2013 – Page 38

The local governments of the National District and other Santo Domingo municipalities as well as contracted companies have been using the same fleet of garbage trucks for more than ten years. The municipalities say this is preventing them from meeting the demand for garbage collection. The Head of Operations at the Duquesa garbage dump, Saldivar …

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The largest maternity hospital in the Dominican Republic, Nuestra Senora de la Altagracia attends to an average of 100 births a day of which 24 are to Haitians. The hospital has hired a Creole translator to help the mothers, and many arrive on organized birthing trips to receive the free services. 78% of the mothers …

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The Caribbean Community (Caricom) meeting scheduled for Monday 18 November in Trinidad and Tobago, called to discuss potential action against the Dominican Republic in response to the Constitutional Court nationality and legalization ruling has been postponed indefinitely. The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and head of Caricom, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, confirmed the decision in an …

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Dengue is still the biggest epidemic in the country, according to Epidemiological Bulletin 45 that shows there have been 103 deaths and 14,432 probable cases so far this year. Most of the deaths were minors. The report states that there are now 164.4 probable cases for each 100,000 inhabitants, which is a 1.07 times increase …

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Discredited by the major damage still evident in the former mining sites in Monsenor Nouel province (Bonao), Falcondo executives visited the Senate yesterday, Tuesday 19 November to argue their case for mitigating the impact of mining in the Loma Miranda area in La Vega. Environmentalists and community activists have rejected the proposed mining project. Falcondo …

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The Police arrested Jose Luis Gomez Cuevas, a resident of Calle Donante in Barahona, with RD$536,000 in cash in his pockets on Saturday night, 16 November. He was dancing when he was arrested during a routine search of the beer hall-discotheque, Centro Cervecero El Video. He said that a relative had sent him the money …

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San Cristobal Judge Jelvin Koury Lorenzo has sent a former Lieutenant Colonel, Johan Emilio Liriano Sanchez, to jail in Najayo on three months remand. He is linked to a group of drug dealers and hit men. The public prosecutor from San Cristobal, Diomeris Soto, said that she hoped when the case came to trial he …

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Despite his new role as Goodwill ambassador, Olympic hurdler Felix Sanchez says that he will continue to compete and is training for 2014 competitions. He said that his first competition will take place in Poland in March and he is also planning to compete in 4×400 relays. However, he said that the Central American and …

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Lyric singers Nini Caffaro and Paola Gonzalez will be performing with the National Symphony Orchestra at the National Theater in Santo Domingo this evening, Wednesday 20 November at 8:30pm. Dancers from the Ballet Clasico Alina Abreu will also be at the theater. Soloists are Alaima Gonzalez on flute and Dejan Kulenovic on the oboe. This …

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The Executive Branch published Law 155-13 with the National Budget for 2014 yesterday, Monday 18 November. The budget is for RD$613.14 billion and includes wage increases for state sector medical staff, police agents, agronomists and members of the armed forces. The bill was signed by President on Thursday 14 November and subsequently published in the …

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