2012 – Page 8

More than 100,000 Dominican and overseas passengers have arrived at Las Americas airport in the last two weeks, but several have complained about the time it is taking for their luggage to arrive. Some passengers say their luggage was left behind. According to the Dominican airports concessionary, Aerodom, around 285,000 passengers are expected, mostly Dominicans …

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Listin Diario provides a glimpse of a night in the emergency room at the Luis Eduardo Aybar hospital in the lead-up to the festive season. Saturday, 15 December was not a typical night, with at least nine cases of stab wounds inflicted by partners and all of the patients were drunk. Some of the stab …

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Bautista Rojas Gomez, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, has asked the public, especially owners of bars, colmados and discotheques, not to turn up music too loud during the Christmas and New Year period, as it is a special time for families to appreciate the environment and the natural resources the country has to …

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The Attorney General, Francisco Dominguez Brito, has announced that the circumstances surrounding the death of Colonel Francisco Alberto Caamano Deno should not remain secret and said that his office is prepared to open an investigation to ensure that whoever was responsible for the supposed execution is brought to justice if it can be proved that …

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According to the World Malaria Report 2012 published by the World Health Organization (WHO), there are only three countries in the world where the number of cases of malaria has increased over the last decade and they are Guyana, Dominican Republic and Venezuela. Richard Cibulskis, Coordinator for Strategy, Economy and Elimination of the WHO Global …

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Telecoms company Claro is complaining that its cables are still being stolen throughout the country, and in fact it is getting worse and resulting in a loss of service to its customers. The company says that the problem is due to organized gangs that have changed their method of operation, which now includes violence, as …

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During his recent visit to the southwest, President Danilo Medina promised growers in Vallejuelo money to stimulate onion cultivation and to buy seeds. However, so far there is no sign of the money and over 300 men and women gathered at the regional government office where armed guards were called in to prevent people from …

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Senate president Reinaldo Pared Perez convened an extraordinary session of the upper chamber for 4pm this afternoon, Monday 17 December, in order to debate the 2013 General State Budget and pass it as urgent. A report by a joint commission that studied the proposal, chaired by Senator Dionis Sanchez and Deputy Victor Sanchez, is now …

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The Attorney General’s office Money Laundering Unit has named Colombian Huber Oswaldo Buitrago Ruiz as one of the alleged heads of the international money laundering gang that was dismantled in the Dominican Republic last week. They also said that Buitrago ordered and supervised the huge amounts of money in double-bottomed suitcases that were used to …

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Minister of Public Works Gonzalo Castillo says that the Santiago-San Juan Highway project, which is rather complex would be up for tender next year and they are studying the route that is most suitable for the project. Castillo said he did not know if the project would begin in 2013, but he did say that …

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