2011 – Page 242

The school breakfast program has barely got under way and there have already been outbreaks of food poisoning, first in Cotui and now in San Cristobal province. Five children were treated for food poisoning at the Ramon Matias Mella School in Haina, San Cristobal. Ministry of Education public relations director Juan Perez Recio told El …

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The Plenary of the Central Electoral Board (JCE) decided yesterday that it is not in condition to evaluate and decide what type of support to provide the PRD Organizing Commission for the XXIX Convention to help them choose their presidential candidate for the 2012 elections. Diario Libre says that the electoral tribunal decision is in …

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The Iberostar Grand Bavaro Hotel and the Zoetry Agua Punta Cana have made the list of the best hotels in the world in the leading travel website “Tripadvisor.com”. Millions of Internet users took part in the “Travelers’ Choice 2011” survey of the best hotels, as reported in Hoy. The newspaper said that the Iberostar Grand …

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The daily flights to New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Newark were back to normal after being disrupted by the snowstorm that hit the northeastern United States. According to Hoy, many flights were suspended for as long as 72 hours because of the extreme weather conditions at the major hubs. Officials from Jet Blue, American, Delta, …

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In their second game at this year’s Caribbean World Series, the team from the Dominican Republic defeated the team from Venezuela, 6-5, when Kevin Baker, the imposing first baseman, hit a towering homerun and drove in a total of three runs. The Toros del Este, representing the Dominican Republic played good baseball in their win …

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Boogie-woogie pianist Nico Brina, famous for being the fastest piano player in the world, will be performing at Hard Rock Cafe Santo Domingo on Wednesday, 9 February at 9pm. He currently holds the Guinness World Record. Blues Masters and Friends are also playing that night. Admission is RD$500. For more information and tickets call David …

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After a brief discussion, the Senate approved the contract for the design, construction and financial negotiations of the multifaceted project for the Monte Grande Dam. The project includes the refurbishing and improvement of the dam at Sabana Yegua. Senate president Reinaldo Pared Perez said that there was an evident need to improve the development of …

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The Ministry of Public Health has announced an earlier starting date for the vaccination campaign that seeks to administer more than five million doses of vaccines to fight polio, tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, hepatitis, the AH1N1 flu, measles, chickenpox and mumps. Public Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez told reporters that although the tradition startup of …

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The Minister of Education, Melanio Paredes, said he was “embarrassed” about the arrears in payment to the doctors who treat teachers the Barahona area. He announced the payment of RD$15 million that is owed to doctors working in the city’s clinics and at the same time he complained about the teachers who have been on …

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The Panamanian health authorities have announced plans to hire over 200 doctors from the Dominican Republic to work in the interior of the country. The doctors will work for the Panamanian Social Security System in the areas where there are no local doctors. According to El Caribe, a total of 247 doctors will be hired …

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