Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2010 – 1:08 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everybody.  I wanted to just make a brief statement on the latest situation in Haiti so that the American people are fully up to date on our efforts there. This morning I spoke with President Préval of Haiti,[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–14 January 2010 – UNICEF is part of a massive international relief effort now under way to assist up to 3.5 million people affected by Tuesday’s 7.2-magnitude earthquake in Haiti. But while essential supplies from UNICEF, its UN partners and other humanitarian agencies have started arriving in quake-shattered communities, the survivors’[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–15 January 2010 – The United Nations is scaling up its assistance to victims of Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake, as the acting top envoy to the impoverished Caribbean nation has taken up his duties on the ground and has started the task of coordinating the relief effort. The 7.0 magnitude[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 15, 2010. President Obama spoke for roughly thirty minutes with President Preval of Haiti this morning. President Obama said that the world has been devastated by the loss and suffering in Haiti, and pledged the full support of the American people for the government and people of Haiti[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– As the full scope of the devastation in Haiti was just beginning to be understood Wednesday, MSNBC and CNN devoted extensive coverage to the crisis, including during their primetime coverage. Fox News did cover the aftermath of the earthquake in its dayside programming, but the Three Musketeers —[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– From the January 13 edition of Christian Broadcasting Network’s The 700 Club: PAT ROBERTSON: And, you know, Kristi, something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon III and[Read More…]

Commentary By Jamison Foser Tuesday’s devastating earthquake in Haiti continues to bring grim news. Estimated death counts range from the tens of thousands to more than 100,000. Haiti’s capital and largest city, Port-au-Prince, sustained massive damage: its hospitals — all of them — destroyed or rendered unusable, the presidential palace[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2010.  Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) medical teams in Port-au-Prince are treating large numbers of people who suffered fractures, head injuries and other major trauma during and after the January 12 earthquake.More than 1,000 patients have received care in the four tented facilities MSF set up[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–January 14, 2010.  With estimates that as many as three million people may be affected by the catastrophic earthquake which hit Haiti Tuesday, the American Red Cross is releasing an additional $9 million for earthquake relief, bringing its total commitment so far to $10 million to support relief efforts[Read More…]