Meeting yesterday with the representatives of various cruise lines that serve the Dominican Republic, the Executive Director of the Dominican Port Authority (APORDOM), Francisco Javier Gracía, announced the immediate launch of a program to clean up the dock facilities in Santo Domingo and an environmental clean-up of the Ozama and Isabela Rivers emptying into the port area. In fact, clean up teams began deploying yesterday. The DR was stung by the recent announcement that one of the cruise lines will soon stop making visits to Santo Domingo the cruise line said it was doing so in large part due to poor sanitation in the port area and the adjoining Colonial Zone.
