2010 – Page 17

The public health authorities have announced that they have confirmed a new case of cholera, the twenty-third, involving a doctor who works at the public hospital in Banica on the Haitian border. The Minister of Public Health, Bautista Rojas Gomez, said that his personnel are stepping up their efforts to prevent the spread of the …

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While announcing an increase in preventive measures along the Haitian frontier, the Minister of Public Health, Bautista Rojas Gomez said that the authorities have traced the origin of the cholera cases in the town of Banica in Elias Pina province to poor quality water that was consumed by humans. So far, four cases of cholera …

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A man who travelled from the Dominican Republic to Miami became the third confirmed case of cholera reported in the United States. Apparently, this is a doctor who had been in Haiti treating cholera patients, and he began to feel uncomfortable on an American Airlines flight last Thanksgiving Day. In late November the Orange County …

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This year it is projected that the pension funds will close with income of more than RD$120 billion (around 7% of GDP) and for 2011, it is projected that they will surpass RD$150 billion. The Superintendent of Pensions, Joaquin Geronimo, said that the entity projects that by 2014 the funds will represent some RD$300 billion, …

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“Nou pa’t janm kon pale anpil konsa”. Oh – you don’t understand?? Well perhaps that is because the billboard announcing the cell phone service is in Haitian Creole or Kreyol as it is called there. This is something new on the streets of Santo Domingo, and is a reflection of the presence of so many …

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National Police chief Major General Jose Armando Polanco Gomez has designated a commission to investigate a claim of physical aggression against Sergeant Mildred Andrea Cepeda at the police station in the Ensanche Espaillat in Santiago. The commission is headed by Major General Henry Peralta, who will present a report on the case in the next …

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The Ministry of Culture is sponsoring a 9am-12 midnight free admission day-night to Dominican museums on Friday 10 December. Participating this year are: Colonial City n Alcazar, Casas Reales, Museum of Dominican Family 19th Century, Santo Domingo Fort, Naval Museum of the Atarazanas, Trampolin Children’s Museum, Casa Duarte Museum. Plaza de la Cultura n Museum …

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The Dominican Winter League Baseball Tournament dedicated to Jose Lima and the victims of the 11 January Rio Verde plane crash (in 1948) is entering the last phase before the playoffs begin. Last night the Leones del Escogido handed the visiting Gigantes del Cibao a 10-3 defeat. Once again pitcher Yuneski Maya dominated the opposing …

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In a bid to improve bilateral measures and tackle cholera more effectively, President Leonel Fernandez and his Haitian counterpart Rene Preval will hold a meeting in the Dominican Republic next week, possibly on Tuesday, although the date and the exact location of their meeting are yet to be confirmed. Fernandez met with Haitian Prime Minister …

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The cholera outbreak in Haiti originated at a campsite where Nepalese soldiers serving in the United Nations peacekeeping force were staying, according to a leaked report from a French epidemiologist hired by the Haitian authorities to investigate the epidemic. Listin Diario quotes the report as saying: “The infectious focus originated in the Nepalese camp” located …

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