Port-au-Prince, Haiti–(ENEWSPF)–January 18, 2010.  Benoit Leduc, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) operations manager for Haiti, and Loris de Filippi, MSF operational coordinator in Port-au-Prince, participated in a teleconference with press regarding MSF’s response to the January 12, 2010, earthquake. Avril Benoit: Welcome to the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières[Read More…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

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…]

Montreal–(ENEWSPF)– CN announced today it will make an initial donation of C$100,000 to the Red Cross in support of the agency’s relief efforts in Haiti. In addition, CN is launching a program for employee donations to the Red Cross and will match employee contributions dollar-for-dollar. A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake on[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 17, 2010 – 2:00 P.M. EST MR. McDONOUGH:  Thank you very much, and thank you, everybody, for joining us.  Our apologies again for being late.  We’re just kind of running from difficult — different points here. We did want to have the opportunity — we did want you[Read More…]