2008 – Page 348

Even though 98.9% of mothers get pre-natal care and 97.8% of births take place in the presence of a doctor, for every 100,000 births registered in the DR, 159 mothers between the age of 15 and 49 die as a result of complications. These figures were released by the maternal health study completed as part …

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More than 10,236 women filed domestic abuse charges in 2007, of which 40% were for physical abuse and 33% for psychological and verbal abuse. The National District Attorney General’s Office says that 629 men filed similar charges against women. The Cristo Rey sector of Santo Domingo received the most complaints with 1,729 charges while the …

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Bread will once again be sold for RD$3.00 per unit of the traditional ‘pan de agua’ bread roll, according to the Small and Medium-sized Flour Industrialists Union (UMPIH) after they accepted a proposal to reduce bread prices. The decision was made by hundreds of small bakery owners who discussed the effects that the bread price …

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The US State Department is to issue a new passport cards for US travelers wishing to travel to Mexico, Canada or the Caribbean. “The passport card will facilitate entry and expedite document processing at US land and sea ports-of-entry when arriving from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda”. The government will begin issuing the cards …

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The Emergency Operations Center (COE) has issued a green warning for nine provinces due to increased rains that will continue for 24 hours. The COE also issued warnings to drivers because of dangerous road conditions. Warnings of possible floods and mudslides are in effect for La Altagracia, Hato Mayor, Samana, Maria Trinidad Sanchez, Monte Plata, …

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Pittsburgh Pirates owner Bob Nutting and President Leonel Fernandez will shovel the first ceremonial parcel of dirt at the Pittsburg Pirates’ new baseball complex in El Toro, in Guerra, located to the east of the Dominican capital later today. The complex will be home to the Pirates’ Latin America operations and will also be used …

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The Winter League baseball finals are here but it seems as if Licey didn’t get the memo or just got it late. Licey was shocked by the Aguilas on Friday night with an 8-3 explosion. The Aguilas got 14 hits in that game. Hopes were still high for Licey as they went back to the …

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