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January 13, 2011

On Anniversary, Haiti Increases Earthquake Death Toll Estimate to 316,000 
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The Haitian government has increased its estimate of the number of
people killed in the devastating earthquake one year ago. On Wednesday,
Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said more than 316,000 people
died, up from a previous estimate of 250,000. The revision was announced
on the earthquake's one-year anniversary. Haitian President René Préval
led a ceremony at the site that once housed Haiti's tax office before it
crumbled to the ground.

Haitian President René Préval: "In each of the cities where there were
grave consequences, we will build a place to remember this major,
historic event that concerns everyone collectively who suffered a loss
in their families. We have to construct a place or a symbol to remember
and not forget what happened with the earthquake."

Haitians across Port-au-Prince and other areas took part in ceremonies
dressed in white, as is custom for Haitian mourners.



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