Gordon Duguid Spokesman Col. Buck Elton, Air Operations Director Via Teleconference from Haiti January 21, 2010 Mr. Duguid: — that Rear Admiral Samuel Paris would be here. The Admiral is unable to make it today and the Admiral will be the guest in our 2:00 p.m. call tomorrow. He does send his apologies. Colonel...
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By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP Music Writer Nekesa Mumbi Moody, Ap Music Writer – 35 mins ago NEW YORK – Organizers for the all-star “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon say the event raised a record-setting $57 million — and counting. The two-hour telethon aired Friday night on the major networks and dozens of other channels, including...
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A Fairfax, Va., doctor and his wife are packing a tent and sleeping bags for Haiti to see if the young girl he helped save a year ago survived the earthquake and to help others in need. Dr. James Baugh took little Roberdine Fequiere to Fairfax Inova Hospital from Haiti for complicated surgery to repair a hole...
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Haitian earthquake victims in Petit-GoâvePETIT-GOÂVE, Haiti—They work all day under the blazing sun, hammers and saws in hand, pulling down the last remnants of a structure that had served as the crowning jewel for this once-picturesque town set along the glittering Caribbean Sea. Numbering about two dozen, the men are tearing down what little...
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By Daniel Schwartz CBC News As Haitians scramble to get their lives back in order, many observers are wondering what has happened to the country’s government, which has had an unusually low profile since the Jan. 12 earthquake. “We have a vacuum of government,” Michèle Pierre-Louis told The New York Times. The 62-year-old Pierre-Louis...
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STORY HIGHLIGHTS • NEW: Man, 24, rescued from rubble of Hotel Napoli • More than 111,000 people have died in the quake and its aftermath, government reports • World Food Programme says it has distributed 1.2 million rations • U.N.: Haitian government declares end to search-and-rescue phase Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — A 24-year-old man...
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By Ann Powers Pop Music CriticJanuary 23, 2010 Programs like Friday’s “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” do not exist to further musical careers, introduce new material or birth fruitful collaborations. Tragedies like last week’s seismic disaster necessitate such urgent media efforts, and fundraising is their primary objective. Important information...
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Reporting from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti – The night was filled with voices, murmuring then gathering together then rising into hymns and chants that carried far in the balmy air. This was the time for God and for spirits. On a road next to the central cemetery, residents of a small slum were lying on mattresses...
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By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP Music Writer Nekesa Mumbi Moody, Ap Music Writer Sat Jan 23, 1:59 pm ET NEW YORK – Though the all-star telethon was titled “Hope for Haiti Now,” for most of its two hours, it was filled with tear-jerking, depressing moments, from mournful songs and grim-faced pleas from celebrities to the suffering faces of...
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Haitian officials have confirmed that the death toll from the January 12 earthquake now stands at over 110,000, with 193,000 more people wounded and another 609,000 forced into temporary shelters. Following the toll revision, the US Geographical Survey said on Saturday that the 7.0 magnitude quake that devastated the Caribbean nation was possibly the...
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