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The General Hospital at Plaza de la Salud is preparing its Crisis and Trauma Care teams to provide psychological assistance to Dominicans and Haitians affected by the earthquake that hit Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas last Tuesday. The free treatment will initially start at the Plaza de la Salud Primary Care Center, but will then move …

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The Seismological Institute at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) reported that major tremors have been felt in Cuba and Haiti, and in the Dominican Republic yesterday. On Wednesday morning at 7:04 a strong quake was felt in Santiago, reported to be a 6.1 located west of Port-au-Prince. Institute director Eugenio Polanco told reporters …

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Hacienda Minister Vicente Bengoa is optimistic that international organizations will reimburse the Dominican Republic for its expenses in assisting Haiti after last week’s devastating earthquake. Bengoa said that the European Union ambassador as well as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that they would support the reimbursement of the help offered to Haiti as …

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The tragic earthquake that destroyed the Haitian capital led Stephanie Hernandez to a reunion with her father, who she had not seen for 20 years. The young woman of Dominican origin, who suffered serious spinal injuries, was one of 162 patients who were transferred from Haiti to the Dario Contreras Hospital. Upon her arrival at …

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The lack of blood and medications at Jimani’s General Melenciano Hospital and others along the frontier, affects emergency care and professional treatment for the injured and wounded from the earthquake that affected the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. Dominican Medical Association (CMD) president Senen Caba asked Haitian residents in the Dominican Republic to go to branches of …

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Around 700 Dominicans have been repatriated by the Dominican embassy in Haiti, after they lost everything during the earthquake that devastated the Haitian capital last Tuesday, 12 January. Most have returned by land on buses sent by the Metropolitan Office of Bus Services (OMSA), while the wounded were transferred in helicopters. Just yesterday, the Embassy …

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Economist Bernardo Vega writes that tourism to the DR has declined after the quake in Haiti. He says that foreigners are under the impression that the quake hit here too. The Dominican government is also extracting RD$231 million from its budget for aid to Haiti, at the expense of public services locally. Our private sector …

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Catholic bishops are encouraging Dominicans to keep up their humanitarian support for Haiti. In their traditional pastoral letter for the Day of the Virgin of High Grace, the Dominican Conference of Bishops expressed its sorrow “for the difficult situation of the Haitian people and we join with them in prayer which is our strength.” “We …

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The Fourth Collegiate Court in the National District has sentenced to three years in jail a man who had plastic surgery to change his fingerprints and obtain a visa to travel to the US. Diario Libre reports that Modesto Antonio Martinez Lopez was banned from traveling to the US. In his attempt to pass as …

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Supreme Court (SCJ) chief justice Jorge Subero Isa has announced that next week he would present the sentences issued by the judges of Instruction for the National District and the province of Santo Domingo, ordering the release of Pedro Alejandro Castillo (Quirinito) and the gang of paid killers who were accused of murdering 12 people. …

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