2013 – Page 207

A pregnant woman with symptoms of the AH1N1 influenza virus is being treated in a public hospital in Greater Santo Domingo, while the Minister of Public Health, Freddy Hidalgo, is waiting for the results of the tests on four people who died with symptoms of the influenza virus, in order to establish whether AH1N1 was …

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The Emergency Operations Center (COE) is maintaining its alerts for nine provinces, and several communities have been cut off due to flooded rivers and streams. The COE has issued a yellow alert for Duarte (San Francisco de Macoris) province – especially the Lower Yuna Basin area – and green alerts for Monte Plata, Monsignor Nouel …

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The Coliseo Gallistico de Santo Domingo on Av. Luperon presents the 2013 Intercontinental Cockfighting Cup from Tuesday 4 – Thursday 6 June. More than 100 fighting cocks from 15 countries will compete during the three days of the tournament. In 2010, Deputy Elpidio Baez presented a bill to the Chamber of Deputies seeking to ban …

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DR1 News will not be updated on Thursday and Friday on occasion of the unofficial long weekend created by the religious holiday of Corpus Christi that this year falls on Thursday, 30 May. DR1 news digest will return on Monday, 4 June. News will be compiled for that issue. For information on other holidays in …

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President Danilo Medina declared yesterday Tuesday 28 May that the Comprehensive Public Safety Plan is one of his government’s leading priorities and he is committed to seeing it go into action. While chairing a meeting of the Public Safety Council, Medina stressed that the council would remain in permanent session until the objectives were achieved. …

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The Minister of the Armed Forces, Admiral Sigfrido Pared Perez, said yesterday, Tuesday 29 May the military would be patrolling the streets along with the National Police. Pared Perez said that this action is aimed at putting an end to the crime wave unleashed over the past few days. He said that the increase in …

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Home mortgage holders can expect relief on their loans once these go for their annual renewal, according to the Central Bank. Central Bank governor Hector Valdez Albizu said yesterday, Tuesday 28 May that borrowers who have old loans will benefit from the 9% fixed interest rate that the bank established by freeing up some RD$20 …

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Taking part in the El Caribe newspaper publishers Multimedios del Caribe Weekly Media Luncheon held yesterday, Tuesday 28 May, the president of the Santiago Chamber of Commerce and Production, Maria Victoria Menicucci, told editors and reporters that the city and province have spent a long time waiting for a fair share of the state’s investments. …

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Yesterday, Tuesday 28 May The Chamber of Deputies approved as urgent and after two consecutive readings, a legislative proposal that creates the National Fund for Solidarity Healthcare (Fonass). The deputies did not vote on the pending legislation of the 911 Emergency Services. The bill, which was presented by Deputy Juan Carlos Quinones, seeks to guarantee …

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The president of the Dominican Medical Association (CMD) travelled to the city of Santiago yesterday, Tuesday 28 May, to supervise the work stoppage called by the organization in demand for improvements to the health centers and better salaries for healthcare workers. At the Toribio Bencosme hospital in Moca and the Morillo King hospital in La …

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