2000 – Page 130

El Caribe newspaper reports that 2.2%, or 185,000 persons living in the DR are AIDS carriers. The numbers were reported in the opening speech given by Martha Butler, who will head the newly opened Dirección General de Control de Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual y Sida (DIGECITSS), a government organization that seeks to put a stop …

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Rafael Camilo, director of the National Planning Office, said that the new authorities need to confront the decline in resources due to the climbing petroleum prices. The "tax" on the difference between the cost of petroleum and the price it is sold for locally is one of the main sources of government revenue. Camilo explains …

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A 3.7-degree on the Richter Scale earthquake was felt yesterday in Bonao, Santiago, Imbert, Luperon and Hatillo, cities of the Cibao. Civil Defense reported there were neither material nor human losses. The earthquake occurred at 4:26 pm. The epicenter was located 75 kilometers of Santo Domingo, at a depth of 33 kilometers.

Hospital waste incinerators are being installed at seven of the leading public hospitals in the country. A US$40 million World Bank to the public health sector includes the financing for the project. The Spanish company, Omfesa sold and is installing the incinerators. The incinerators are being installed at the Maternidad Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia, …

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Nine persons were injured yesterday in a ten-car collision along the Duarte Highway, in Burende, that is between La Vega and Santiago cities. The accident occurred when the driver of a large truck did not yield instructions by a patrol cop to stop. Instead he continued on, not noticing a long line of cars parked …

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The Dominican Medical Association denounced there is an increasing number of foreigners practicing medicine illegally in the DR. To practice medicine here, a foreign graduate needs to validate medical studies with a local university and to carry out a year of service at a public hospital. At that point, legally the Executive Branch grants the …

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Former Puerto Plata senator Rafael Octavio (Kuky) Silverio Galán is promoting a project that would put a roof on the José Briceño ball park of Puerto Plata. Silverio is also vice president of the Delfines del Atlántico professional ball team. The team has not been allowed to play in the Dominican professional league because league …

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The Dominican Republic won the VI Copa Internacional Fedojudo, during the VII Circuito Panamericano de Judo Superior that took place this weekend. The Dominican team won five gold medals, six silver and 14 bronze for the best in the event. Venezuela placed second, and Argentina third.