2013 – Page 118

Dominican Navy captain, Cesar de Windt is the new regional manager of the northern region for Papua Guinea Ports in Oceania. He is based in the capital city, Port Moresby. Papua New Guinea has a population of more than six million people and is regarded as one of the fastest growing economies in the world. …

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The Dominican Civil Aviation Board (JAC) is asking Curacao-based Dutch Antilles Express Airlines (DAE) to explain the situation since the airline has supposedly collapsed and stranded dozens of passengers at Las Americas International Airport (AILA) since last Saturday, 24 August. The JAC said that it has not received formal notification of the suspension or cancellation …

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Barrick Pueblo Viejo says that the health problems suffered by residents in the gold mining area are the consequence of older pollution in the area. A team of experts from the leading medical association in the Dominican Republic (CMD) recently determined that mining pollution in the area was a major hazard to public health. Residents …

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According to the Minister of Interior and Police Jose Ramon Fadul, the number of suicides in the country has shown an alarming increase, with a record number of 298 in the first half of 2013, whereas in 2011 in the same time period there were 53. By the end of 2011 there were 633 suicides …

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Lawyers representing the German families complaining about RD$60 million in missing assets after a raid by police officers have issued a writ calling for the Public Prosecutor for Puerto Plata, Alba Nunez to be charged for supposed complicity during the raid in the house in La Mulata III in Sosua last October. Yesterday, Wednesday 28 …

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Catholic priest Enmanuel Cruz, 31, died yesterday morning, Wednesday 28 August due to hemorrhagic dengue complicated by salmonella, after four days in the Corominas Clinic in Santiago. Father Cruz had only been ordained a year ago and belonged to the Redemptoris Master seminary. He was in a coma for three days. He will be buried …

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According to the National Drug Control Agency (DNCD), a Romanian and three Dominicans were arrested in El Limon, Samana with a kilo of a substance thought to be cocaine that was hidden in a hole in front of a bar. Those arrested are Romanian Adrian Dragan, aged 29 and Dominicans Leonardo Jackson (known as Cuquin), …

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A forest reserve area in the southwestern province of Pedernales is on fire. According to reports, thousands of pine trees, reptiles, insects and other species in the Hoyo de Pelempito Scientific Reserve have been affected by the blaze, which started last Saturday. The fire is also threatening areas in the outskirts of the Bahoruco mountain …

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Dominican fashion designer Sully Bonnelly will be showing his Chacabana collection at Dominicana Moda this year. Chacabanas, also called guayaberas, are similar to safari shirts. They usually are made of linen and the loose formal wear serves as men’s tropical etiquette in the Dominican Republic. Sully Bonnelly today is creative director for Isaac Mizrahi Sportswear, …

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The Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MESCYT) reports that so far this year the government has granted 6,622 scholarships for undergraduate and graduate studies. Speaking at a press conference at the Presidential Palace on Monday, 26 August, Minister Ligia Amada Melo stated that as of August 2013 the government had approved 3,210 scholarships …

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