2014 – Page 61

Weis-Buy Farms Inc.is expanding its Dominican Republic greenhouse pepper deal. Over the past year, the Fort Myers, Florida-based marketer and growers’ agent has tripled the number of loads of colored bell peppers it ships from the country. For this season, it plans to load up to 10 trailers a week of red, yellow and orange …

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The 2015 Guinness Book of World Records has just been released, marking its 60th anniversary. This edition includes a selection of incredible travel-related world records. The Dominican Republic makes the list as the Deadliest Place to Travel by Road, as the country recorded 41.7 road deaths per 100,000 during the year 2010, the highest rate …

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Three young people were killed and around five were injured in a shootout at the La Canita Rancho Tipico nightclub in Puerto Plata in the early hours of Monday morning, 13 October 2014. The government announced the shut down of the center while investigations continue. The deceased were Henry Alejandro Grullon, Luis Mercedes Batista and …

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The Dominican Armada (Navy) says it stopped 86 people trying to get to Puerto Rico illegally over the weekend of 11-12 October 2014. Captain Juan Pablo Sandoval Garcia said that 56 people, 26 Haitians and 30 Dominicans were arrested in Las Canitas in La Altagracia province. Another 30, one woman and 29 men, were arrested …

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The border security corps, Cesfront says that in the past 30 days it has deported 3,145 undocumented Haitians at the border with Dajabon. Most of the foreigners were arrested when traveling in vehicles, bicycles, motorbikes or on foot to cross the border. Most of the arrests were made in Copey, Montecristi, Vigia, Don Miguel, Santiago …

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The Emergency Operations Center (COE) and the National Meteorological Office (Onamet) say that Hurricane Gonzalo will only bring rains and high surf to the east and northeastern coasts of the Dominican Republic as it moves north on its route to Bermuda. As it continues on its northwest track moving away from the Dominican Republic, Hurricane …

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The Food and Agricultural Organization agency (FAO) of the United Nations is sponsoring a concert this Friday, 17 October 2014 at 6pm at the UASD Aula Magna in Santo Domingo to send a message to fight global hunger. Victor Victor, Milly Quezada, Pavel Nunez, El Prodigio, Xiomara Fortuna, Bobby Delgado, Janio Lora and Minister of …

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President Danilo Medina has appointed the director of the state sector health provider Senasa, Altagracia Guzman Marcelino to replace Freddy Hidalgo at the helm of the Ministry of Public Health. This will be the second time she heads the department of health. Hidalgo had been in the post since the start of the Medina administration …

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The Dominican Republic has moved its embassy to a new address at 85 Hope Road in Kingston. Jamaican Foreign Relations Minister Arnaldo Brown and Dominican Ambassador Jose Tomas Ares German headed the ceremony, which was also attended by Jamaican ambassador in the Dominican Republic, Paul Robotham. Ambassador Ares Guzman said that the new location is …

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The Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) has announced plans to stop all vehicles with tinted windows, with the exception of the front window. Tints need to allow for complete visibility of the inside of the vehicle. The director of Ground Transport (Direccion General de Transito Terrestre) Luis Estrella said that the measure, which is being introduced …

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