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) is sending five ships to assist with relief efforts in Haiti. Gopher State, Petersburg, Huakai, Cornhusker State and Cape May are being prepared to sail to the Caribbean Ocean from different parts of[Read More…]
Notre Dame’s Observer Discontinues ‘Mobile Party’ Comic Which Featured Gay-Bashing Cartoon
Notre Dame, IN–(ENEWSPF)– Staff at the University of Notre Dame’s student newspaper The Observer published a staff report Monday indicating that the Observer Editorial Board has discontinued the publication of the cartoon “The Mobile Party” following the submission and subsequent printing of the offensive Jan. 13 comic strip. According to[Read More…]
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