2010 – Page 36

The Center for Disease Control, the leading US government health prevention center publishes the following on the cholera risk for travelers: Travelers who follow usual tourist itineraries and who observe food safety recommendations while in countries reporting cholera have virtually no risk. The risk is increased for those who drink untreated water or eat poorly …

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Very few Western travelers ever get seriously ill from cholera, according to thirdworldtraveler.com The website explains that for a person to become ill large amounts of bacteria from heavily contaminated water would have to be consumed. It explains that the risk of infection in travelers is very low, especially for travelers who follow the usual …

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President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated a housing project for the victims of Hurricane Georges (1998) in southwestern Azua yesterday. He was also in Azua to inaugurate aqueducts, streets, schools, bridges and other projects, all built at a cost of more than RD$706 million. Speaking to reporters after the event, he said that he was relieved to …

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The Ministry of Education has asked the United Nations Development Program, the World Food Program and Unicef to take over the design and implementation of a plan to improve the logistics, protocols for early warnings and nutritional monitoring of the RD$17 million a day public school breakfast program. The program is now entrusted to these …

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Betting shop representatives are challenging their closure by the Department of Taxes (DGII) for violation of General Rule 07-2010. The DGII announced the closure of 8,000 shops on Monday. “We are not evading, because the nature of the law is clear. We are subject to just one tax… The DGII’s intention is to collect several …

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The Meteoro Battery Company will begin operations at a new factory in Haina, under the concept of “the Green Battery”, with an investment of US$8.5 million financed by the BDI, Lopez de Haro, Proamerica and Popular Dominicano banks. Company president Jose Antonio Rodriguez Jimenez, together with Juan Arturo Biaggi and other project executives, released details …

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Dozens of students attending the Third Edition of the Model UN on Higher Education, Science and Technology voiced their support for the legislative proposal by Deputy Pelegrin Castillo that calls for the elimination of the taxes on the Internet. In a written statement, students from the nation’s leading universities expressed their support for the initiative, …

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TV host Freddy Beras Goico is in a delicate state of health, according to Listin Diario. He is being treated in the intensive care unit of the Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City. His son, Giancarlo Beras, told the newspaper: “My father is stable and alive. Any rumor is not true,” he said …

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Traffic came to a halt on the Malecon yesterday after a serious accident involving a vehicle and two trucks. The injured were identified as Francisco Contreras, who was driving a Daihatsu truck, Jesus Batista, Italian Roberto Ifico and another man only identified as El Mello, as reported in Listin Diario. The collision ocurred between a …

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The attempt on the life of the lawyer and journalist Jordi Veras Rodriguez was planned by Adriano Roman from his cell in the Rafey Jail in Santiago, Santiago prosecutor Jenny Berenice Reynoso told the press yesterday. She said that their preliminary investigations had found that to carry out his plan, Roman enlisted the help of …

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