2012 – Page 192

According to data issued by Public Health, of the 118,730 births recorded during 2011 in the country, 68,960 or 58% were to mothers under the age of 18. The data also showed that 18,263 of women giving birth were Haitian, and that there had been 1,847 stillbirths and 24,167 miscarriages. Diario Libre reports that C-sections …

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Senator Felix Nova Paulino of the province of Monsenor Nouel (Bonao) has called for the law to protect water sources in the Dominican Republic to be passed. Speaking on the occasion of World Environment Day yesterday, Wednesday 5 June, he called for the law to be passed to fulfill President-elect Danilo Medina’s campaign promise “to …

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The rising waters of Enriquillo Lake in the southwest could soon leave the town of Duverge practically cut off. Journalist Carlos Julio Feliz said that the rising waters have already reached the side of the highway that links the town with Las Baitoas, in the Province of Independencia. He warned that the rising waters have …

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In an interview with Listin Diario, the director general of BanReservas bank, Claudio Peguero said that there had been 618 complaints of electronic fraud or phishing, resulting in losses of approximately RD$55.6 million over the last four years and the first four months of 2012 in the Dominican Republic. In 2008 alone there were 116 …

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BanReservas has delivered 19,299 books to 108 libraries as part of its Support National Libraries program launched last August under the slogan: “A country that reads, is a country that makes progress”. In a press release the bank sets out the objective of the project as “the democratization of knowledge by donating books to libraries …

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Corporacion Delta Intur (Deltur) has paid bondholders RD$7,318,766.66 that had expired. The payment corresponds to a placement of RD$700 million on the Santo Domingo Stock Market, as reported earlier this week in local media. The coupon should have been paid on Wednesday, 30 May. The company said that it would regularize payments from now on.

A first for Johnny Rockets, the “All American classic” restaurant chain has recently opened in the Dominican Republic in Santo Domingo at the corner of Abraham Lincoln and Bolivar avenues. It is being franchised by Axel Hache and his brother, and promises to be the first of five Johnny Rockets restaurants they plan to open …

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Dymtro Yev, the man convicted of killing Canadian Jordan Morrison in Punta Cana in February last year is to appeal against his ten-year conviction. The parents of Jordan Morrison wanted to appeal against the acquittal of the other man charged, Bouzid Redha, but missed the deadline for the appeal. They are now waiting for Yev’s …

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Travelers arriving at Las Americas International Airport and report they are carrying significant amounts of cash should take extra precautions. The United States Embassy in Santo Domingo has notified US citizens visiting the Dominican Republic that there has been an increase in armed robberies targeting US citizens arriving at Las Americas International Airport near Santo …

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Two Haitians were sentenced to 15 years at the Victoria Jail for abusing 12 minors aged between 8 and 14. The two, known as Willi Yan and Coldonie Pie were found guilty of labor exploitation and physical mistreatment of 12 Haitian children whose names were not revealed for legal reasons. The Prosecutor General said that …

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