2013 – Page 4

Bulletin #3 from the Emergency Operations Center (COE) issued yesterday, Wednesday 25 December reported 28 deaths during the Christmas celebrations between Monday 23 December, at 2pm and 8pm on Christmas day, as reported. Last year there were 26 deaths. All the victims died in traffic accidents, 385 of the injured in the accidents. Some 119 …

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Greater Santo Domingo woke up on, Wednesday 25 December with inner streets of the barrios covered in great mounds on streets and sidewalks. Barrios like Capotillo, San Carlos, Villa Consuelo, Villa Francisca, Cristo Rey, and the areas of Luperon and La Fe, woke up to piles of refuse on nearly all of the streets. The …

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The actions against the Dominican Republic by Haitian campaign groups over the sentence by the Constitutional Court, which confirms the years long criteria for obtaining nationality do not stop, even as talks are starting to find a way to legalizing those residing in the Dominican Republic, including foreigners. This strategy is combined with a petition …

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Statistics from the National Statistics Office (ONE) show that there were more than 41,000 weddings a year from 2008 to 2012. December is the preferred month for weddings, with more than 5,000. In 2012 there were 43,307 weddings, in 2011 there were 44,253. Statistics from the Central Electoral Board (JCE) show that from 2008 to …

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A 12-year old girl who had reached a weight of 344 lbs. was in Santo Domingo for bariatric surgery. Diario Libre reported she is the daughter of two Dominicans who live in New York City. Her mother, Ivette Susana says that the operation took place at a private clinic and the head surgeon was Dr. …

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Legislator Minou Tavarez Mirabal and her brother Manuel Enrique Tavarez Mirabal have opened a legal case accusing former Minister of the Armed Forces Ramiro Matos Gonzalez and officers under his command of torturing and murdering the guerilla fighters of the Las Manaclas, on 21 December 1963, including their father Manuel Aurelio Tavarez Justo (Manolo). The …

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The National Meteorological Office (Onamet) announces the arrival of a new cold front that will lower temperatures and bring scattered showers starting today, Thursday 26 December. The showers will occur mostly in the east, north, and northwest and central regions. The rains are expected to fall mostly in the east during the afternoon. Onamet adds …

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Robinson Cano’s signing with the Seattle Mariners and David “Big Papi” Ortiz’s World Series MVP award were just two of the more headline grabbing stories involving Dominicans in the Major Leagues this year. Other major stories this year included Bartolo Colon’s triumphant return to pitching greatness and the sobering news of Alex Rodriguez’s 211-game suspension …

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DR1 Daily News digest will not be updated on Monday, 23 December, Tuesday, 24 December or Wednesday, 25 December. DR1 is taking a break for the holidays. News will be compiled for the Thursday, 26 December edition. Let’s hope that “no news is good news,” but regardless the DR1 Forums are open 24/7 for posting …

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The Emergency Operations Center (COE) has announced the start of “For Dominicanness, Values and Your Safety” plan with the participation of 33,125 people, including military personnel, doctors and police agents. COE director General Juan Manuel Mendez says that they are equipping 1,600 aid posts, 164 ambulances, three helicopters, a mobile hospital and nine regional command …

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