WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–Jan. 27, 2010 – The U.S. government still is figuring out the details of American assistance in Haiti, Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell said here today, noting that Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and President Barack Obama discussed the issue yesterday. “I think that everybody would say by now that[Read More…]
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Maryland Lawmakers Prepare to Introduce Medical Marijuana Legislation
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2010. Yesterday, a team of bipartisan Maryland legislators announced the details of two bills that would make medical marijuana legal and accessible for qualified patients in the state. The bill’s main sponsor in the House is Del. Dan Morhaim (D-Baltimore County), who, as an internist and emergency[Read More…]
U.S. Helps Haitians Keep Earthquake Survivors Informed
PORT-AU-PRINCE–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2010. Haitian police and civilian volunteers, assisted by the U.S. military distributed more than 43,800 hand-held radios to survivors of the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. In a collaborative effort, the team handed out self-powered radios at major distribution centers in Cité Soleil, the Presidential Palace, the Petionville Club[Read More…]
Haitian Recovery Must Include Strengthening of Human Rights – Top UN Official
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–27 January 2010 – Not only must Haiti’s infrastructure be built back better in the wake of the devastating earthquake, but its human rights mechanisms must also be enhanced, the top United Nations rights official said today. “Our paramount goal must be ensuring that all Haitian people attain their[Read More…]
UN Officials Urge Health Focus in Post-Emergency Haiti
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–27 January 2010 – While United Nations agencies and their partners are providing immediate assistance to the survivors of Haiti’s earthquake, they are also stressing the need to ensure that those dealing with physical and emotional scars from the disaster receive the long-term support they need. There are still[Read More…]
Haiti’s ‘Double Disaster’ Poses Water-and-Sanitation Challenges
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti–(ENEWSPF)–27 January 2010 – Two weeks after the earthquake that devastated Haiti, UNICEF continues to reach children with life-saving support, including urgently needed safe water. Here in the capital, UNICEF is now providing potable water for 235,000 people at hospitals and distribution points around the city. And water distribution[Read More…]
In Jacmel, Young Haitian Filmmaker Documents the Earthquake’s Aftermath
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–26 January 2010 – Jean Bernard Bayard, 29, is a second-year film student at Ciné Institute, the only film school in the southern port city of Jacmel, Haiti. Since the devastating earthquake struck Haiti on 12 January, Mr. Bayard and other film students have used their cameras to document[Read More…]
UNICEF Humanitarian Operation in Haiti Zeroes in on Unaccompanied Children
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–27 January 2010 – Assistance to unaccompanied children, who have lost or became separated from their families, is a focus of UNICEF’s Haitian humanitarian operations, in the wake of the deadly earthquake which struck on 12 January. While it continues daily delivery of critical life-saving supplies such as water,[Read More…]
NATO Aircraft Transports Humanitarian Aid for Haiti
NATO AIR BASE GEILENKIRCHEN, GERMANY–(ENEWSPF)–27 January 2010. Today, at 1400hrs a NATO Trainer Cargo Aircraft (TCA) left Geilenkirchen Air Base with a humanitarian relief camp module from the Danish Emergency Management Agency (DEMA). The camp will be set up in Haiti and will host around 100 relief workers from Denmark,[Read More…]
Information for USW Members, Locals Wishing to Donate to Haiti
Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–January 27, 2010. In the aftermath of the terrible earthquake in Haiti, we’ve had several USW members and locals ask how they can help. You can make a tax-deductible donation to the Steelworkers Charitable and Educational Organization, the same fund that has collected money for the victims of U.S.[Read More…]
