NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2010. The Obama administration’s record on restoring civil liberties during its first year in office is mixed, according to a new report analyzing the administration’s performance released today by the American Civil Liberties Union. Of a set of 145 detailed recommendations the ACLU made to the new[Read More…]
Day: January 19, 2010
Doctors Without Borders Plane with Lifesaving Medical Supplies Diverted Again from Landing in Haiti, Jan. 19, 2010
Port-au-Prince–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2010 – A Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) cargo plane carrying 12 tons of medical equipment, including drugs, surgical supplies and two dialysis machines, was turned away three times from Port-au-Prince airport since Sunday night despite repeated assurances of its ability to land there. This 12-ton cargo[Read More…]
U.S. Postal Service Holding All Mail to Haiti
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2010. The Postal Service announced today it has placed a temporary hold on all mail destined to the nation of Haiti. The action comes in response to the cancellation of normal flight operations by air cargo contractors into and out of the island nation, where emergency relief efforts[Read More…]
Haiti Task Force Commander Notes Progress
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Jan. 19, 2010 – Humanitarian assistance efforts in Haiti are improving every day despite enormous challenges, the commander of Joint Task Force Haiti said. “Today, we had 180 flights go through the airport with zero delays,” Army Lt. Gen. P.K. “Ken” Keen said yesterday during a “DoDLive” bloggers roundtable. “That’s[Read More…]
U.S. To Open Additional Runway in Haiti
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Jan. 19, 2010 – As some 200 daily flights transit through the congested and sole functioning Haitian airport in the capital of Port-au-Prince, the U.S. military is looking to open a second runway in the city of Jacmel within a day. The airfield will receive C-130 deliveries that initially will[Read More…]
U.S. Airborne Troops Expand Relief Efforts in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti–(ENEWSPF)–Jan. 19, 2010 – Even as thousands more show up daily for free food and water, the 82nd Airborne Division troops at their makeshift forward operating base here have begun to move out beyond its barriers to see how else they can help those still suffering from last week’s[Read More…]
New National Poll Shows Dramatic Increase in Support of Marijuana Reform
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 19, 2010. A new ABC News/Washington Post poll reveals that more than eight in 10 Americans (81%) support efforts to make marijuana legal for medical use, up from 69 percent in 1997. Fifty-six percent say that if it’s allowed, “doctors should be able to prescribe medical marijuana to[Read More…]
Durbin: Small Businesses will Benefit from Healthcare Reform Bill
CHICAGO, IL—(ENEWSPF)—January 19, 2010. Healthcare reform will give small businesses the ability to offer their employees quality, affordable healthcare coverage while remaining competitive in a challenging economy, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) said today while addressing local business owners at the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. “Small businesses are the backbone[Read More…]
Haiti Quake Relief Effort Must Be Part of Wider Focus on Eliminating Poverty, UN Says
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 January 2010 – Last week’s catastrophic earthquake in Haiti not only provides a symbol of extraordinary faith, enduring hope and international solidarity amid the worst devastation, it must also serve as a reminder of the global community’s wider responsibilities to help the poor worldwide, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said[Read More…]
Financial Crisis Threatens to Set Back Education Worldwide, UN Report Warns
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–19 January 2010 – The global financial crisis threatens to deprive millions of children in the world’s poorest countries of an education, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, with a knock-on effect on future economic growth, poverty reduction and progress in health and other areas, according to a United Nations report[Read More…]
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