2014 – Page 88

A 1976 Hawker Siddeley H25B (registration N600AE) went missing on Wednesday, 10 September 2014 after taking off from Las Americas International Airport in Santo Domingo and registering a flight plan to land in Punta Cana International Airport. Intelligence sources told Listin Diario that the executive jet is believed to have continued to Venezuela, and on …

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“Birth tourism” from Haiti continues to increase. Authorities at Santiago’s largest public hospital, the Jose Maria Cabral y Baez, are warning about the growing number of Haitians with HIV/AIDS who arrive to give birth at that hospital. They described the numbers as alarming, saying that on 30 August of 11 Haitians who arrived, eight were …

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Haitian ambassador in the Dominican Republic Fritz Cineas says that the Haitian government is unlikely to exempt Haitians from the RD$1,000 charge for Haitian documentation. Immigrants are required to present Haitian documentation in order to regularize their status in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican government is offering the process for free through June 2015, but …

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A Dominican-Venezuelan mining firm, Dovemco, which has the concession to mine bauxite in Cabo Rojo in the southwestern province of Pedernales could be closed down for violation of environmental remediation requirements. The Ministry of Environment said that if corrective actions are not taken the government could order a cease of operations. A commission made up …

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The latest Gallup-Hoy poll reveals that when asked who should be the candidate for the ruling PLD party in the upcoming May 2016 presidential election, voters are divided between Danilo Medina being the candidate (48.5%), followed by Leonel Fernandez (16.8%), Margarita Cedeno (5.3%), Reinaldo Pared Perez (4.7%), and Francisco Javier Garcia (4.6%). 14.1% said they …

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To the Gallup-Hoy question to those polled of who will win the May 2016 presidential elections, voters responded: Danilo Medina (41.3%) Leonel Fernandez (25.8%) Luis Abinader (5.5%) Miguel Vargas Maldonado (2.9% Hipolito Mejia (2.3%). Margarita Cedeno (1.8% To the Gallup-Hoy question to those polled of who would they like to be the next President, the …

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A 4.7 quake with its epicenter near Guaymate in the southeastern province of La Romana was felt equally in Punta Cana to the east and Santo Domingo to the west. The shake occurred at 10:12 pm on Thursday evening, 11 September 2014, as confirmed by the seismology institute at the state university. No damage or …

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