As supplies begin to arrive, Haiti still lives in fear
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The crippled port of the Haitian capital has received its first supply ship since Tuesday’s killer earthquake — a boat carrying bananas and coal that was greeted with jubilation by desperate residents of the devastated city. A swarm of small boats surrounded the ship at the entrance to the harbor late Friday as it approached a crumbled pier with supplies from Jeremie, a Haitian town about 200 kilometers (130 miles) from Port-au-Price. Bananas will provide local residents with necessary food while coal will help boil water to avoid spread of disease. But the joyful event did little to change the overall grim situation..... MORESource: The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20100117com3.html |
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29. Alam n'yo kaya na ngayon ang ika-115 na pagdiriwang ng pinakaunang
labanan ng Himagsikan bago pa man ang pangkalahataang pag-aaklas? Ngayon
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