Haïti-Séisme : Bilan partiel, mais déjà très lourd

Encore provisoire, le bilan s’élève à plus de 50000 morts, 250000 blessés et près d’un million de sans abri. Le gouvernement, dont le siège est désormais 0à la Direction centrale de la police judiciaire (DCPJ), annonce enfin une action coordonnée. Le ministre de la santé publique, Alex Larsen, “réquisitionne” tous les médecins haïtiens, particulièrement ceux [...]

Report: Haiti Deaths Estimated At 200,000

A senior Haitian official said Friday that the death toll from the earthquake that flattened the country Tuesday could reach 200,000, the Reuters news agency reports. Interior Minister Paul Antoine Bien-Aime gave the news agency that estimate Friday. It’s the latest in a series of fluctuating estimates that hit as high as 500,000 in the [...]

Haiti quelques nouvelles en bref

4000 détenus de la prison de Port-au-Prince ont profité du séisme pour prendre la clef des champs, a affirmé vendredi le CICR Le chef d’état major américain indique que 9 à 10 000 soldats américains seront sur place d’ici lundi. L’aéroport de Port-au-Prince est contrôlé par la 82e division aéroportée de l’armée américaine Le lieutenant [...]

Haïti : Quelques nouvelles

360 millions de dollars de promesses d’aides Beaucoup de gens sont rassemblés sur le Champs mars, a la place Boyer et à la Place Saint-Pierre, Saint-Louis de Gonzague, Henfrasa, au dot de lamairie de Pétionville. Une compagnie de sanitation haïtienne offre ses services Le manque d’essence est énorme Entre 10% et 20% des bâtiments sont [...]

Haiti Earthquake Displaces 300,000

In its first estimate, the United Nations reports about 10 percent of the housing in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince has been destroyed, leaving some 300,000 people homeless. The UN says a full assessment of the damages inflicted by the powerful earthquake will take several days to complete. The United Nations says some 3.5 million people [...]

Companies chip in for Haiti earthquake relief

By John Letzing, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — A broad range of U.S. corporations has already provided millions of dollars to fund relief efforts for earthquake-ravaged Haiti, helping provide urgently-needed food, supplies and disaster-management specialists. Haiti was stuck with a massive, 7.0 earthquake on Tuesday, leaving the capital city Port-au-Prince in ruins, killing an estimated [...]

NFL urges contributions to Haitian earthquake relief

In the wake of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck Haiti on Tuesday, the NFL is joining broadcast partners CBS, FOX and ESPN in urging football fans to contribute to disaster relief through the Red Cross. CBS and FOX will air a 30-second NFL public-service announcement during the AFC and NFC divisional playoff games this [...]

Celtics Helping Aid Earthquake Relief Efforts in Haiti

The Celtics might be battling injuries, but there’s nothing wrong with their hearts. The team and NBA Cares are teaming up with UNICEF to help aid the relief efforts for earthquake-stricken Haiti. Celtics fans can make donations at the team’s home games on Jan. 14 and Jan. 18. Donations made at those games will be [...]

TIGER WOODS TO DONATE $3M TO HAITI EARTHQUAKE FUND

Tiger Woods is taking a giant leap back to respectability. The golfer — who is said to have cheated on his wife, Elin, with several different women — is considering a $3 million donation that would send doctors and supplies to Haiti. “Tiger Woods is working on sending a mobile hospital with 50 EMTs to [...]

Athlete donations to Haiti keep pouring in

Retired NBA star Alonzo Mourning, NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick and the Washington Redskins are among several athletes and sports organizations contributing to the recovery effort in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. The NFL and the players’ union announced Friday they would donate $500,000 US each to the American Red Cross and Partners In Health while the NBA [...]

Pereira s’engage avec les Canaris

Comme annoncé depuis quelques jours, Jonathan Martins Pereira sera ce matin dans les locaux parisiens du FC Nantes pour signer un contrat de deux ans. L’arrière droit franco-portugais devrait rejoindre la Jonelière cet après-midi. Par ailleurs, le défenseur central haïtien Jean-Jacques Pierre et le milieu algérien Djamel Abdoun sont eux poussés vers la sortie. L’entraîneur [...]

La FFF et la LFP vont faire un don de 200.000 euros aux sinistrés …

La Fédération française de football (FFF) et la Ligue de football professionnel (LFP) ont annoncé jeudi qu’à l’initiative du président de la FFF Jean-Pierre Escalettes et de son homologue de la LFP Frédéric Thiriez, elles allaient faire un don de 200.000 euros au profit des sinistrés d’Haïti, frappés mardi par un séisme. Dans un communiqué, [...]

Jozy Altidore Uses Words, Actions to Help Haiti

One of the blanket criticisms lobbed at modern day athletes is their general apathy toward any social causes. This isn’t something you say about American soccer player Jozy Altidore. The on-loan forward at England’s Hull City is originally from New Jersey, but both of his parents immigrated from Haiti to the United States. Since news [...]

MLB Pledges $1 Million Towards Haitian Earthquake Relief

Major League Baseball has pledged an immediate donation of $1 million to benefit earthquake victims in Haiti , Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced today. The donations are being coordinated through UNICEF, which is aiding earthquake victims by providing necessary supplies to assist with recovery efforts including clean water and sanitation, medical supplies and [...]

Former Gator Wondy Pierre-Louis rejoices in parents’ Haiti earthquake survival

GAINESVILLE — Former Florida cornerback Wondy Pierre-Louis has experienced the joy of winning two national championships. He knows something that feels better. Receiving confirmation that his parents are alive and healthy after this week’s devastating Haiti earthquake. “It was better than a national championship,” said Pierre-Louis, a native of Port-au-Prince who moved to the states [...]

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